Notes from an aging bulimic

At what age does a bulimic consider themselves 'too old for this business'? is it when their back aches when they get up from the toilet bowl? when they have a mouthful of false and implanted teeth?, or is it just when they hit 43?! Possibly any combination of the above... To be blunt, I'm …

Fibbing with style… the way to success

C is an inveterate fibber, conducted with such admiral aplomb and conviction it’s hard not to admire it. With factual matters she lives by the rule: say/do it with confidence and people will believe anything i.e. bullshit baffles brains. She is so good at rolling out plausible answers for things she has no business knowing …

Unnerving behaviour 2

Yesterday saw the second round of the de-nerving of front-righty, the treatment that had caused a large amount of pain in the aim of stifling the tooth with attitude.  Arriving early as it was cold and rainy outside, I settled into the established waiting room, a place considerably more established than last week’s temporary version. …

the anti-walking society

I have a suspicion, backed up by decades of observational evidence that there exists in Britain and probably far beyond, a number of secret societies, which once membership has been attained, for one must be invited to join, one is entitled to act like a subversive malcontent when it comes to moving in public spaces.  …

Unnerving behaviour…

I told it I would... After another day, and disturbed night of throbbing tooth pain, I told a little white lie and informed front righty (my tooth) we were off shopping, taking us instead on a joint outing to the butchers (dentists). I don’t like to lie like that, but needs must. Deposited in a …

toothache… a pain llike no other

There’s nothing like toothache; likewise earache, stomach-ache or eye pain, each one is separately and independently ‘the worst’ pain possible. My choppers have turned against me, my whole mouth is rebelling against the working conditions, seriously aching intermittently at what feels like indiscriminate locations. I’m pretty sure the ringleader is right fronty, it’s different, has …

The time travellers wife (& Foetus) The return to week 12

Photos taken, we were ejected back into the blindingly bright waiting room of yesterday, to what was a distinctly disappointing reception for two who had recently arrived from the future: no flash of light, no fanfare and quite definitely no flaming tyre tracks. As my eyes accustomed to the light the identical waiting room came …

Tuesday 1515 Scan Day: 12 week dating scan, and than damn boiler!

This place is still freezing. The living room fire is blazing away through all hours taking the opportunity to say ‘told you so’ when it comes to central heating, incandescently proclaiming the reliability of old technology. The gas-man is here, well gas-kid, he is very young, but doing a quality job with little fuss or …

Back to school ripoff!

I've just held to ransom, stripped and been spanked in public by the only providers of branded school wear in our local area.... I feel violated!... Oh well, on to the next year ....

Scared S#@tless by a foetus!

Thursday 0800 Early Pregnancy Support Unit appointment: 0900   I’m scared shitless (Please excuse the language, French was never my strongest), our appointment with the Early Pregnancy Support Unit, is in one hours’ time, we are sitting on the precipice staring into the abyss. In less than two hours time we will be in one …