Bridesmaids isn't the kind of movie likely to make you think, but it's funny how when you approach something with low expectations it often surprises you. Not much of it stayed with me except the scene when Megan came over and bit Annie on the butt. Although Megan is weird, she was a good friend to Annie. Good friends never come in the packages ( Read more... )

For most of my life, I thought that if I achieved certain things, then I would be content. I figured, once I was thin enough and pretty enough and successful enough and talented enough and stylish enough and had enough money and was sophisticated enough and… and… well, you get the picture. Once I had all those things covered, then I would be ( Read more... )

I was reading Penelope Trunk's blog earlier this week and she wrote:

"In your 40s, you get used to being lost, and it even starts to look interesting"...I think I hit this curve a couple of years early ( Read more... )

In August this year, it will be 7 years since I was diagnosed with Lupus. I decided recently that I’ve wasted too many years standing on the shoreline staring at the shipwreck of my life and wringing my hands. It’s a waste of time. I have to cut my losses. No amount of hand-wringing will resurrect my old life from the wreckage. I can’t salvage ( Read more... )

This year, I’ve felt like I’ve been standing still while time and life rushed past me. It’s as though my feet have been caught in a bog and I haven’t been able to move forward with the usual pace of life. Time is passing me by and I’m not getting the things done that I wanted to and there is nothing I can do about it. I’ve questioned whether I’m ( Read more... )

Had an odd experience this Christmas ( Read more... )

I randomly opened an old scrapbook of quotes I've put together over the years. Some of them are from famous people, some are nice messages from friends. Today, I opened the book and there was one from Panny. It was like she was talking right to me. I chose the picture to go with it because I liked the sea colours but it seems prophetic now. It ( Read more... )

I've gone back to University to do my Masters degree and at the moment, I'm not even sure I'll make it through my first subject. The amount of reading you have to do is insane and there are 3 assignments (that's just one subject). Whatever possessed someone with SLE to think they could work full-time and study part-time ( Read more... )

Femme contacted me today to let me know that Panny (or Ely) had passed away from a suspected blood clot. I got Femme's message at work, just before I had to go into a meeting, so I didn't even really have time to feel shocked before I had to pull myself together again ( Read more... )

So I was at the dump the other weekend with a boot full of rubbish.

I had the misfortune to be parked next to a car and trailer with a lone male in it.

I could see his pained expression as I got out and opened my boot. He practically rolled his eyes into the back of his head. His thoughts may as well have been written across his forehead:

Oh ( Read more... )