Week 09/2025: The comfort zone
Week of 24 February 2025 This week I did a couple of things that I’m really proud of doing because they were a little (or a lot) outside my comfort zone. Heading out of the comfort zone . . . Pier+Review On Sunday evening I went along to Andy...
Week 08/2025: A quieter week
Week of 17 February 2025 This week was quiet. I was home by myself without Kramstable, who’s busy starting uni life, and Slabs, who was away for family and work commitments. A hairy situation I was super super excited on Tuesday night to see the show A Hairy Situation...
Week 07/2025: A hot week
Week of 10 February 2025 The first full week without Kramstable at home. Monday was a public holiday, which I really needed. It would have been hard to go to work the day after the day I’d been so sad. A hot week . . . and then not...
Week 06/2025: Planes and boats . . . and a whale
Planes and boats . . . and a whale Week of 3 February 2025 A hard week. Perhaps the hardest one yet. But also some light. The final week And not even a full week. The week leading into the day I’d been dreading since I found out Kramstable...
Week 05/2024: Cheese and noodles
Week of 27 January 2025 This Sunday was the last day I got to cook mac and cheese aka cheese and noodles (or was it cheesy noodles?) for Kramstable. (If you’ve been reading along, Kramstable is about to leave home to go to university in Melbourne. It’s been a...
Week 04/2025: And so, to sleep
Week of 20 January 2025 Part of week 4 is in this post about me continuing to come to terms with Kramstable getting ready to leave home. It’s getting closer and closer, but there are other things going on as well. This is the rest of the week. A...
Conversations and change
Some more of week 3 and the start of week 4. Conversations and change A wonderful conversation My post about Kramstable getting ready to leave home received a lot of responses, and I thank everyone who took the time to leave me a comment. I appreciate your kindness and...
Week 03/2025: An amazing week
An amazing week Week of 13 January 2025 This week was a little better than last week, but I still found myself bursting into tears at random moments as I continued to think about Kramstable’s impending move. I have much more to say about this, not all bad. But...
Week 02/2025: Sadness settles in
Sadness settles in Week of 6 January 2025 The first full week of 2025. It was . . . challenging. The story of moving out The story begins when Kramstable said he wanted to live in Melbourne. He first mentioned this a few years ago but that’s all I...
Week 01/2025: Activities for a new year
Week of 30 December 2024 It feels weird to call this week 1 because it started in 2024. But hey, my diary says it’s week 1, and I’m beholden to a paper planner, so week 1 it is. This week was half a week of holidays, two days of...