That’s the awesome thing about toddlers. They don’t conform to anything, ever. And not in the Emo way of we’re all so different unique flowers but mysteriously we all look exactly the same. In the genuine, I have no concept of societal norms and will do what interests me and makes me giggle.
I was reading this article by her royal highness of blog coolness all about being a non-conformist in High School. If there was a trophy for that I’m sure I would win. Although, to do this day I’m …

It’s hard to know why, but some days, despite having a glorious toddler who is great company, a loving husband and a great family, I feel alone, isolated and sad. Perhaps it’s a shade of depression, and if that’s all I’m left with, that’s pretty damn good. On those days, I miss my mum (Hi Mum!). That’s an inside joke. I never call her mum, I have always called her by her first name. And we keep in touch most days on the phone, and we skype. But it’s not …

Reading this post at Three Ring Circus today I could relate.
I never made friends easily, in part because we moved around a lot and at school, everyone seemed to have known one another since Kindergarten. It was hard to break into cliques. Especially as a naturally shy person. One time I did push past the shyness to make friends, because I was lonely, and for a time the loneliness outweighed my reticence. A few weeks later I was sat down by the group of friends and told, very matter of …

Once upon a time there was an idiot who thought . . .
1) I don’t need to drive because I live in the city and there’s heaps of public transport
2) There’s no point in getting my license because I can’t afford to buy a car anyway
3) I can hold off on getting my license until I actually have to be able to drive.
All pure, unadulterated idiocy because:
1) It was really because I was just scared of driving
2) By the time you’re in a situaiton where you need to drive or …

After 11 months and 121 hours of lessons I will be taking my driving test tomorrow, again. The first time I took it was just over 2 years ago and after 50 hours of lessons.
I am not a natural driver. And jitters is far too mild a word. I’ve turned off my mobile phone so I can go into a cone of silence pre-test. I really want to pass so this stage of my learning can be finished and done with. I am hoping against hope that I don’t have …

I booked in my driving test today. Kill me now – I’m not built for this kind of stress! It’s there in black and white – Wednesday, 2nd December 10:15am. No escaping it now. Actually that’s not true. The Roads and Traffic Authority do actually give you a refund if you cancel within a reasonable period of time. But not the point. I’ll be taking my test at The Entrance and hoping that my nerves don’t make me do something stupid. I’ve done 120 hours of driving, 2o of those …

That’s how I choose to think about it. An old friend. Not because I particularly like its company, but because I would struggle to know who I was without it. You don’t get over it so much as manage it. Managing it is probably not an accurate term. It makes it sound like you are in control, when really a good management strategy just gives you enough momentum to survive a trough.
I don’t see much of it anymore because I climbed back from the abyss through a combination of bad …