It’s been a tough week. My sister-in-law’s mother, Shannon, died from heart failure last Wednesday after being in the hospital for a couple of days. It was such a devastating shock; she was only 67 years old. Shannon was such a beautiful person, chatty, friendly and with a heart of absolute gold….she would do anything …
How To Be A Volunteer
Approximate reading time: 7 min OMG! Can I just start by saying …. Look at my headline score ….. 81%!!!!!!!!!! That’s my highest EVER!!! Man, do I feel accomplished;-) (Please link back to this post if you want to know what the hell I am talking about) Much to my dismay, I had to apply …
Her Royal Cuteness
Sorry, I have been AWOL. I don’t have much to report, really. I have been looking after Jersey for the last two weeks while trying to finish my dissertation, which is due in September. My head is all over the place… and the creative writing juices feel like they are running on empty. So, I …
When Connection Takes a Backseat
Approximate reading time: 13min Wednesday 16th July It has been another week of coughing, so I haven’t been able to teach much. I tried to go back to school yesterday, but by the end of the day, I had no voice, so alas, today has been another day off, trying to rest. On the plus …
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 …
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, …