Today I’ve realized (again!) how important it is to slow the bleep down, relax and take things slow and steady. Lately I feel like I’ve been in a whirlwind of Instagram and Facebook and computer screens and photo-editing and the general background electric hum of too much time on technology. It’s been good on the […]
Nearly three whole months of daily writing. It’s great, sometimes I put myself under a lot of pressure to get it done and to write something decent, but usually it’s a great way to practice my craft. At some point, I need to find a couple niche topics to hone in on and write more […]
I’ve left today’s daily scribble til late again so I’m not going to do a long complex post. I came home from work today (which by the way was twice as stressful as yesterday because we were busier and still not enough chefs and I had some dodgy moments with orders and customers waiting). From […]
It’s nearly 10:30 pm. I’ve been working solidly since I came home from… uh, work. Doh! I did a seven hour shift in the restaurant and it was busy. Not crazy want-to-cry busy, but annoying busy because the chefs were a man down and so I had to avoid some tables that were waiting ages […]
For once it’s only 6 pm as I write this. What a novelty. What am I going to write about today though? My sugar fast is old news already (I just scoffed half a packet of biscuits and a club milk. My internal organs are silently weeping). I’m not entirely off coffee either these days, […]
It seems one or two people were tickled pink by yesterday’s sinister-sounding “Addiction” title for a blog-post that was basically about me being unable to stay away from chocolate. It got me thinking and I decided to do some research, because after all, isn’t sugar a highly addictive substance? Isn’t it as bad as cocaine […]
Today was just plain weird. I drove Alex to a small craft fair in Blarney and then had the rest of the day to myself until I collected him at 4 pm. And it was one of those days where I sank down into an intolerable state of unease. I had a scone and peppermint […]
I just discovered that I never posted yesterday’s scribble. Oops! I wrote it all up and then left it, planning on adding a photo from my phone later, as I often do. Only apparently I completely forgot about it. I’ve shared it now so today will be a double whammy of blog posts. Hooray! To […]
Day two of the coffee-fast and I’ve actually succeeded in staying off sugar today also. Yesterday when I felt unwell I gorged on chocolate and biscuits but that’s to be expected when you’re under the weather. I still don’t feel 100% myself, but at least the headache and the funny mental-fog are gone. It’s incredible […]
All day long I’ve had a headache, at work I literally felt like I was living in a fog and struggled to focus on orders. I came home early and climbed into bed with a feeling of sweet relief and slept (until the dogs woke me with a barking like lunatics). Since then I’ve been […]
Coffee and Scribbles 