I’m sick of my recent melancholia – while I think I earned it honestly I need to shake it off because I suspect I would benefit from some positive vibes (and I’m probably not the only one.) So soundtracked by the new Taylor Swift and lit by a beautiful sunny morning on this train home…

I’ve been a little (lot) overwhelmed this week and unfortunately it leaked through and at times I wasn’t my best self. Frustrations I would usually brush off really affected me and it manifested in stubborn and churlish behaviour on Monday and Tuesday particularly. There are aspects of this role that I don’t enjoy but this…

Health stuff is still terrible – multiple medications, lots of ‘tests’ and lots of worry but this wee week I’m not going to dwell on it…so; Sunday I went for lunch with some of my very best friends – a couple of whom were down from Dumfries – it was a real tonic though I…

This week has been significantly suboptimal on multiple fronts and honestly I’m not quite sure what I am going to write here. The root of my rubbish week is the outcome of this week’s doctors appointment and blood tests that led to the news that I have worryingly high (like medical professionals grimacing and doing…

I write this with tired eyes and fatigued fingers after a week of spreadsheeting and statement of work drafting. Tuesday was definitely a record for time spent glaring at Google Sheets and angrily clicking in cells. Trackers and calculators and balance sheets as far as my ageing eyes could see. Copy and pasting, format fixing…