I have been unwell all weekend. Then as I started feeling a bit better I developed a deep, chesty cough that hurts like hell. I feel like I’m not getting enough oxygen because every breath makes me cough. A lot. And then I get a bit panicky because I am, obviously, […]

I had a school picture taken today. Seriously.
As a kid, when I pictured being an adult, it definitely did not include being perched on a stool in front of a streaky grey background, and my head being moved about by a woman wearing too much makeup. And being asked to say “SMILE!”. […]

I have an gmail address that is my first and last name: toryssa.jane@gmail. I got an invite, seemingly from myself to myself, a couple days ago. “Toryssa Jane is inviting you to Gmail!”
Interested, I opened it, and looked at the details. It was sent by Toryssa Jane, but the address […]

I called Duncan in the other night, he was very busy using a sit-on digging tractor while wearing a Power Ranger costume, but it was time to get ready for bed.
In a quite matter of fact voice he said, “Did you know that you are very mean sometimes?”
I didn’t respond, what […]

It’s Saturday morning. I am in a mad rush to find the missing shin-pad and get the Kid to his soccer game on time. Only, my car, it doesn’t start. It won’t start!
Flash-forward. It’s now Sunday night. I’ve just had a long, bubbly soak that did nothing to de-stress. […]

Some people are really funny about pooping. They won’t do it anywhere but at home. I know someone that comes home from work every day, ass clenched, making a B-line for the toilet. I know someone else that’ll hold it, even if they are away for the weekend. Some people […]