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Back off, Buster
I’m tired. Very, very tired. I work in retail. That’s really all you need to know! Yes, it’s a customer-facing role. Yes, it has its challenges even on a normal day. But add Corona Virus to the mixture, and you get a very special sort of…
Supernumerary in the States
Hope you’re feeling well and coping well with it all. After a flurry of Covid-19-related posts, I’ve decided that actually, sometimes, we might just want to think about something completely different. So – unless there’s something that I…
Self (isolating) Help
This is Molly, my cat. It’s her birthday. That’s what I’d planned to write about until Covid-19 came along. I’m setting up a group for the road I live on, to help people who are no longer able to go out due to Covid-19. If you’ve got…
How To Be Bored – 15 ways to help you get through this
Whether you’re self-isolating for 14 days, or in a vulnerable group and needing to shield yourself for 12 weeks (and assuming that you’re not actually ill) you’re very likely to be bored out of your skull. Here are 15 ways to survive the…
We’re not laughing any more
Only a couple of days ago, we could laugh about it – oh, it’s only like having the flu, I’m stockpiling books and chocolate… I’ve gone from thinking, ‘It can’t happen to me…’ to thinking, ‘If it happens to me…’ to thinking, ‘When it…
Where Do I Think I’m From?
This post has nothing whatsoever to do with corona virus. Thought I’d give y’all a break. I’ve been researching my family tree for quite a while now. My parents came from Yorkshire in England, and Fife in Scotland. My grandparents were…
See Naples – or not…
Well, I booked my first solo holiday back on 14th February. I’ve paid for my flights, and a deposit on my accommodation. I haven’t booked anything else – I’d planned on booking the ferry trip to Capri, a walking food tour of Naples, a trip…
Fourth Time Lucky
I’ve got a new lodger!! I’d had three enquiries within a couple of days of dropping the price, but none of them had come to anything. And then the fourth one came along. My last lodger moved out back in November. I knew I probably wouldn’t…
Ladies who Lunch
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day – this post isn’t about that, but I wanted to just mention that until 1982 a publican in the UK could refuse to serve alcohol to a woman. (In the sense of her buying it herself. Apparently it was OK if…
Whose Job is it Anyway?
I’ve decided to get a cleaner. I used to have one – she came for two hours every week, and hoovered, dusted, and cleaned the bathroom. When my husband left, I had to let her go. This frustrated me – a lovely woman, very good at her job,…
Corona virus
I don’t bloody believe it. I want to travel. I love travelling. I travelled a fair amount in the past . I’m happy to travel independently. There are places I want to visit, there are things I want to do. There are adventures I want to…
Miss, Mrs or Ms?
It’s a question I have to ask as part of my job, and it’s fraught with difficulty. It’s easy for the guys. No-one will be offended by being called Mr, even if their correct title is something else. But it’s very easy to get it very wrong…
