Seven nights from now, a gaggle of school mums and (hopefully) dads (bloody Bledisloe Cup) will be dancing like loons to '80s music in my rather small lounge room. I've decided House needs a Warming. And a chance to thank people for the help and love they've given me over the past six months. Oh,... Continue Reading →
SUCH a bad idea
I heard about the most terrifying thing this week. It shouldn't have come as a surprise to me, given my digital employment, but it did. There's this thing called a Kik bomb, also known as a Snapchat bomb, and I reckon it's almost as dangerous as the real thing. Kik and Snapchat are communication apps... Continue Reading →
How BIG is that thing?
Since it appears I'm destined to live a life less ordinary, I had a pelvic ultrasound this week. My doctor neglected to mention it would be performed in two stages: first externally, then internally. If I'd known I'd have taken a little more care with my personal landscaping that morning. When the sonographer outlined the... Continue Reading →
Shedding my skin
Much as I mourned Robin Williams yesterday, the person I really felt sorry for was his wife. And his kids. Their lives will feel shattered into tiny, viciously painful pieces for a long, long time. But that's not something Williams was capable of processing when it felt like the bleakness within his soul would never... Continue Reading →
So THIS happened
Geez I swore a lot on Sunday night. It was a freaking disaster of epic proportions involving gross stupidity on my part. Such a pity because I'd had a brilliant day until that point. It started with sunning myself on the back steps of my friend's place, admiring his big, old mango tree and feeling... Continue Reading →
Too freaking weird
OK, my life is officially too freaking weird. I was at the airport on Saturday. No seats at my gate, as usual, so I plonked myself on the floor and unwrapped my sushi roll. Then my phone rang. I answered it and a friend said: "Did you just walk past me at Gate 55 and... Continue Reading →
Meet market
A bloke excitedly waved his phone at me the other night - he was on the RSVP mobile site. "Look!" He said. "There are 600 single women within a 25km radius of me! 600!" He seemed to regard it as some sort of fantasy candy shop. When I didn't share his excitement, he tried to... Continue Reading →
I’m running away
I informed Husband that I wasn't ASKING him, I was TELLING him. I'm going away and he needs to step up. He wanted to know WHERE I was going and I told him it was none of his business. That felt gooooooood. I'm leavin' on a jet plane this afternoon ... It's only for 24... Continue Reading →
A bit lost
Yesterday was a tired, irrational kind of day. You know the ones? My head was too full and I only slept three hours. At 4.30am I checked the time on my phone - I still can't find my bedside clock after the move - and saw two messages I really wish I hadn't, because there... Continue Reading →
This time I left
My eldest's school band performed at the Sydney Opera House last night, as part of the Festival of Choral Music. She was very chuffed. It was Husband's custody night, so I tried to get out of going (eldest on stage for 5 minutes, countless strangers' children on stage for the other 120 minutes). But Husband... Continue Reading →
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