Tag: Karma

A Holly-day!

Was still feeling ropey by the time Thursday morning arrived (no rain arrived, sadly). Was still in bed at 1.30pm despite medication’s best efforts, so decided that a massage might help. Couldn’t get a reply from the lady who usually comes to my house. 1.31pm rang Clarins in the Metrocentre…£34!!! Then remembered there was a… Read more »

Crazy days!

I’m feeling cacky today and am praying for the rain to wash away some allergy-inducing pollen (a big sorry to the sun-worshippers). I haven’t been sleeping well, so this has given my crazy mind the chance to come up with all sorts of scary abseil-related scenarios, dreams and nightmares (I think it may be known… Read more »

And finally…

I’m now a real writer, having received my first rejection! I thought I’d feel awful but, I didn’t feel anything, which is probably worse as it implies that I have lost any love I had for my book. As I’ve explained before, usually people get agents before they have their books published, but this wasn’t… Read more »

Awareness (?)

Apparently, 12th May 2008 is International ME Awareness Day – I’ve used a question mark, as it seems as though only people who have ME/CFS or work in the field are actually aware of it. I thought the aim was to raise awareness among the population as a whole, but there’s not a great deal… Read more »

Happy anniversary!

I’m spending my 12th wedding anniversary in bed…on my own, with my dogs and my laptop. It started off so promisingly (except Match of the Day at 7.35am) with a nice breakfast in bed, but now hubby is off to baseball. To be fair, he did say he would stay home, but in the bloke… Read more »

Rowlands Gill Readers' Group

My Facebook friends will know I was feeling a bit ropey yesterday, but I’d managed to pull myself together a bit before the readers’ group meeting. It was such a friendly group, I couldn’t have failed to have a nice time – there was even someone there who I used to go to school with,… Read more »

Wake-up call!

Yes, I am online early today. Got a call from my sister at 8.12am this morning (the one person who was not worried about the abseil one bit) to say she was scared. It wasn’t the reason she rang, but slipped it nicely into the conversation. Apparently, she had driven over the Tyne Bridge last… Read more »

Abseil: The Countdown Begins…

I’ve talked (and worried) about this for a while. I’ve pondered and panicked, wondering if I was up to the task ahead and if I could even manage to get any sponsors. Today, our booking was made, so there’s no going back. As I’ve said before, I have a fear of heights (it’s not a… Read more »

Theme tunes.

I’ve seen people discussing their ‘theme tunes’ on a number of the Blogs that I read. It got me thinking… Mine would probably be “Goody Two Shoes” by Adam and the Ants.

Flawed.

I was thinking, the other day, that I don’t think I am destined to be a writer. Not sure what I am meant to be, but all pathways so far have led back to the sofa. I could have been a Biomedical Scientist, had illness not stopped me in my tracks. Then, I tried a… Read more »