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I woke up at 7:30 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep, because there’s no justice in this world. I felt sorry for myself for a while, then dragged myself from my bed and[…]

Once again, I commemorate being bereft of my family by doing the laundry. Tonight I’m too dehydrated for tears, so I just hung out all the tiny shirts and skirts and socks, and then regretted[…]

I was incredibly tired today. I’d had a full night’s sleep, but even with that, I felt like death and couldn’t even focus my eyes properly. I struggled to the office, feeling like all the[…]

I fetched the girls from their school today and walked them down the hill and home. La Serpiente slipped and grazed her knee at the top of the hill but was quite stoic about her[…]

Today was the first day of a big conference, and it was also the day the girls had a school trip to the science museum, and it was also the day that I couldn’t sleep[…]

My cold is gradually coming to an end, which is good, because I’ve used up almost all the paper tissues in the house as more and more disgusting stuff has exited from my nose. It[…]

Somehow I managed to reduce my phone’s battery to 5% before I took the girls swimming, and I only realised my predicament part way through Destroyer’s class. Turning my phone off to save battery when[…]