There was a boy. Let’s call him TR. We were 13, or maybe 12. That awkward age where someone asks someone else to be their boyfriend/girlfriend and that’s it, you’re Going Out. Which at that age (back in my day), consisted of nothing more but awkward (if not silent) conversation, hanging out together with theContinue reading “A year in people #3 – TR”
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Jonny Marine: Part 3
Continued from Part Two… I was pretty confused. I loved what I had with The Marine but A had made me think too. But I was moving and A wanted more, both from me and from a relationship, and so made the decision for both of us by starting to see someone else. As muchContinue reading “Jonny Marine: Part 3”
Jonny Marine: Part 2
Continued from Part One… Regardless of what it actually was, the fact still remained that we weren’t really together. So I went on to have that perfect week in New Zealand with Johnny #2 and knew things would probably figure themselves out one way or another. And so, less than two weeks after landing backContinue reading “Jonny Marine: Part 2”
Let’s talk dating
Everyone loves a dating post eh?! Especially people who don’t have to do it. Yes, you people revel in living vicariously through us. Of course you do; no one would actively choose to crawl through the metaphorical crocodile-infested swamp that is dating in your 30’s. So here starts a series of posts discussing the trialsContinue reading “Let’s talk dating”
Writers block
When I moved to New Zealand last year I promised myself I would write more. After all, I’d have more time right? Especially when I first moved here and I knew I wouldn’t have a job straight away. I’d finish that journalism course I was halfway through, start my book* and get up to dateContinue reading “Writers block”
First winter in New Zealand
First winter for a while actually. For the last few years I’ve done a good job of escaping to the southern hemisphere over the UK winter for the majority of January. I don’t like the cold, you see, and January is pretty grim in the UK and never-bloody-ending. Imagine my DELIGHT to end up movingContinue reading “First winter in New Zealand”
Cycling the Carretera Austral, Chile
It’s Christmas 2016 and I’m running full pelt through Madrid airport to catch a connecting flight that’s about to leave (I’d already missed my original one due to delays) to take me to Santiago, Chile. I eventually arrive to find my luggage didn’t make it. I’m not surprised; delays and me catching a different flightContinue reading “Cycling the Carretera Austral, Chile”
How to be more active
I actually don’t like exercise. Yes, you read that correct. Well, kind of. The definition of exercise is “activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness”. Now, of course I participate in plenty of that, it’s just that I hate exercising purely for the fact of ‘getting fit’ (how do youContinue reading “How to be more active”
The Paps Life 