I watched the final of Great British Bake Off last night. A series we’d been watching as a bit of light-hearted entertainment, which we’d powered through even though we weren’t particularly enjoying it and weren’t enthused by any of the Read more…
I went to France to help a brother out and now I have to self-isolate for two weeks. I’ve also come off my contraceptive pill for the first time in about a decade and I don’t know what’s going to Read more…
I miss you. I know things have moved on and we’ve adapted and drilled new patterns into this (shudder) “new normal” but I wanted to let you know that I miss you. I miss making plans with you. I miss Read more…
I haven’t written much recently about how I’m coping with all this COVID-19 nonsense. I guess I kinda shut down to it all. It all got a bit much, yknow? And life got in the way. Lots has changed. I Read more…
Today my boss posted a memory. She posted a memory and a photograph of herself, my colleague and me at the end of one of the most gruelling periods of work I’ve ever experienced. A summer that consisted of 17 Read more…
I have to sing. Or perform. Doesn’t necessarily have to be singing although that is what I’ve loved for the last few years. I’m a performer. I have to do it. It’s part of me, it’s inside me in a Read more…
Week… seven? I am writing this on day 42 since I went into proper isolation at home, but week 7 of this whole debacle. This is the lowest I’ve felt so far. I am absolutely drenched in PMT, which seems Read more…
I’ve been writing this piece over the past few weeks. It started out as a positive spin on how my anxiety was seemingly tamed by the situation we currently find ourselves in but my mood, approach and attitude are evolving Read more…
I read an article today that so perfectly articulated some of the thoughts I’ve been having now we’ve settled into some sort of routine in our isolation and one phrase keeps rolling round and round in my head: “this is Read more…
Dating in your late 30’s in London is a fairly weird, sometimes traumatising, often hilarious experience but finding yourself trying to set up dates in the middle of a global pandemic is a whole different level of bonkers. Recently I’ve Read more…