Excuses for Not Blogging

I don’t have time. (Because I just spent an hour going from one form of social media to the other. Not even interacting, just seeing posts other people have liked and comments that make me despair.) I don’t have the energy. (OK, this is often true, but some people seem to manage to hold down …

It will all work itself out in the wash

It turns out that after six weeks with a not-properly-functioning washing machine, there is no sweeter sound than the sloshing of a new one. After a month of pandering to the yellowing antique in the kitchen, including a minor flooding that seeped through the ceiling of the flat below, our landlord said we could get a new …

Why I need to stop living life to the full

I’m going to stop living life to the full. (At least for a little while.) No, this is not the kind of thing you’re supposed to say, but you know what? I’m tired of being tired. Throughout my first year in London, one of the things I loved most, and couldn’t argue with, was having …

The Big (Toe/)Sock Conspiracy

Something very strange is going on. For the past week, every pair of socks or tights that I've taken off at the end of the day has had a hole in them, through which my right big toe is emerging. You must be thinking I have feet like a goblin, or an Eagle-like claw on …

Ten signs that you have been job-hunting for too long

I have work experience next week, so I’ve managed to trick myself into believing that I’m not really unemployed. However, given that I don’t know when I will next have an income, and that is pretty important for, you know, paying for stuff, I have spent a large proportion of time over the past two …