I LOVE this place. And H, who I went with. And not working on Wednesdays. The real treat is, not making myself feel guilty about the fact I wasn’t writing. Advent Treat Day Fourteen – Afternoon Cider
Advent Treat Day Thirteen – Cutting Myself Some Slack
Yesterday, I had the kind of cold that makes you burst into tears for no reason and have to make up reasons to leave conversations you haven’t finished because you might faint on the person you’re talking to and make them spill their tea. Normally I pretend this kind of stuff isn’t happening, to the […]
Fat
I’ve always been fat. Sometimes it’s a problem for me, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes I’m bigger than I normally am, sometimes smaller. But one way or another, I haven’t been in my “healthy bmi range” since I was in sixth form, and that was only for about six months. Yeah, that’s right, healthy bmi range. […]
Advent Treat Day Twelve – A Present for Drunk Lucy
Today’s treat had to be pretty non time intensive. I had to prep and go to the office Christmas party, plus there was a poetry deadline (what? That’s a real thing. Honest. What?) so it had to be fast. I went with an idea from H – buying a present for Drunk Lucy. Drunk Lucy […]
Advent Treat Day Eleven – Writer’s Meeting
Every other week for about a year now, I’ve been meeting up with my friend T, another poet, and we read each other’s stuff and offer criticism. I have found this colossally helpful. I can lie to myself forever, but I find very difficult to explain to T that I’m rubbish and I haven’t written […]
Advent Treat Day Ten – In Bed With Bridesmaids
Normally I feel extreme guilt over wasted time. I always feel like I need to be “doing” something. I procrastinate a LOT, but in my head it feels different. I am allowed to listlessly surf the internet for 4 hours, but only if I have a writing project open in the background and I’m sitting […]
Advent Treat Day Nine – Wear What The Fuck You Like Friday
When I worked in Corporate Land, we used to have Dress Down Fridays. I hated this. As a concept, it seems so teasing, like Sniff A Biscuit Wednesdays or Briefly Lift Your Gaze To The Sky First Tuesday Of The Month. Dressing Down, by the very name, implies a rigidly adhered to code that has […]
Advent Treat Day Eight – Proper Lunch Break
Normally at lunchtime I slump at my desk in front of facebook and some sort of joyless stereotypical girl-lunch (fuck you, rice cakes) so today I went to meet a friend for coffee. I chose Dan Holloway, who runs Eight Cuts. He is one of these people who DO THINGS, all the time. He puts […]
Guilty
Today, I feel guilty. Yesterday I started drinking at lunchtime and didn’t stop until D lured me home with the promise of fried food. This meant I got pretty much no writing done. I don’t work Wednesdays so I can write, which is indulgent, but legitimate, as long as I actually am writing, not drinking […]
Advent Treat Day Seven – Lunch at Edamame
This place is brilliant. Only open for about 10 hours a week, tiny, and you have to share big tables with strangers. Lunch is the best time to go – you can get a main course, rice, miso soup and a cup of tea for about £7.50. We had to queue, but totally worth it. […]