Five years ago right now (at 9am) my hair was done, my make-up was on, and breakfast was all but forgotten. I climbed into a car with my sister, her boyfriend (now husband) and my maid of honour and began the seventy-five minute drive to where I’d be getting married at 12pm. I wish I remembered more of what we talked about in the car… I remember Peeah and Telly talking non-stop  and singing loudly to the radio, I think in an effort to calm my nerves, which I assume they assumed I had. I don’t remember feeling nervous. I’m sure I was at some point–it is a life-altering moment–but…

My parents have a very small, very cute cat named Lily. She loves to get into everything and follows Big Dad everywhere. Seriously. When he is not home she drags an old piece of rope around and wails for him until he comes through the door. Until Princess Pea was born last year that cat was his grandchild. Once when I was messaging Spart on the computer I accidentally typed “the vat” instead of “the cat” and it totally stuck. It just suits her, she is a vat. My dad got her the summer before I got married which was also the last summer I spent living at home. At…

I had my follow-up appointment with my optometrist today. When I went in a few weeks ago he was concerned about the fluid pressure in my eyes and wanted to run some extra tests to make sure I hadn’t developed glaucoma. So, I arrived early and mentally braced myself for the dreaded eye puffer machine, which, thankfully, was not on the agenda for today. One of the tests I had done was to see if my peripheral vision has deteriorated. I had to put a pirate patch on one eye, stick my head into a machine and stare straight ahead at a small orange light. Small white lights then flashed…