We’ve reached a point in time where Neil and Isla are cleaning the fish tank for fun, she randomly announces ‘Look, Mum, I’m galloping,’ and bids me goodnight with, ‘G’night, old woman.’ What stage of lockdown is that? Neil also gave himself a buzzcut, but that’s possibly another post. In news possibly related to the ‘old woman’ thing, I’m working on a new writing project. And no, blogging is not procrastinating. A few weeks ago, I started a blog post…
I’ve finished all the chocolate, so I guess I better get back to work. Hi. Happy New Year. The kid went back to school yesterday, and I’m trudging through post-holiday blues. Which replaced during-holiday blues, and moonlighted for my generalized anxiety disorder. It’s not just for Christmas. The Christmas road trip and other stories is still coming up, which includes how I met Orla at Fancy Paper. But today, I’m jumping on the yearly goal declaring bandwagon. For the past…
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…
Today is day 793 of chocolate and chips (as in crisps as in chips). I’ve sent Neil to the shops for vegetables and vitamins. Hi. I guess this is my 2018 resolutions post, but they only last for a week around here. So lets call them goals. In this post I’m going to set out my goals and the tools I’m going to use to achieve them. I hope the stuff I’m using is useful to you, too. Space. I need…
