X***LCStress

Hola everyone,

Some of you may know I was recently in a minor road traffic accident where someone drove into the back of me at a junction. Along with the resulting pain, it caused a few other issues along the way. 

Any incident on the road has the potential to knock your confidence, no matter how long you’ve been driving for. I’ve been driving for 10 years this year, but even getting back in the car to drive it home I was freaking out. The damage caused meant it was unroadworthy at night time and did need to be taken to the garage to be fixed. The process is now complete and I don’t want to share too many details online regarding the process.

On the flip side though – v quick run down on the personal impact.

So, having my condition means I rely heavily on my car. I was provided with an amazing courtesy car but with that comes the stress of it not being yours and considering I had just been run into, I did from time to time worry about what would happen if I had an accident in the bloody hire car too. Not what ye need. 

But back to the legs, so walking ain’t really my thang. It’s sore, I don’t enjoy it, it makes me feel inadequate as a human (on a bad day) and tbh I don’t know why the hell I can’t hover everywhere yet. That being said, I do either need to get a lift to and from work or drive, so switching and having cars dropped off and picked up proved slightly challenging, and while in a new job, was mad stress.

I drive a manual car which is a surprise to many – pLz d0n’tt a$$ume I c@n’t thnQ.

My hire car was a petrol car and wearing splints means my ankles are in a fixed position so I drive really through my knee/thigh movement. Petrol vs diesel bite = very different for my drive style. Ya gurl nailed it though.

The injury sustained, the pavlova with the car, the unrest in my mind and routine, new job and new working schedule meant for the last few weeks I’ve been a bit all over the place. Things kind of came to a climax this week though and the cherry on the cake was being shat on (by a bird) and water pouring from my eyes. 

Once everything was complete with my car, I took to my fresh bed sheets and rested. I started listening to a podcast called Wake Up and Manifest – this is something I want to learn more about. Big thanks to my friends for the continuous support and love. To my new work pals for not thinking I’m a complete crazy bitch and chugging on as a wee team and listening to me when I just had to let it out. 

Went for a swim today and going to pluck my abysmal eyebrows, and for the next few weeks get my head down and focus on the little things that are a bit more fulfilling than being stressed out. 

I have a small plan to spread the blog which will be trial and error and have recently downloaded the Duolingo app and am learning Spanish. Hit me up if you wana be progress pals on the app and we can learn together. 😎

lOv3 ❤