Goodness. It’s been four years since I wrote anything here! Bit horrifying. I’ve decided to start writing this again though because I think I need somewhere for all my crazy thoughts to live. Firstly, though, a brief update on what has been occurring up until now.
I’m still in the bloody retail job. The store has changed hands mind, so we belong to a different company. I’m officially the Visual Merchandiser, going on three years now. Still have to interact with customers though, as I’m also supervisor. And I still think customers are morons. Well, some of them.
I’m still with the BF. We moved into a house in 2016 and got another cat - a black and white kitty called Evangeline. She’s named after the evening star in The Princess and the Frog. The girls get along ok. Willow mostly gives Evangeline withering looks or chases her up the stairs. Little monkeys.
I’ve lost three of my grandparents in the last two years, including my lovely nana that I lived with. That was particularly hard because we were very close. I started a new shoe collection with some money she had given me the Christmas before she died - I know she would approve because she always loved my shoes! So now I have a little collection of Irregular Choice shoes and bags. I love how quirky and fun the designs are, and people always comment on them. I even got my bestie into them as well!
Speaking of bestie - last year she got married in Santorini and I was bridesmaid. It was such a lovely time, my first holiday abroad for years and the first with BF. The wedding was at a winery and was so nice and chilled and informal. I also ate octopus for the first time at the reception which was interesting! The choices were that or mussels and I really hate shellfish, so I thought, go for it! It was surprisingly tasty, although I wouldn’t make a habit of eating it.
On the subject of food - I was diagnosed with coeliac disease in January 2016, after a long spell of feeling ‘off’. I was getting colds that hit like flu, and felt spaced out and weird sometimes. My social anxieties were getting bad, I couldn’t be bothered with doing anything social at all because I felt so damn tired all the time. Weirdly I didn’t get the physical symptoms that can come with coeliac disease, but when I went to my doctors, they decided to test me for it. When the diagnosis came back I was floored. I knew exactly what it meant because I’d done my GCSE food tech major project on it. What I wasn’t prepared for was the realisation that gluten can be in weird things that you wouldn’t imagine and cross contamination is a bitch. It took a while to adjust and of course we had to adapt a lot of our kitchen habits and things we cook, but it’s pretty much ok now. Eating out in unfamiliar surroundings can be stressful however. I usually research first to minimise the stress, but when someone else is planning something I get really stressed out about it, in case it’s not safe or suitable for me. I also sometimes feel left out when things are planned and I get forgotten about. Christmas this year - we had lunch with my family, my mum did full gluten free dinner (it was also dairy free because my dad has been lactose intolerant for about 20 years). All fine. Evening at BF’s parent’s place - nothing for me at all. Good job I had some chocolates that I’d been given earlier! Really annoying situation though, it’s not like I can help it and am being fussy! Eating anything with gluten actually makes me really ill now! So yeah, sometimes I don’t go to things, I feel like some people think I’m being awkward. On the plus side I lost weight - removing the evil gluten presence meant I wasn’t horribly bloated any more so I fitted back in my clothes! Silver linings and all that!
I’ve recently discovered a new obsession - Once Upon A Time. I’d wanted to see it for ages and last year we got Netflix. I’ve been watching it on repeat since last October. I seriously can’t get enough, it’s up there with Buffy in Things I Really Like. So disappointed it got cancelled. But - we are going to Wales Comic Con and will be meeting Jennifer Morrison aka Emma Swan! So excited and also terrified. Just hope I don’t get tongue tied or say something completely stupid! No doubt I will be posting more about this show, because it has had a massive effect on me.
Wow, I’m sure that’s enough for now, dear readers! I’ll be checking back in soon with more neuroses and nonsense.
