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Flock of birds tattoo on shoulder

Tattoo… me

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Tonight I’m going to the ballet with Su, and I’m really excited about it! We are going to see La Sylphide, a very old ballet set in Scotland. I had never heard about this ballet, but one of my colleagues had free tickets and she couldn’t attend, so I took them instead. Let’s see, I might write about it on Friday if I think it’s worth a post… Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the ballet is awesome, but since I won’t be able to take notes, I might not remember enough details to write about it; that, and I also know nothing about ballet! I saw they were asking about tattoos in today’s prompt on The Daily Post, Tattoo….You?, and asking what our tattoo means if we have one (and what we would get tattooed if we don’t have one). I don’t know how much I’ve talked about my tattoos (or showed you!), but since it’s a topic I really like, I thought I would write about it. Did you know I have five …

The finish line

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This is it. Well, this is almost it. Today is day 29 of my Whole30 challenge. I can’t believe I’ve gone almost 30 days with no bread, cheese, or alcohol… Or sugar. It’s almost over, or is it? If you’ve been following me around, I mean on social media, then you’ll have already seen that I’m planning on adding a few more days to the Whole30. At the moment, although I’m seeing some results (I’m definitely less inflated, and someone who hasn’t seen me for the past couple of weeks just told me I’ve lost weight), I’m not feeling the tiger blood that they mention. It might be because of feeling sick this last whole week… I don’t want to end this plan in a negative light, so I’ve decided to do a Whole37-40. I haven’t decided yet. Also, I have a steam train trip planned with Brian on Saturday, and I don’t want to risk a tough reintroduction of foods and feeling sick or having an upset stomach while I’m supposed to have a …

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It’s a Bank Holiday Monday today, and I can’t believe I’m going back to the office tomorrow (even if briefly). To be completely honest with you, I would rather not have to go to the office. Not so much because of work, but more because of having to physically go to the office for just two days. This week has passed with no news from my side. I’ve spent most of it at home, either recovering, or resting, or being downright lazy. I’ve tackled my room, which was a mess since before I left on holidays to the snow and had become worse since I got back, and managed to reorganise my desk a bit. I even got rid of my printer, the one I never managed to sync with my MacBook and was simply taking up space, and replaced it with my sewing machine, much more useful indeed. The whole weekend has been spent mostly reading and sleeping, which I guess I needed to some extent (a holiday after my holiday), and I feel …

Book Club #5 – Sophie’s World

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There’s something about philosophy that tugs at a deep part in ourselves. I don’t know what it is, or how it works, but it’s there. Maybe it’s just the fact that when we read or discuss philosophical topics our brain is forced to wake up from its lethargy and work towards finding answers. In February, we read Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder, in our book club. I had read this book many years ago in Spanish, when I was still studying, so when someone recommended it I felt curious to read it again, see how I felt about it. This is not your usual novel, it’s not a simple fictional story in which stuff happens and you are brought through the storyline seamlessly and in an easy manner. In Sophie’s World, there is a book inside a book. Actually, there is a book inside a book inside a book. We start by reading about Sophie, a Norwegian girl in the weeks (days?) before her 15th birthday. She receives a strange message in her mailbox that …