Approximate reading time: 5 min Last week was a tiny bit surreal, amazing, but surreal. On Sunday I got yet another noise complaint about my tenants in South Africa. If you recall these would be the same tenants that I had to evict two weeks ago due to ongoing noise complaints. (For pretty much the …
Author: Gayle Hill
My 2024 Worry Inventory
In 2022 I started a worry book. I did. Sometimes I find I get so bogged down worrying about things that inevitably that I decided to start my own worry inventory. (I needed visual proof that my worry was useless!!) I have only used about 3 A4 size pages in 2 years (Which, personally, I …
Bitchy Nark Fink
Approximate reading time: 12 minutes Written the 3rd November 2021 I’m so proud I’m so happy I do declare I’m a Bitch Narky Fink And I don’t even care I’m no longer keeping quiet Just shutting my mouth When toxic people behave badly I’m gonna shout it out!! I had a horrible morning In a …
My Own Love Song
Approximate reading time: 4 min Oh My God I am 49 years old! How did this happen? 😉 It’s been a pretty amazing weekend. I got really spoilt by my gorgeous flatmates and friends. (Thank you soooo much guys) I was reading through my ‘Happy fucking birthday poem‘ that I wrote in 2021. It almost …
My family of Parts
Approximate reading time: 10min 31st October 2021 I awoke this morning With that familiar dread A headache A stuffy nose Anxious thoughts in my head I notice a voice Bitterly say “So much for the calmness You preached yesterday!” I peer outside The rain is pouring down No garden this morning “Fuck it!” I frown …
Let’s talk about Evil
Approximate reading time: 12 minutes It’s been an interesting week:-) So where to begin my story… Two weeks ago when I went on my 14km hike I mentioned that I made a couple of new friends. When we were having our meal afterwards, in good old Weatherspoon, we somehow got talking about 72-year-old Phylis’s life. …
E.N.O.U.G.H.
Approximate reading time: 6 minutes Written: 30th October 2021 This week has been An interesting week I made some tough decisions Definitely feeling less bleak Isn’t it ironic how I wrote That poem a while back… About how my money problems Are all magically on track And then BOOM! The arrival of this disastrous cold …
The Unicorn Lady/Devil Teacher
Approximate reading time: 10min It’s been a bit of a down-up week. Last Monday I accepted work in a Catholic school, that I have never been to before. My positive experiences in Catholic schools have been few and far between. While there have been one or two truly lovely schools, on the whole, they tend …
Mara-Kares
Approximate reading time: 8min Written on the 30th October 2021 Last night I watched a mini-series (On Netflix) About a boy tortured by his parents (It’s enough to make you feel sick) Gabriel Fernandez, a gorgeous 8-year-old child Who for 8 months of his life Was so unbelievably defiled Until it ended with his fatal …
Kilometers vs Miles
Approximate reading time: 10 min It’s been a good week:-) I am currently 2 weeks DATING FREE… and I am starting to feel human again. I am happy to report that my parent interviews for my assignment are finally getting coded. The melancholy has subsided….. and the zoning out on Netflix crap has been minimal. …