mental irrigation

2011-12-03T09:13:00.003+01:00

It goes without sayingThat finding the will or the inspiration to write and breathe life into my poor neglected blog has been an unsurmountable challenge. The grind and pull of daily life is indeed relentless. It's not made any easier when you're raising a wee one on your own.I have however, have had the delight of an unexpected visit from a dear old friend miss sal sal from oz this week. It's

2011-10-14T12:24:00.003+01:00

Little MadameIs growing like a weed! She's such a pretty thing (okay I'm allowed to say that i'm her mum). She's started tennis lessons (whith the hope that one day she will play with me).My office is awash of burgeoning bellies as two of my colleagues are now expecting. Luke and Helena (my friends who I set up with one and other years ago) are expecting their first bebe in a few weeks! I'm so

2011-09-18T13:21:00.003+01:00

I admit itPosh bin has made life fabulous... maybe the bar is just really low right now but, man what a difference. I will never go back. I guess it's the same thing after fying in first... economy would seem like something unthinkable.Back into the weekly grind now. My big project at work still has still not launched yet but another one is building steam... that's the problem in this sort of job

2011-09-10T22:27:00.003+01:00

unlike some people's blogs i often read...yes i have the guilty admission that I read some people's blogs because I am astounded at how much I dislike them... but it's a love hate thing... they obviously catch my attention enough to make me always read them first when I check in.... but I'm not writing about them I'm writing about how far away different my guilty pleasure luxury purchase this

2011-08-29T20:44:00.002+01:00

It's been a whole year now... Since life as I knew it disintegrated in Barcelona. Alfredo is long gone from all of our lives. It's sad really as the only thing I can liken it to is mourning. He's not dead of course but to us he's gone the concept, the total veil of lies he created are gone forever, so therefore not dissimilar to death. I know it's crazy as the amount of financial and emotional

2011-08-21T18:59:00.002+01:00

Nope... not doing something at all! Well that was all just a bit silly... Doing something turned out to be doing nothing with any of them! I wrote to 14 people and not a single one wanted to do anything... hmm maybe i've got the cooties? I think I've got small child cooties, no big mystery there really :) It's a beautiful sunny day and it's been that way all day which is no small feat in this

2011-08-15T09:08:00.000+01:00

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2011-08-13T10:30:00.003+01:00

A month of freedom of sorts... My fabulous mother has whisked miss Sienna off to spend a month in Canada frolicking and playing with her relations. I'm here, with the evil Chihuahua making sure that I get up to plenty of mischief... Having time entirely to my self after work is hilarious. I honestly feel like a teenager again. I've been enjoying the toils of internet dating, seeing friends...

2011-07-24T07:30:00.002+01:00

Shameful really but it's nearly been a monthSummer has sort of come and gone and then popped back in again... I guess the key is that if you don't stop working you don't notice as much? It's strange but true but i've nearly seen more (or perhaps the same amount )of Autumn, Chiara and Siobhan than any of my friends here. It's logical really because of course it's not only my life that has changed

2011-06-26T22:40:00.002+01:00

Days seem to swirl by ...faster than I can keep track of lately. I've passed my 4 month probation at my new job... Sienna's citizenship has been granted and shortly she'll have her own little red British Passport! Lots acomplished indeed. Work has started making greater demands on my time in the evening which is all the more challenging. This weekend the accumulated exhaustion was apparent... but

2011-06-07T22:56:00.003+01:00

Delightful indeedOooh how delightful were you, date from last evening? Tee hee. I shall say no more.Unfortunately I do not appear to have won the lotto this evening although I had great illustion that it would be the case... I settled for a viewing of Made in Chelsea. It's car crash television at it's best... and yes I admit I watch it. I can't quite believe that any of them are under 25 but

2011-06-02T22:27:00.005+01:00

Hello 1000!I've been away for a long while. Mostly due to the fact that I've reached my 1000th blog entry and although it means pretty much nothing, I just couldn't face writing anything fluffy or non-insightful... but really I think I just simply had to focus energy on this new chapter of my life and finding balance. It's no small feat let me tell you.Life is not easy, oh no most certainly not.

