As most people do, I have bad dreams from time to time – the bothersome little dreams that haunt you all day long: Showing up to a…
For the vast majority of my adult life, I have been alone. I’ve only ever had one “real” boyfriend (after having briefly dated a not-nice…
As soon as she walked in, she felt the tension. She didn’t want to be there, but her friends insisted she go and enjoy herself.…
Eight years ago, I stood at the altar of St John the Baptist Catholic Church and professed my love and dedication to the man who taught me…
For years, I have secretly (or maybe not-so-secretly) been annoyed by the way people open their bananas. I would watch people do it the wrong…
I have finally taken the garbage out. And, more importantly, the recycling. Although I admit that it happened too late. I’ve just been so crazy…
A couple of years ago, I drew a silly little ‘kidney tree’ to illustrate a story about my kidneys, Bob and Dave. It humoured me, but…
I took a bit of a self-esteem stumble after being pushed by some hurtful words over the weekend. I really let the words get to…
My dream to rule the world began when I was a young child with much smaller aims. I can vividly recall the start of my…
From the beginning of my university career, my goal has been to get my PhD. It was a no-brainer, really. I love school, I love…
I have just completed my slowest-ever 10K race and I don’t know how I feel about that. I am embarrassed and humiliated – and very angry with…
Life is so very different without Paul and these past four years have been a rollercoaster ride that I never could have imagined. Without Paul,…
I have just learned that I was unsuccessful in my application for a full-tuition scholarship from the University of Glasgow. I am, to say the least,…
Five weeks from tomorrow, I will be running the Edinburgh Marathon. I am, to say the least, unprepared. But I’m not about to let a lack…
As part of Monday’s fun video shoot, I had to pretend to be hard at work doing academic-y stuff. So I sat and scribbled away in…
Yesterday’s news of the bombings in the final stretch of the Boston Marathon has shaken me. Like many runners, the shock of it all has been hard to comprehend.…
Today was a very different – and very fun! – day for me because I got to be a big important film star for the day. There were script…
For several weeks now, I have been afraid of the post. If I’m at home when it arrives, I dread walking over to pick it…
I was ten years old when, along with my 14-year-old neighbour, I developed the world’s first carpenter ant extermination system. It was genius. Pure, simple…
Today is Tartan Day, a day when people around the world celebrate their Scottish heritage and ancestry. I’m not Scottish*, but as Scotland is where my…