There’s been quite a few occasions I’ve come to start to write this post, and I’ve given up. Sometimes because I have no words, sometimes because I’m not sure to write, and sometimes because I’m just exhausted. It’s because there’s been so much going on. The other week, a few days after I got home,Continue reading “Welcome home”
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Halfway house
I’ve been in the UK for just over five weeks now, so I’m just over halfway through my trip. In two and a half weeks I’ll be leaving the UK for a couple of weeks in Canada before heading home to New Zealand. I’m having the BEST time. I’m seeing all the people and doingContinue reading “Halfway house”
Cortisol hormone high
I’ve spent the last few weeks high on cortisol. Oh yesssss, my body’s main stress hormone has been a little elevated while I navigate myself through the New Zealand house buying process, which is quite different – and therefore strange and unfamiliar – to the UK. It’s like walking barefoot through a room full ofContinue reading “Cortisol hormone high”
Happy birthday houses
Oh hiiiiiiiii. It’s been ages. So much has happened, yet as I go to write about what that was, my is blank. Oh, I changed my hair colour which is a nice change. But I guess the main thing is probably that I turned 41 since my last post. Like most years, I feel noContinue reading “Happy birthday houses”
Having your shit together
A couple of people have commented recently about how I’ve got my life / shit together. My instant thought was to say ‘oh hell no, no I haven’t, no one’s got their shit together’ but that reaction felt like a deflection of a compliment, and as soon as I thought about saying it, I couldContinue reading “Having your shit together”
Tales from lockdown revisited – author’s note
Well that’s it folks, the final Tales From Lockdown – Revisited has been published. What an absolute JOY it’s been to chat again to these people and tell more of their life stories. Nearly two years have passed yet the first conversations seem like only yesterday. So many different things to talk about, I hopeContinue reading “Tales from lockdown revisited – author’s note”
My 40th year – April (month #12)
Well it’s been quite the year. I started it terribly burnt out and am ending it feeling much better. Slightly battered and bruised, but much, much better. I’d known I was burnt out, I’d already spent months trying all sorts of things to keep a handle on it. Float pods, reflexology, exercise, you name it,Continue reading “My 40th year – April (month #12)”
My 40th year – March (month #11)
This is the penultimate post in this series, the second to last nurturing activity, and I’m trying to work out whether I think it’s gone quickly or not. And I don’t just mean trotting out the usual ‘ooh well I just don’t know where this year’s gone to’ phrase, I mean has it actually goneContinue reading “My 40th year – March (month #11)”
Covid Culture
‘I’ve got wine, is that OK?’ Katie asks me, holding a glass of red up to the screen. I laugh. ‘Of course!’ She laughs too, and I think how different the start of this interview is to the previous one, where she started crying before she’d hardly said a word. ‘So I’m in a uniqueContinue reading “Covid Culture”
The Paps Life 