I am still alive and healthy. Random thoughts I’ve been thinking about this week. One of the terms of this medical trial was that they would pay for all my transport costs to and from the clinic for every weekly visit that I would need to make. Initially, me being me, I thought it didn’t …
Category: Just a random day
For the Good of Mankind
So, believe it or not, I am currently taking part in a medical drug trial. I almost gave a couple of friends heart failure when I told them I was planning on doing this. But here I sit, day four of the trial, and I am pleased to report I am still very much alive …
The Unicorn School (Part 4)
Approximate reading time: 20 min This is my final Unicorn post…I promise. The end is nigh:-) It is officially the 3rd-last day of my school holiday, and I have pretty much spent most of the time working on these posts. I am not quite sure I understand this obsession I have for documenting my entire …
We need to talk about the drumming….
Approximate reading time: 11 minutes Written Thursday 9th July 2026 This morning, a job came through on my app from a school that is literally a 7-minute walk from my house. I can’t tell you how many times I have walked past this school and fantasised about working there. My work-life balance would be infinitely …
Skinless
Approximate reading time: 9min Written 19 September 2021 I woke up this morning Glued to my bed Emotional and exhausted Poor dog needing to be fed I could feel her lying Quietly next to me Not crying or moaning Just waiting patiently But I couldn’t move So I slept for another two hours I’m normally …
The Wild, Wild West
Approximate reading time: 15min (Apologies, this post has been 7 weeks in the making. Unfortunately, my holiday in South Africa totally messed with my solitude.;-) I can’t even begin to describe how lovely it was to be home again. I love South Africans. (I am biased, I know, but I do.) They are just so …
Too Tired to Think of a Title
Approximate reading time 20min So, it has been a pretty eventful week to say the least. Can I please start with …..wait for it…. I have five dates planned over the next couple of weeks. Yes, that would be five dates with ACTUAL REAL-life men. It’s a bloody fucking miracle. I was trying to count …
A Happy Snowflake
Approximate reading time: 14 min Written Wednesday, 9th July It’s Wednesday afternoon, and lo and behold, I actually feel like writing for the first time in weeks, so I thought I would grab the bull by the horns and run with it! It’s going to be one of those random connect-the-dot posts that seems to …
The ‘look’
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 …
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, …