So following on from my massive struggle/freakout/God's got this blog I wrote a few months ago (see here), I passed my driving test! I stupidly booked it for the week after a Christian Conference during which I would have absolutely no time to practice, and plenty of time to overthink. During my lessons, I had [...]
Tag: learning
‘The first year is the hardest’
I love anniversaries. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, anniversaries of significant events. I love it when Facebook tells me '7 years ago today you moved to University' (yes, 7 years this week!). I love reflecting on the changes that have come with time. Last week, the week of our first wedding anniversary, gave me the chance to [...]
Beep Beep! Learning to drive (again)
I tend to try and post about things which are finished, over and done with, sorted and have been fully reflected on. But life isn't like that, and I've been feeling obligated to blog about something I'm right in the middle of, as it were. So this is my driving story. This is about learning [...]
‘Hello, are you Poppy?’
A couple of months ago I would have found strangers in the street saying "Hello, are you Poppy?" rather unerving. But walking around a town, sorry,Β village, in a dog collar changes things. It changes how a person is seen. I am beginning to adapt, and I now find comments like "excuse me, are you the [...]