Pomgirl
Blog URL http://pomgirl.blogspot.com/
Located Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
Tags england, australia, melbourne, cats, moving countries, cake, humour, depression, relationships
I started this blog after moving to Melbourne in June 2005, where life was almost exactly like an episode of 'Neighbours' but without people coming round to my house all the time. In March 2008, I moved back to England.
Latest Blog Posts
- Dad on Nov 1, 2009 in family matters
My dad had a stroke this morning. He collapsed at home, unable to speak or move the left side of his body. Truly, it was one of the scariest things I've ever seen. The doctors told us it was a "large" stroke but it's a good sign that he can now move...
- NaBloWriMo on Oct 31, 2009 in NaBloWriMo
I've decided to attempt NaBloWriMo and write a blog post every day in November, because I obviously don't have enough going on in my life at the moment. To date, my life has been littered with things I have started and then quit: novels, writing proj...
- The Non-Date Date on Oct 28, 2009 in random interaction a slice of life
Okay, let's just imagine for a moment that it was a date-date, and for one of us it might have actually been a date-date, and if it was then I would definitely not recommend calling me thirty minutes before the time we had arranged to meet to tell me...
- Excessive Exclamation Mark Post! on Oct 8, 2009 in work shmurk people are strange
I have a job!!! It's only taken eight months of applying for jobs and attending interviews to finally get a temporary position in my chosen industry. There were two positions available and one of my new colleagues told me there were four hundred appl...
- Please Lush Leave Me Alone on Sep 11, 2009 in a slice of life
I may have offended one of the girls working in Lush when she offered to "explain" how the solid shampoo bars worked."It's okay," I said. "I'll work it out for myself."I'm not normally so curt but had only been in the shop a couple of minutes and she...
- Book Meme on Sep 8, 2009 in bookish bird
I haven't done a meme in ages. This one involves answering a series of questions with the titles of books you've read this year.Describe yourself: She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)How do you feel? Restless (William Boyd)Describe where you currently live...
- Hitler Receives Some Bad News on Sep 5, 2009 in guff and stuff
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