The youngest and I snuck to Freshwater Beach yesterday during our respective lunch breaks. It was sunny and quiet and the water was GLORIOUS. It was so clear that it looked like we were swimming on a tropical island ... except for the fact it was bloody freezing. The youngest was so excited to be... Continue Reading →

DD and I are celebrating our seventh anniversary this month. We had our first "date" at the Terrey Hills Tavern on October 12, 2014. He’d messaged me a few days earlier via RSVP and we decided to meet at a halfway point for a quick cider. We laid our cards on the table during that... Continue Reading →

What do you want from your working life? For me, it’s boiling down to simple things: nice people, writing interesting things and being my true self. When the diversity & inclusion experts started talking about the importance of being your true self, I thought they were referring to things like sexuality and mental health. I’ve... Continue Reading →

I popped over to my sister’s house on Saturday night to sip champers at dusk in her spa. It's been a long time between visits - lockdown and the spa being retiled got in the way. In a moment of extremely poor planning, I got DD to do my roots a few hours prior. So... Continue Reading →

I went to a new dentist yesterday who remarked on the size of my tongue. You may recall the last dentist I saw said I had a “dominant tongue”. And he wasn’t referring to how much I talked. He meant it was disproportionately large for my mouth. My tongue is so big that it has... Continue Reading →

I am not a good friend to myself in the middle of the night. I spin my brain around like a roulette wheel, filling it with thoughts and fears and ideas. On Tuesday night I lay in bed fretting that I hadn't provided enough food to the family I cook for each week. When I... Continue Reading →

I was looking at the new NSW Premier as he launched "Freedom Day" earlier this week and I couldn't work out what was bothering me about the photos. Then the Member for Port Stephens noted on Facebook: "This is how the new Premier chose to present so-called ‘freedom day’. Men in positions of power at... Continue Reading →

Were you released from lockdown yesterday? Did you go out and celebrate? I grabbed my regular takeaway coffee and some lunch for the youngest, but that was the extent of my excursions on #freedomday. It felt pretty much the same as the past 106 days. However, Facebook was filled with friends toasting the moment, while... Continue Reading →

A former colleague shared a photo on Facebook of her cow last week, with the caption: "Someone needs to tell Norman his head is now too small for his body #covidkilos." I think we're all looking a little like Norman after months in lockdown: stout and shaggy. My hairdresser can’t fit me in until November... Continue Reading →

How was your yesterday? Mine was good and annoying, in equal parts. On the annoying front, NBN reminded me that it’s cutting off my access to the internet from 8am until noon today. That sucks because I have a major freelance job every Friday that requires me to write like a woman possessed for three... Continue Reading →