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Wherein I express emotions
As you know, I wanted to go pumpkin picking. However the nearest place was 30 miles away which MindReader felt was a long way to drive to pick one pumpkin. So we compromised and went to a GARDEN...
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The sea between us only amplifies the sound waves / Every hum and echo and...
I giggle as I slide into our living room. “The rug stops me now!” I say. We have been to Ikea and the bank is broken as predicted. “It smells of new carpet,” MindReader says, screwing the legs onto our...
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If you can arrange this for my birthday…
“Shall we watch a film?” I say, lighting a candle next to the TV. “I was going to do some chores,” MindReader says, and before you think my dialogue is off today, this is exactly how he speaks....
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On bulk dinner making
Last Sunday MindReader made all our meals for the week in bulk. Then he labelled them with the days of the week on and froze them. In particular, he (apparently) spent a very long time making a gourmet...
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Bedbugs
I switch the light on and look at the clock. 11.30pm. My face is itching. “What’re you doing?” MindReader says sleepily. I pick something off my face and stare at my fingers. “There’s a… bug?” I say. I...
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Benny, part 4, or, Distraction Therapy for Backs
Benny, part one, two and three. “Owwww,” I say to MindReader, clattering about pouring two coffees. I seem to have done my back in. Halfway up, right in the centre, absolutely kills whenever I move....
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RSPCA say…
“So it is quite a busy road,” the RSPCA lady says to me, after we’ve done the formalities. This woman, she has four cats and three dalmations. Briefly, I have an insight into what my life might be like...
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Ginger timing
It was a little bit of a battle to be allowed Benny. We rent our house from MindReader’s sister and her husband and there were a few negotiations via text to be allowed a cat. Mostly because cats can...
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Happy Place
“So I think we will look into prices for a new boiler,” MindReader’s sister says as we sip tea in our cold living room. “God, it’s stressful,” I say, sitting down in the beanbag in the corner of the...
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Please leave a comment if you tell irrational lies too?!
“Are you okay to take delivery of your sofa on Saturday?” The lady says to me on the phone. “Yes, yes, yes,” I say. Sofas are important to me. I spend a LOT of time on them. Besides, MindReader and I...
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