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image description: line of different coloured books on a shelf leaning and propped up at different angles Howdy partners! How are we? Long time no speak, and HOW is it October already? If you hadn’t already seen, today (10 October) is World Mental Health Day and I’m dropping in here as part of a blog… Continue reading Mental Health Reading List
Since sharing what happened to me on my last post I’ve been thinking about how to follow up from there. I’ve thought about the topic of intimacy before but never written it down so going to have a go now. For the longest time, intimacy to me was just related to sex and I hated… Continue reading Intimacy
“Comparison is the thief of all joy” - President Theodore Roosevelt Oi oi oi, where to start with this one. Firstly i don’t think I’ve written an actual blog page post for almost a year, so if you are here and reading this, hello, and thank you for taking the time - it means the… Continue reading Comparison
Despite being in lockdown like most of the rest of the world, this Covid-19 quarantine, social distance, stay home, whatever you want to call it has sent me on quite a few journeys since it kicked off. I’m writing this to try to help save my sanity as last night I was even dreaming about… Continue reading LOCKDOWN
WOWOWOWWWW WHAT A TIME TO BE A BACKPACKERR EH! So where do I even start. Life update maybe: things were starting to settle over here in Oz. I have a job - it’s a little far away but was manageable, then Jenny started there too which made it a lot more bearable. There are some… Continue reading Life Update & COVIDDDD
Hi b4es and bo0s Checking in on our Greece trip and can report what a fabulous place it is. We stayed overnight in Piraeus when we first arrived, but got there quite late and left before the sun was up so didn’t see much of the area. We ventured out for some food and struggled… Continue reading Greece Lightening on Wheels
2020 pewpewpew I’m so stinkingly ill, I’m trying to use writing this blog to exert some brain power and sit up for more than 25 mins, since the last few days I’ve had none and have been living horizontally. Here we are, 7 days into the new year, T minus 8 days until our grand… Continue reading 2O2O🎉
Lauzzzzyyy if I wrote to you 10 years ago to prep you I’d say: Uni will break you, super fun at the time but wowYou’ll have your heart broken harder than you ever thought possibleYou’ll lose your biggest role modelYou’ll become an absolute arsehole but you make it out the othersideYou’ll be a skinny bish… Continue reading Y – (10) Years
Christmas is a funny ol’ time for me. I remember being young and we always went up to my Gran and Grandpa’s house in Auchterarder and there were so many of us crammed around the dining room table. Constant flow of food and chatter, crackers, jokes, starters, crunching, spreading, mains, turkey, pigs in blankets, laughter,… Continue reading X – XMAS
Since starting my instagram page @splintuplooksharp I have seen more posts than I ever have related to CIDP/neurological conditions/injuries resulting in disabilities and wheelchair/walking aid use. In this post I have 2 points I want to cover: 1. What you see on IG, and 2. Impact of an early in life diagnosis On point 1,… Continue reading What You Know
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