February didn't start off so hot what with developing a cold/chest infection and all. I ended up with 2 courses of steroids and 1 of antibiotics before I was better, it was Not Fun. The rest of Feb actually, went pretty...
February in Review
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Eleven Things I've Learnt Doing Exercise Classes
I was an exercise class virgin until January this year. Exercise with lots of people? In a room with a big mirror? Hell on Earth. But then I got ill and had to do exercise to help me improve there's only so much swimming...
Friday, 19 February 2016
13 Things You Probably Haven't Watched on Netflix Yet
So you watched Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black and House of Cards. You just finished binging Making a Murderer and are feeling suitably outraged at the US penal system. You start to wonder if you've now seen the best...
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Missing The Six Month Mark
Last week I realised I missed my sixth month chronic illness landslide anniversary. I suddenly experienced a horrific pain flare that started on 10th July 2015 (I remember because my bf was visiting for his birthday weekend,...
Friday, 12 February 2016
Books For If You Still Miss Buffy
The return of The X-Files on UK TV this week got me thinking about nostalgia, and about my truest television love. Buffy. I was 10 when I started watching it regularly. I'd seen odd episodes before, but I began properly...
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Getting Ill When You're Chronically Ill
Last week I caught a cold. I hadn't had a cold since September and even then it was really only a sniffle exacerbated by flying with it which blocked my ears up for a week. Before that, I genuinely can't remember the last...
Thursday, 4 February 2016
On Not Feeling Guilty For Not Reading (Or Whatever You're Feeling Guilty About Not Doing)
I am a reader. If I had to define myself, it's likely that's what I'd go with above person, female or living with a chronic condition. I *may* pick Slytherin instead but that would confuse people not very familiar with me who don't understand that I identify everyone by their Hogwarts house and judge...
Monday, 1 February 2016
January in Review
January has been a funny old start to the year. My friend Debbie came to visit me for a few days right after New Year which really started 2016 off well for me. But then my exercise regime began traumatically, which you...
