Hiraeth a hwyl

Note to casual readers: you won’t find anything profound here, just an account of my lovely weekend.
Hiraeth is a special Welsh word which means longing and a touch of homesickness, though it is, curiously, sometimes viewed as a positive, energizing feeling, while hwyl is analogous to the Irish word craic, i.e. good fun and entertainment. [...]

I need to be nicer to myself

The week back home did me a lot of good. Company, sympathy, support, a change of scene, eating properly and finally managing to get a bit more sleep were all so important and much needed. And I had a few VERY much better days at the end and when I got back.
I’m now slipping back [...]

Escape

The Bad News: Things have definitely gone from bad to worse this week, and the yucky things that have been happening have been exacerbated by my not being able to sleep or eat properly. I think I’ve hit rock bottom. (I hope, cautiously, that this means I can’t fall any further.)
The Good News: I’m flying [...]

Positive achievements #1

OK, time for an update. Admittedly, I have had some awful moments since my last post, particularly over the weekend, but there have been some positive developments that I’d like to report, in no particular order.

I bought some cosmetics yesterday. The one and only loyalty card I possess is for a cosmetics company that has [...]