Approximate reading time: 8 min I will admit for most of my life I have always hated that word ‘Blessed’. It’s a little bit of a trigger word for me. (Just a wee, little bit:-) As a young child, I remember sitting at our dinner table listening to grace being said, something about being ‘thankful …
Category: Gratitude
Every little bit helps….
For the last 3 months, since I lost my job due to the virus, I have been living off the UK government-funded Furlough pay. It has made me very aware of how grateful I am to be living in a country that was able to support me during this COVID 19 period. It also made …
The Stars Are Aligning
Approximate reading time: 60 minutes Hello all, I’m back!!👏 Apologies that it’s been six months since my last post! To be honest it has kind of felt like my creativity-well dried up. I would be lying if I said I have even thought about writing during that time. But now, I think I am ready …
It’s just hair.
Approximate reading time is 12 min For the last 6 weeks (pretty much my entire Summer holiday😯) I have been applying for modelling and casting jobs. I haven’t really been discriminant… if I fit the age, height and size criteria then I applied. (uuhmmm…ok… if I didn’t fit the age criteria I still applied😏) During …
What I learnt from 6 months of teaching Nursery. (Part 1)
Approximate Reading time – 25min When I signed up with my supply teaching agencies at the beginning of the year, I had two very explicit instructions: No teens, preteens or anything remotely related to teens. (People always comment on how much patience I must have working with children, but let me set the record straight: …
It’s my birthday!
So I’m 44 years old today… I’ll be honest, when I look at my life I have absolutely nothing that I thought I wanted by this age. I have no husband, I have no kids, I don’t a have fiance, a boyfriend..or even a friend with benefits 😏 I don’t have a permanent job and I don’t …
Creating the Love of your life (Part 3)
Approximately a 15 minute read 3. Learn to just have fun, nothing is personal. Random guy story #3 So the following weekend, after my slight disappointment with Aakesh, I head off to another Meetup group. It was about 10 pm and I was being stalked by a drunk puppy dog. (I kid you not). At …
Online Dating – The gloves are off.
I was supposed to have a date tonight. Peter and I chatted a bit last week and then he asked me out. I have to admit I was a little excited by this one. What impressed me the most wasn’t the fact that he asked me out… It was the fact that he then said. …
That life-time essential …Core friendships
Hey all, I had the most amazing weekend with my best friend Rachel this last weekend. Damn, I love that girl.😍 I am almost certain I wouldn’t even be in London if she hadn’t deserted me in PE last year. 😵 I have for the last 8 years sworn I would never, ever go back …
Woohooo I have a job!
I am so excited I can barely contain myself…I have a job, I will be getting paid, my zero bank account will be increasing significantly in the not too distant future!🤣 Last week was a weird week. For some reason, I got asked if I would cover reception and nursery classes the whole week. (in …