A strong independent woman - that is what we should all be aspiring to be, right? The sort of woman that doesn't take no for answer. The sort of woman who wouldn't have to think twice about how to change a flat tyre. The sort of woman who is smashing every area of her life (bar the relationships, as she…
So the other night Husband and I were in the thick of living our best rock n roll lives, watching TV in bed when I was certain I could smell something suspicious. Me: I can smell something, can you? Hus: Like what? Me: Like cheese. Hus: Yeah, I thought it was you. Smells a bit sicky doesn't it? Me: I've…
As is with everyone right now, I have a lot of time to think. I've been through my banana bread phase, attempted the fitness phase and am now quite happily settled in the mainly sedentary phase. But over the past year, I've had the same main thoughts come to me every now again, sometimes in a panic, sometimes out of…
Friendship is a funny thing isn’t it? The act of just finding a person and claiming them in a sense. I wouldn’t say I’ve struggled with it as such but I’ve always been quite introverted in a way, perfectly happy in my own company and always tending to stick to small friendship groups. I’ve been that way ever since childhood…
There’s a quote I love… ‘Good friends are like stars – you can’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.’ And it’s true. I feel very lucky to have a small circle of very close friends that I know I can rely on, as well as some amazing friends living all over the world who I don’t get to…
Valentine’s day is celebrated by millions of lovers worldwide on 14th February every year. Originally, the day was used to celebrate numerous figures throughout history, such as Saint Valentine. Even the Romans used to celebrate this festival, and it has also been used to celebrate fertility rites and the pairing of women to men in a lottery style ceremony. Is…
Being knee-deep into yet another lockdown in England, I haven't seen my significant other since new year. I'm not complaining - I know some people have gone a lot longer. But it's tough and tedious and all the other un-typeable descriptors people are using right now. In a perfect world, we'd just move in together, but there are already long-terms…
When lockdown 1.0 was announced I had just celebrated my 20th birthday, had about four weeks of teaching left of my first uni year and was about to plan a holiday with my partner. In the space of literal days my whole life, along with the rest of the worlds, changed. My mental health plummeted, I ended up getting…
This year, I’m turning 30. It’s a milestone birthday! But I’m also facing the fact that I’m almost 30 and still living at home with my parents. I’ve moved out twice – once was while I was at university and the second time was when I moved to London for work – but I never felt settled and always ended…
Ah, unrequited love. A tricky business. I've been there, done it and bought the t shirt. It's never pleasant to be in love with someone who doesn't love you back. This was a experience I experienced during my non existent love life a few years ago. I remember this man came into my life unexpectedly and I fell…