Change isn’t what it used to be

Starting a new job feels harder than it used to, and that's not entirely on me. Although I probably notice it more on account of having had long breaks between Proper Jobs. But things are different now. Hybrid work means intense reliance on cloud services and complicated interconnected accounts and laptops that require assorted accessories…

Too little and too much

I'm heading into my last week of unemployment – yay, big yay, but I am more than a little miffed that I've lost the last four straight weeks to sickness. I had plans. I wanted to sew stuff. But noooo I had to spend the whole damn time on the couch feeling miserable. Now this…

So the thing is

So far, 2024 has been a bit... Hm. Look, last year was a hot mess, in literally every aspect of my life. I decided that this year - specifically this new birth year, so, from March on - would be better on all fronts. It's superstitious and irrational but I absolutely stand by it, and…

I made that

The best things I made in 2023: 1. A new friend. 2. An excellent top (for me) and an entirely adequate bag (for daughter), both of which are very useful. 3. Many good choices, eg: - forking out for the good sewing machine. My god does it make a difference. - giving up on trying…

Awesome things that will definitely for sure happen in 2024

Get the job I've been angling for all year (and wishing for long before that). Reason to believe: have had actual phone call. It could happen if I only needed a 30% job. Maybe it could happen anyway. Make the things I need to actually wear, not only the things that are fun. Reason to…

Middle-aged mom type questions

What am I personally managing better after 40? Do writers or other creators really do their best work before 40? (Obviously not if they're mothers, and anyway that quote was taken out of context. But still a though.) If the point of Nightbitch that motherhood is violent and brutal, as well as violently creative, and…

What’s in a decade?

I've been in Switzerland for ten years now. I've been mom to two kids for the same time. I'm very happy about both of these choices but they've also been the source of certain career setbacks, and as it happens, I've just been laid off (after two years in current job), so as I look…

Some things I might or might not do in 2023

Complete Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a game I just started because it was so frustrating watching the kid play and completely refuse to listen to any suggestions, leading him to a very frustrating battle with a monster he was absolutely unequipped to fight. I figured I'd show him my way of playing (very badly,…

This is not a blog, it’s an outrage*

I have officially given up on trying to figure out if I even have a blog any more, or if I do, what it's actually for. This is now just a place where I may or may not occasionally put some words for lack of anywhere else to put them. Sometimes they may be more…

New year, new peace

Things I am thinking on at the start of another year, in no particular order. New Year is different when you don't urgently want something. I love NY but the past... many... have felt increasingly desperate for me; I just needed that one thing (a job that wasn't terrible) and it was very hard to…