I just threw the cat out of my carpeted room out into the hallway, in time for her barf on the floorboards there. That’s winning for you. Now I’ve got to clean up the incredibly liquidy green mess she left behind while feeling grateful that I don’t have to soak it out of my carpet. […]
Moorabool Falls Walk
Yesterday, the boys and I went for a bushwalk. Although, really, it was mostly a field walk, with some bush at the end. It was the worst bushwalk of my life. It was cold and windy and I am super unfit. But the falls are lovely. The sign out the front should’ve given me cause […]
I need to talk
Today I remembered why I started blogging and why I blogged so prolifically for so long. Having just exited a marriage, I no longer had anyone to talk to. Noone to share the random daily musings and thoughts with, so I poured these into the blog. Not just the blog, but also Kidspot Social, which […]
Coronavirus diaries: remote schooling
Unfortunately remote schooling didn’t go so well for my teenagers. Being master procrastinators and having no internal motivation whatsoever, they have both fallen behind on their work. In fact, the one in Year 12, has just withdrawn from one of his subjects, because he couldn’t see his way to catching up. He is also behind […]
Coronavirus Diaries: Daily Life
I’ve seen a few people post status updates on Facebook documenting what life is like under our current isolation restrictions and I thought I might do that same, but right here. The new normal seems so normal by now that I don’t give it a second thought on a daily basis, but one day I […]