2011-03-26T10:35:00.004+01:00

Spring has arrived to LondonNot sure if it will stay around long but here, you learn to appreciate the small episodes of sunshine...My birthday came and went and so did the lovely Joey who came down from Scotland to have her first weekend away from her little milk monster. It was good fun... turning 35, not so much. Can't freeze time.Sienna and I caught some rays just before we went off to work

2011-03-12T16:29:00.005+01:00

Soooooo yes I admit I tried it...well i've tried a hell of a lot of things in my life there is do doubt about it. But miss Andrea convinced me to give online dating a try... so as with most things in life I have given it a whirl. It's been a 'laugh so hard you cry' thing... followed by the 'oh my god this is useless' and that's pretty much where it stands. But an interesting excercise nonetheless

2011-03-05T15:55:00.002+01:00

It's Saturday afternooni'm sat at home chilling in the lovely company of my friend Ollie. He doesn't live so far from here which is nice! Andrea and Danny are also going to stop by this afternoon for some tea and cakes. Miss Sienna is still sleeping as after lunch she couldn't handle much more and fell asleep in my arms before we even got home. The house is clean and tidy which is a sort of

2011-02-24T23:19:00.002+01:00

My lord...Since I've written. Sienna has arrived... I've moved accounts on my new job... I've studied my ass off and passed my PRINCE2 exam. My mum left this morning and we all shed some tears...LIfe is fast... stressful but slowly but surely I can see a nice little future shaping up. Dear me. I NEVER thought it was going to be this full on.How much am I looking forward to sleeping in my own bed

2011-02-01T14:56:00.001+01:00

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2011-01-22T11:36:00.002+01:00

I think being back in London Will greatly improve the diversity of my postings here. The amount of things that you observe in this big hunking city is truly amazing... Here's to brining the comedy back to this blog, we've had quite enough of the tragic kind for a long time.I was on the tube the other night coming back from one of my numerous flat viewings. I was on the circle line heading to

2011-01-21T12:09:00.002+01:00

One step closerI found a flat finally... close to where I lived before... the places I saw where seriously sketchy... Pretty frightening as all of them were minimum 330 quid a week! So the location for work may not be the best but Sienna and I are going to attempt to commute either by bus or by scooter. I'm sussing out which scooter will be best. If we can do Scooter I imagine us getting there in

2011-01-19T09:36:00.003+01:00

I did actually arrive...I do sort of feel like I was sucked into a vortex once I i did though. A wash of old memories of having arrived here all those years ago for the first time. It's been so difficult to be without Sienna but also quite good as there is no way on earth I would have been able to flat hunt with her. The market is not very friendly right now and even after pushing back my work

2011-01-10T22:46:00.002+01:00

Waiting...I'm sitting waiting at the departure lounge at the airport. It's a bittersweet departure as wee me and lilli are not with me. Sienna's visa did not arrive in time and thus she has to wait till it arrives and once it does my mum will bring her over to join me. The dog will have to wait a few months longer until all her paperwork is cleared. Starting again is an exceedingly expensive

2011-01-05T04:43:00.002+01:00

New beginnings are always so much easier in January...funny that? well okay, yea maybe not. I'm so overrun with things to do in the next 24h I've no idea how I'm going to do it all! I honestly feel like a kid just before xmas... I've even got butterflies in my stomach. I'm sad to be finishing up with my current job but happy to be moving to new adventures and a fab new employer. I'm really hoping

2010-12-26T05:44:00.003+01:00

I'm no Social Media ExpertBut my heart goes out to the poor Lalaloupsie Facebook content editor this xmas. The dolls are so well loved but may the greedy fuckers who bought 7 dolls for their kids sure are demanding. The packaging is a bitch but come on folks... you have kids... work it out. That's how things roll with kids toys. I really wonder how that poor person is managing who's dealing with

2010-12-23T17:10:00.002+01:00

If there was no more work to do for this certain employer ever againit wouldn't be too soon :)Someone got the I've worked more than humanly possible lately and can do no more syndrome? *raises hand* I'm doing my very best to finish this last project for them perfectly. A swan song... best not be a black swan!Life admin tasks pile up and my room is a wash of legal documents and various other admin

2010-12-22T02:11:00.003+01:00

This year no one was screamingbut they do look quite serious.Sienna, Charlotte & Isabella and the trusty Brampton SantaWork is slowly easing off a bit which is good so I can actually maybe work normal hours and perhaps have the first weekend off in ages... it is xmas and all.Am I finished my shopping? Lord knows. You get what you get folks and Karm... this year yours is subversive! The clerk