#2020

Saturday We set off Saturday morning. I feel really ill. My flu is back again. We travel about 300 yards on the motorway when Hannah’s car decides to break down. She can’t go above 40 because it won’t go over 4th gear. We stop and turn it off and now it won’t go above 3rd,…

I've decided to transfer my diary entries from the pandemic to here so that it's in a cloud somewhere. I cannot stress enough the lifelong impact this time will have on the rest of our lives.  I don't know about the word count so I'll get as much into one post as I can. March…

It feels as if we are saying goodbye to the last 3 years. Damn, do i feel lighter. Even though we walked out to a flat tire...my focus was on the heart confetti scattered across the sidewalk. Later 2022. ...2021...2020.

What makes you tick with a smile?   If there is anything 2020 taught me, it is to be happy. No matter what. Earlier, i used to tie the knot of my happiness with people or things. But as 2020 progressed, i realized that happiness does not have to be in boundaries. Happiness is actually…

I Have Never Been Religious -  Catholic school was something that happened to me, around me, like a green screen it could have changed to anything else and in the distraction of surviving youth I wouldn't have noticed. My family didn’t actively practice the Catholic religion and beyond receiving ...

There has been no doubt that this year has ultimately sucked and its not even over yet. And the thing is I have found myself with more mental and emotional stress than in 2018. Thinking about it, 2018 was hard on me but in so many different ways. The bouts of depression left rather quickly…

"What do you miss from the time before social distancing?" It's going to sound slightly incidental but I miss the work PA not being bombarded with, "Please keep a 2 metre distance from each other for your own personal safety. The management team thanks you for your help serving the nation in thes...

Pain à la banane, that is.  Good morning! So as I sit here at my desk, shivering despite the fact that it is indeed Spring, I have to profess to you my love for banana bread. Not only is it extremely easy to make but it's also hella tasty. Baking is usually a science but…

So I decided to "re-do" an old post where 20 year old me answered a bunch of questions. So now you have the 33 year old edition (the old original answers are the first ones in grey). Let's see how much I've changed. BASICS: 01; Name: Toni Toni 02; Name you wish you had: Spanglehead…

And a lot has changed. I've changed. When I received the email to re-activate my old Open Diary entries, I have to admit I was a bit torn. Experience has taught me that I will always look back on my younger years and cringe at old-me. And I'm not wrong. Heck, I could even look…