The first trope you grow up with as a girl is that you will be rescued from your miserable life. No matter how bad things get, there will come along a Prince Charming, a handsome woodsman, your true parents – someone will turn up and take you away from the tough reality of your not […]
Coronavirus diaries: Exhausted
We are exhausted. Lockdown 2.0 has really kicked our arses and we’re not even in Melbourne. There are messages all over our media reminding us to be kind to one another and let me tell you, they are needed. Everyone has had enough. We are ready to bark at anyone who gets out of line […]
Change is afoot
The carpet in my room is still covered in cat vomit stains. I still haven’t had the energy to clean it all up, even though I know it won’t take nearly as long as I imagine it will. But its time is coming, people, I promise you. I am sick and tired of looking at […]
Parenting sucks (still)
My plan was to write some sort of upbeat post about why I no longer hate being a mother, but the truth is that parenting for me is a sucky job. Yes, it’s one I signed up for voluntarily, but the job I signed up for involved two parents, not one. Many people have said […]
I’m not OK
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. […]
