Approximate reading time: 14 min I am going to attempt to write something ‘fresh’ even though I don’t feel like writing AT ALL. I have been sick for most of the weekend. The inspiration is DEAD, I tell you. Today, on the way to a babysitting job at 7:30 on A Sunday morning, (Waaaaay too …
Author: Gayle Hill
Frisson
Approximate reading time: 2 min Written 16th June 2022 I learnt a new word That I’ve never heard before That describes something amazing Something I absolutely adore… That feeling of elation Combined with aesthetic chills That listening to music So often instils Or perhaps a beautiful sight Triggers it off Those goosebumps Those tingles From your …
Expansion and Contraction
Approximate reading time: 8 min Written 30th May 2022 You know when you feel Life is happy and just fine Then you’re knocked for a six Every fucking time I feel like I’m going crazy Everything’s scrambled in my head I’m crying all the time Struggling to get out of bed Should I have stopped …
Half a century
Approximate reading time: 7 min It has arrived. The BIG 5.0. is finally here. Happy birthday me!;-) It has been a pretty great week. Last weekend I finished my final coding assignment that I have been working on for the past 6 months and on Tuesday I received my results. I needed 50% to pass …
Up down,Up down…UP!
Approximate reading time: 25 minutes Ok, so truth be told, I have been crying a bucket-shit load for the last couple of months. It’s a well-known fact that I cry a lot. As a highly sensitive person, I have come to accept that this is just how I am. I get overwhelmed easily, I cry, …
My. Own. Two. Feet.
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written 15th May 2022 Lo and behold It has to be said After 3 months of diligence My determination is dead I’ve been trying desperately To finish a dam book On my study reading list (Lest it not be forsook!) But now I’m DONE reading I seriously had to stop …
An outstanding school
Approximate reading time: 4 min Written the 14th May 2022 Today I got sent To a school near Kew As I arrived at the door I almost immediately knew… It was going to be “One of those days!” What was it, pray tell That gave it away The huge sign on the gate And from …
Letting go of the agenda
Approximate reading time: 2 min Written the 14th May 2022 It’s been a good week I’ve got lots to say I was with a Y1 class For a full 3 days And I loved them so much With every fibre of my being It’s hard to explain The intensity of feeling Such gentle, kind children Who’ve …
To Binnet, with love
Approximate reading time: 8 min I am incredibly happy to report that I have found 3 single women for my master’s study. I can’t even begin to describe how relieved I am. Apparently, I’m not the ONLY almost-50-singleton in the world;-) So this week has been pretty chilled and happy, despite the fact that my …
That swear word ‘should’
Approximate reading time: 5 min I’ve lost my writing mojo. I think my dissertation is freaking me out too much. So far, I have had exactly zero responses to my reach out for participants for my study. For the love of God, surely I can’t be the only single 49-year-old female in the whole, entire …