The weather has finally caught up with the calendar. We have actual sunshine that MEANS IT. You can't believe how excited the kids are to be wearing shorts at last. Me, I'm half loving the feeling of air on my skin, and half sighing at doing the pedicure + leg depilation dance for the next… Continue reading Summertiiiiime and the living is so-so: 5 things 3.6.19

Objectively, current state of unemployment is the absolute freaking ideal. Kids are in school. I have no immediate financial pressure. Is marvellous! I mean, there are downsides, but there's a lot to enjoy, and I'm very conscious of how nice it is to have this alone time. I've been feeling a weird urgency to it;… Continue reading Slobs don’t deserve free time: 5 things 27.5.19

First week of unemployment proceeded satisfactorily; neither a model of productivity nor an entirely slothful wallow (more's the pity). Spa day, leisurely lunch by the lake, bit of work (design stuff and freelance stuff), signing on at the unemployment office. Respectable, all in all. Utter lack of any housework whatsoever. Oops. Signing on is of… Continue reading Life of leisure: 5 things 20.5.19

Thursday was my last working day in the Wrong Job. I literally woke up on Friday with a smile on my face. For all the stress and insecurity and gaslighting of the place, my boss's last words were "don't ever change", so I feel confident in saying it's not me, it's them, and there's no… Continue reading That’s quite enough of THAT: 5 things 13.5.19

Last week of employment and I have to admit, I've been very much enjoying planning my days for the next few weeks. I have (of course) a whole lot of urgent stuff to do, but I plan to treat wallowing as equally urgent for at least a day or so. Have applied for another job that… Continue reading Knitting weather: 5 things 6.5.19

It occurs to me that my biggest problem with current work frustration is that I was too lucky at the start of my career. I lucked into doing something that I am really, really good at, and of course doing the job developed those particular skills further. Not just actual editing, but a particular way… Continue reading The thing is: 5 things 29.4.19