Sucking Lemons
I have days when I am so consumed with bitterness towards my Ex that I can barely function.I never thought I would feel like this. Particularly after being separated for two years. Especially because...
View ArticleThe End of An Era
Isn't it funny how you can re-read posts from your own life and yet not identify with them at all? I think that's how I feel about the last two posts certainly. Can that possibly have been me? Did I...
View ArticleDid I Mention He is Obsessed with His Genitals?
I couldn't resist posting this....I drafted it some time ago and it is purely going on record to contribute to the material I am going to use to embarrass Johnny Drama with his girlfriend(s) in future...
View ArticleLost in Transition
Now this is more like it. Grey skies. Nondescript weather. For a good few weeks there I thought I had moved home to the wrong country. Most disconcerting. Roll on June and the rain, that's what I...
View ArticleSometimes I Can't See the Woods for the Trees
I feel as if I have reached a pinnacle in this single parenting experience where it surely can't get any harder than this. Please dear Universe, don't prove me wrong. It's just too hard. Please...
View ArticlePetit Menagerie
The boys are a chip off the old block where animals are concerned. If they had their way we would live in a slightly smaller version of Whipsnade Zoo. Johnny Drama is particularly intent on having a...
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A Better Quality of Life? Not Necessarily...
One of the things most British people assume is that you can enjoy a much higher standard of living in the US.Most Americans also typically take this for granted. I have had total strangers in Chicago...
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NHS: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
This morning my sister and I should be waking up to this:Instead we are still ensconced in North London. Not fair. But at least it's not rainy. GOT to look for the glass half full, got to look for...
View ArticleThe Art Of Positive Thinking
Captain Underpants, "Mum...I think it's going to rain..."Me, "C'mon on now, Captain Underpants...let's think positive shall we?"(Short pause)Captain Underpants, "Okay mum. I'm positive it's going to...
View ArticleA Day With Friends
When you're going through a rough patch, there's nothing better than spending time with friends, people that genuinely care.And that's just what I did today. At Cybermummy.Now I have the amazing...
View ArticleHow Is It Nearly July Already?
At last. A near perfect weekend. About bloody time. The previous 3 weekends have all involved tears (mine) in one form or another - from muffled sobs into a tea towel while curled up by the washing...
View ArticleThe Four Man Method - yet more dating disaster stories
Dating. It’s not an activity I thought I would have to endure in my 40s, whilst in the midst of trying to raise the next generation of men myself. I’m not proving to be very good at it.I was always...
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Just Call Me Imelda
Good evening everyone. My name is Nicola. And I am an addict.A shoe addict.This addiction reached fairly ridiculous heights this week, when in a single day I bought 7 pairs of shoes. Most of which...
View ArticleThe Doldrums
I don't suppose, given the title, that I need to preface this post by stating the bleeding obvious: this week has been a little bit sh*t.It's always the same after Ex departs. I try not to pre-empt...
View ArticleUnintentional Eavesdropping
I press the phone closer to my ear. In the background I can hear muffled chatter and lots of laughter. An American woman, requesting ever so politely to a waitress that none of her food comes within...
View ArticleReckless Behaviour
So last night was interesting...in a stereotypical, cliche, cougar type way.It's been an emotional couple of days, for a myriad of reasons. Chicago is starting to get to me. The walls are closing in....
View ArticleThe Inexplicable Mindset of My 8 Year Old...
The walk to school yesterday was pretty much like any other. The boys run ahead through the woods, only to instantly return and cling to my side like limpets when I bump into a friend and attempt to...
View ArticleMe, My Ex...and His American Girlfriend
So Ex did finally move over to the UK in September, much to many people's surprise.Given our typical communication brilliance, I didn't have any insight into his actual plans other than an approximate...
View ArticleI Think My Soulmate Might Possibly Read The Guardian...
Now Ex and I are living in the same country and sharing the parenting once more, it seemed time to dust off my libido (shoved hastily into the 3rd drawer down on the left), tenderly cradle my bruised...
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