Honestly Though

This Was Not on My 2026 Bingo Card
Thursday, January 8, 2026
A week of family, hospitals, snow, admin and learning what menopause definitely does not forgive.
Fireworks, Wax Pots & Limoncello Therapy
A New Year diary involving fireworks mishaps, beauty maintenance, menopause and why the diet definitely starts tomorrow
NEW YEAR’S EVE: A ROAD TRIP FOR A FIVE-MINUTE APPOINTMENT
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 NYE 2025 APPOINTMENTS
Sixteen miles. Ninety minutes. Five minutes. Zero sanity.
When “Tomorrow” Never Comes: Surgery Delays & Stress Headaches
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 OPERATIONS CANCELLATIONS
Nil by Mouth, False Hope & the Friday Gallbladder Fantasy
Six Nights in Hospital, One Working Lift and a Small Fortune in Snacks
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Gallbladders, broken lifts, bad coffee and the unexpected cost of simply showing up
Cancelled Again: Christmas 2025
Thursday, December 25, 2025 cancellations operations christmas day
A Christmas Day spent in hospital corridors, cancelled operations, false hope, real pain, and a pudding that lied about having rum.
Christmas Eve, Cancelled
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 chistmas eve hospital wards waiting game
Costa, gowns, smells and optimism that died around 5:30pm.
This Is How Sleep Deprivation Breaks You
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 curry hospital ward screaming toddlers
Hospital wards, screaming toddlers, curry fumes and the longest 5:30pm of my life
From Buttered Toast to Boiling Wards
Monday, December 22, 2025 wards heat curry pain
I went to bed at 2am, woke up at 8am, made toast… and somehow ended up here.
The Shortest Day (That Somehow Lasted Forever)
Sunday, December 21, 2025 A&E hospital drips
Admin, roast chicken, arthritis thumbs… and an unexpected front-row seat in A&E.
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