We recently moved house. Twice. First to my Mum’s place for two weeks, and then to a rental for 10 months while our actual house is being renovated. Moving house again after having moved house eleven times throughout the course of my adult life seemed a little more than I could bear. Of course, renovating … Continue reading
Ever since I started back at work, I have been spending much of my spare time developing frameworks and dashboards and board papers. And I’m not ashamed to admit that I have been enjoying myself tremendously – after 38 years of life, there no longer seems any point in denying the reality that I am, … Continue reading
This week has been a week of discovery for me… I have discovered that the awfulness of having partly digested spaghetti and meatballs vomited all over me multiple times is far outweighed by the loveliness of comforting my little man as he presses his hot, vulnerable body into mine. I have discovered the importance of … Continue reading
After two years of slogging it out as enjoying life as a stay at home Mum, I decided the time had come for me to return to the (paid) workforce. (See Universe, are you trying to tell me something?) Then, after cleverly securing an excellent child care solution, I procrastinated for months until it became … Continue reading
All of a sudden and for the first time, I feel an affinity with mothers in law the world over, my own included. I can lament the infrequency of their son’s phone calls, I understand their unspoken yet ill-disguised belief that no woman could ever be good enough for their special boy, and I finally … Continue reading
One afternoon last June I found myself watching my kiddliwinks attempt to do handstands onto the couch amid a pile of unfolded washing. On a whim I decided to get out my laptop and write about my nagging sense of dissatisfaction and my hankering to re-enter the paid workforce. I was feeling a bit glum, … Continue reading
I have written before about family holidays, and the fact that for the next five or so years ours will not be relaxing in any way. Zero chance of a sleep in, seemingly continual nappy changes, constant effort… But I now admit I was wrong. Holidays can be awesome. This week we are staying in … Continue reading
My birthday is on Christmas Eve. It has always been thus, so I’m used to it. Unfortunately I’m also used to having to come up with some kind of friendly platitude every time a call centre operator gasps in horror when I furnish them with my date of birth. But a Christmas Eve birthday isn’t … Continue reading
I seldom have things under control. If you spot someone struggling to carry their screaming toddler away from the bubblers after school pick up, it is probably me. If you hear a harried voice echoing from a few streets away “Quickly get into the car – we’re going to be late!”…. again, I think that … Continue reading
I was once a Financial Controller and I remember telling my team that a good way to find out if anyone reads a report is to stop producing it and see what happens. That was not my intention this week as I failed to publish a post. The real reason for my silence is that … Continue reading
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