Pebble Mill Enjoyer

Parenting

I am related (by marriage) to several people from the Isle of Man

Yeah

"DO THE STONK"

Flo Pugh in purple

Tackling the big issues, personally and professionally #MakingMemories

And you! Hope all is good with you & P is doing well?

Helloooo x

[Youse won't remember me but I used to be a part of stuff]

Hi how are you I'm watching old episodes if Doctors on iplayer

Hahahaha I work for the NHS and it's REALLY BAD you guys. Like so so so so bad staff will die but ENERGY DRINKS amirite

“I'm a fan of masculine energy and I think we need more in the workplace.”

“I'm a fan of masculine energy and I think we need more in the workplace.”

"I know Stravinsky didn't start the war in Ukraine, but..."

Will Smith's famous catchphrase

If Elon Musk does buy Liverpool, I'm not sure he's prepared for a crowd of 60-odd thousand people taking up the challenge to write and sing innovative songs about how much they hate him every week, without the ability to suspend their accounts

Why do IT outages never do anything good like cancel everybody’s credit card balances fucking rubbish

I wot

My child wrote a letter of complaint to the Easter Bunny. How's your weekend going?

Thinking about getting heavily into the Longpigs after all.

It’s A Wonderful Life This week: some notable Christmases, and some festive maps. But first: sorry, I’m going to get soppy on you.

Top of today's newsletter - the bit that's outside the paywall - is the most personal thing I've written since before the thing. Probably gauche to say I cried while writing it, but screw it, I did.

Nothing I think or say makes sense at the moment. Brain fog is revolting and needs to fuck off

(only the patients on my first ward were known covid+; the other times, they were in with something else and caught it later. If a patient is known covid+, we PPE up, but we don't fully PPE otherwise)

I was in full FFP3 for the first time & basically just lost taste & smell & was knackered. 2nd was in basic mask, gloves, apron & felt like I had a bad cold (baby was fine). This time, we don't wear PPE as standard anymore when treating patients & I feel horrific. Correlation =/= causation but c'mon

Hello, Covid, my old friend. This is my 3rd time around this plague-y block. First was the end of 2020 when I worked on a covid ward, second was 2022 while I was pregnant & again got it from work (different ward). This time is probably from work again (another ward) & is THE WORST.

Mum is pyar fewmin that Cher was miming on Graham Norton

I cannot emphasise enough how stressful I find The Carol of the Bells. It's like my ears are hyperventilating.

A modern Christmas Carol remake where Scrooge doesn’t change his ways but instead makes his whole personality about how the woke Christmas ghosts are trying to cancel him

I can't repost this any harder

When people put The Carol of the Bells on a 'Relaxing Christmas Playlist'

One of the biggest & most persistent myths of the neoliberal age has been that decision-making will be "evidence-based" when in fact right-wing ideology trumps is every. single. time.