Mr Happy and Little Miss Grumpy-in-the-Mornings

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when a lady does not get the appropriate amount of sleep, she will suffer the morning grumpies. — Jane Austen (or something idk) I love my sleep. Need my sleep. Many of the friends who have been unfortunate enough to be around a sleep-deprived me will tell you justContinue reading “Mr Happy and Little Miss Grumpy-in-the-Mornings”

Lover Girl

We’ve travelled another year around the sun, and now we’re here. It’s Valentine’s Day. Just another day of bittersweet feelings. Seeing love and loving that love for others, but painfully remembering that you don’t have it. Funnily enough, you had someone to share life with last year, yet today is the second Valentine’s Day inContinue reading “Lover Girl”

Valentine’s Day

I awoke to a whispered laugh, exclaiming he hated waking up sleepers in the night. They both chuckled quietly as I lazily slurred, “I’m awake”. He was glad he didn’t need to shake me awake. Dark skies shrouded the house With morning silence And the shuffle of sleepy feet, Hurrying to planned getaways On theContinue reading “Valentine’s Day”

The Eve of Valentine’s Day

She chased after the time Lost to sleep and disorganisation – Flitting wind and rain-swept hair, She fought the vertical rain With her navy blue umbrella. Stranger familiars greeted her With kind words at the glass door, Then sent her up stairways, Corridors of empty rooms And silent spaces. Words spoken, Her ears unlistening, SheContinue reading “The Eve of Valentine’s Day”