Vanu-wow-tu
As I mentioned in my last post, I had a lovely time in Vanuatu. Some of my favourite things were — The stunningly beautiful natural environment People were very friendly and welcoming It felt very safe...
View ArticleHomeowner and tired person
Oh wow, I haven’t written on here since April. It has really been a crazy year. In May, we found out we were basically getting evicted from our rental, despite being impeccable tenants, because the...
View ArticleBurnout burnout
This year has been pretty hectic. Big staff changes at work, covering various responsibilities and always having new ones land on my plate, mum being sick, BUYING an apartment which was definitely not...
View ArticleThe ME/CFS five year anniversary roadshow
I’m currently living out of a Tarago that has been converted into a campervan, hopping around the small towns near Byron Bay. I booked a holiday up here after getting cheap flights to Brissy, and as I...
View ArticleAirport blues
Sitting here waiting for my flight back to Canberra after my holiday and starting to feel anxiety creeping back in. I’m really tired, because even enjoyable things are tiring (sometimes the most tiring...
View ArticlePuppy
I got my puppy. His name is Asterix, he’s now five months old, and he is extremely cute and full of energy and mischief. He sleeps with me on my bed, is excited beyond belief when I get home from work,...
View Article2020 this doesn’t bode well…
I’ve just spent the last two and a half weeks in a bad ME/CFS crash after our major conference at work. The conference wipes me out every year, but this year it was extreme — probably in part because...
View ArticleWell that escalated quickly.
Just a month ago, those freaking out about COVID-19/coronavirus in Australia looked like a fringe group, conspiracy theorists buying too much toilet paper and ruining things for everyone else. Fast...
View ArticleSorry about the outage…
Turns out this blog was down for a couple of months and I didn’t even notice, because 2020. I got a couple of emails from my web host about not being able to charge the hosting fees (change of credit...
View ArticleFarewelling mum
My mum Julie Betteridge passed away on 30 November 2020, aged 60, after a two year battle with cancer. Below is the speech I delivered at her funeral at St Matthew’s Church in Albury on 8 December...
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