If we were having coffee, I’d ask how’re you doing? I know it’s been a while. Picture this, on Monday. ‘Isla, get dressed, please.’ ‘I hafta finish my toast.’ Good point, go with that. ‘Isla, get dressed now.’ ‘I hafta finish my juice.’ OK, vitamins. ‘Isla, get dressed.’ ‘Well, your hair is either grey, or the color of poo.’ I got nothin’. ‘Mummy, do penguins have a good sense of smell?’ Survey says: maybe. And so began our morning routine…
And so, last weekend we piled into the car on a road trip to get Isla’s uniform and school supplies. The kid starts Primary 1 next week, and she is the only one ready for this. There we are in the car with the heat on because we already had summer. For three days in London. I’ve been looking for ways to stall this growing up thing for a while now. Which is why we left the shopping trip to…
OK, so. real talk, I’ve been working on this post since I turned 38 (and also forever). My birthday happened a while ago. The point of this post is not to wish me a belated happy birthday. It’s a list of things I’d like to do before I’m 40. Now. Couple things before we start: I don’t believe that 40 is old. I don’t believe 107 is old. Getting older is a privilege, I’m not complaining. I don’t like bucket…
And so, I’m writing this week, actually in the zone. All of a sudden, Isla appears next to me, fanning me with a towel. ‘Thank you, I said. ‘But what are you doing?’ ‘Writers need fresh air,’ she said. She’s not wrong. Hi. It would seem I’ve taken a blogging break. For no good reason, by the way. I’m back. There was that week I put my back out, also for no good reason. I twisted myself, and for a…
We recently had a family road trip to Edinburgh, which involved Edinbrick; a pretty cool Lego model show, some time at the zoo, and lots of laughs. The laughs, Lego, and family time was much needed. Some other stuff was not. (The product links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, I make a small commission if you make a UK or US purchase through them. Read my disclosure here.) This post is not sponsored by LEGO or Edinbrick. We just…
