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Denmark Sketch: The School Run on Two Wheels

March 28, 2019 frustratednesterLeave a comment

We’re not quite in the habit yet, though the mornings are light again. There’s always ‘something’: someone’s sick, or I have to drive straight off to an appointment, or there’s a bulky planet costume to take with us, or we have to drop MT at work, or, more truthfully, two out of three of us… Continue reading Denmark Sketch: The School Run on Two Wheels →

Congo Sketch: The School Run at Walking Pace

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 frustratednester7 Comments

It's another typically untypical morning in Congo, where no day ever goes quite as planned. Today, our driver isn't with us, as he had to take his child into hospital overnight with suspected malaria. So MT has taken the car to work with him, and I've hitched a lift with our neighbour to drop the… Continue reading Congo Sketch: The School Run at Walking Pace →

The Power of Yes

June 3, 2016September 26, 2018 frustratednester2 Comments

Time to start carrying a towel... Recently I wrote about the feeling I had, a couple of years ago, that I'd given (up) the best years of my life to being a trailing spouse and having babies.  I entered my forties at that time, thinking my peak years were behind me, work-wise.  Irrational though I knew… Continue reading The Power of Yes →

Congo Sketch – Waiting Room

November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 frustratednester1 Comment

The clinic's always busy on a Monday morning, the maladies of the weekend being called to order as the doors open.  Patients sit, patiently, on long wooden benches set in schoolroom rows.  Like the GP waiting room I remember from my childhood, where eyes were all raised expectantly to the number display. (I remember that waiting… Continue reading Congo Sketch – Waiting Room →

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