Francesca's Thoughts

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07/12/2014

Universal Balance and Christmas Cheer

Normally this time of year I’m stressing about one type of end-of-year bullshit (termly tests and homework) and putting off another type of end-of-year bullshit – Christmas presents for eighty million people. But this year I’m not in school and work doesn’t have termly assessment grades so… I’ve bought at least half my gifts and Continue reading

Christmas, December 2014, Holidays

Christmas shopping, Indifferent Ignorance, presents, sofas
29/07/2013

I Wrote This Lovely Post About My Dogs Then One of Them Refused to Acknowledge My Existence and Made Me Late

(It was all academic though, because I fucked up times and should have been there four-and-a-half hours earlier.) I spent half an hour last week working on my CV, which is… interesting. I get that we have to sell ourselves and everything, but it’s hard to explain that my favourite hobby – sitting with Fred and Adonis and falling Continue reading

Dogs, July 2013, My Family and Other Animals, Photogenius

Adonis, blankets, dogs, Fred, Indifferent Ignorance, Leishmania, Leishmaniasis, medication, old-man dogs, playing catch, sofas, tablets