I’ve got to somehow do 9k steps before the end of today, and it is already 3:15pm. Why you ask? Apart from being good for my overall mental and physical health, I have signed up to the Cancer Research’s Walk-All-Over-Cancer challenge. I am going to hit 10k or more steps each day for the whole…Read more Walk all over cancer – I’m doing it
An eviction notice to my wobbly bits
Time to go, you've outstayed your welcome.... Not quite as easy as that is it? I don't know what is happening, the weight seems to keep piling on! (2 chocolate croissants, 8 choc-chip brioche buns, coffee cake). Yep, I'm making rubbish choices. I'm nearly 16 stone, just under 5'10 and my BMI tells me I'm…Read more An eviction notice to my wobbly bits
Lonely Hearts – short fiction
I nip into the ladies loo, feigning some need to reapply my make-up. It's a lie naturally, my make-up is the good stuff that lasts all night. Not that he would know anything about make-up anyway. In fact I'm pretty sure he's just as clueless about women in general. I won't educate him, I like…Read more Lonely Hearts – short fiction
This is not a mid-life crisis, it’s the first day of the rest of my life
I didn't go to university, I wish I did. The reason, I'm ashamed to say, was a boyfriend. A person of absolutely no significance at all to me now. At 18 I was very naïve, and impressionable. He made me believe that our relationship was more important than my future career. I let him talk…Read more This is not a mid-life crisis, it’s the first day of the rest of my life
Just need an outlet
You know what? I dream of one day being a 'proper' writer. To have my work published. It would be so nice to be on some literary short-list somewhere, with readers reviewing my stories (or ramblings) and giving me praise and criticism. And fans! Imagine that? Real life fans, and no I don't mean the…Read more Just need an outlet
A little bit of writing practice
So I am doing an online course in creative writing with the open university. It's a free course I might add. I looked into short courses in this subject at my local college and they charge about £70! Although I'm not ruling it out as something I might do in the future. I really enjoy writing,…Read more A little bit of writing practice
Hello, my name is Sarah, and I am a lonely mum…
There's something that they don't tell you about motherhood. For me it was completely unexpected and I wasn't prepared for it at all. Simply put: you may find yourself very lonely. We kind of expect not to have any time to ourselves. We also expect that these little people require your complete devotion as well…Read more Hello, my name is Sarah, and I am a lonely mum…
