purplepadma

purplepadma, 3 months ago to random

Madly tempted to sign up for a walking marathon to raise funds for @macmillancancer. I need a challenge, but is this too much?

purplepadma, 1 month ago to random

Just had this message from a friend and I am raging! “Think my running journey is over... Didn't make it2 10k as ran past a man who whistled at me & then stuck his foot out. Couldn't dodge it fast enough so went flying. Not sure I'll have the confidence to go out again
Being a woman feels really hard sometimes... 😔😔” Picture of cut lips and hand.

I have been cat called so many times running, and once a young man slapped my bum from behind and tried to pull me into the bushes, but I think this is worse. Why the fuck is women feeling powerful through running something men feel compelled to try and take away?

Do not “not all men” me

purplepadma, 20 days ago to random

Another night of waking every hour or so. I guess technically it’s my birthday now. Happy birthday me, I made to 50, who’d have thought. Once again I feel absolutely fine during the night, neither up nor down. The Goldilocks zone 😁

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Just had my first hot cross bun of the year for my elevenses, M&S, very good. Does anyone eat HCBs outside the UK? If not, why not?

purplepadma, 7 hours ago to random

Super tired now, but MUST. NOT. NAP, because I am getting a bit nocturnal of late. Suggestions for staying awake, please?

purplepadma, 17 days ago to random

I’m struggling and I need cuteness or soothing things in my feed, anyone able to oblige?

purplepadma, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Best nut?

purplepadma, 22 days ago to random

Someone tell me something cute or funny, please. I’m struggling here and need a dopamine boost!

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Good morning. I slept a long time yet I feel physically and mentally weary. I need to go out for a walk but do I want to do that in heavy rain? Probably not. I’m sure I’ll be OK once I get into my work. The cat is bored, getting into mischief, she’s fed up with being indoors but she doesn’t like the rain either. Where has my motivation gone? Are you feeling any perkier?

purplepadma, 7 days ago to random

Morning. Miss Cinnamon didn’t come home last night. Tom slept downstairs to listen out for her, but nothing. I’m very anxious.

purplepadma, 3 months ago to random

For some reason I wasn’t issued with an e-ticket for my phone when I purchased my train tickets to go down to campus this month, so we had to drive all the way to a station with a ticket machine (my local station has zero facilities, not even a bench) to collect them. How is this making train travel convenient/greener? And then the machine didn’t recognise my code, so I had to ask the man in the ticket office. This is why closing staffed ticket offices at stations is such a terrible idea. They really don’t make it easy

purplepadma, 3 months ago to food

Fish fingers and chips is all I’m capable of in terms of #food preparation this evening. And that’s OK sometimes

purplepadma, 6 days ago to random

Well my meeting with the pro-bono psychotherapist was a bust. He doesn’t believe in bipolar and thinks it’s basically a marketing ploy by Big Pharma. So that’s really not a good fit with me and my worldview, the diagnosis makes sense of my experiences in a way no other explanation has. Guess I will have to shop around for a therapist.

purplepadma, 3 months ago to random

Morning! No workout and no walk for me, my cough has worsened, my throat is sore and I feel achy. So glad the only thing I absolutely have to do is online training this afternoon, the rest of the time I can sit around and feel sorry for myself. At least I tested negative for Covid but I still wouldn’t want to spread this around so I’ll be keeping myself to myself for the next few days. Still, better this week than next week when I have to go to campus! How are you feeling?

purplepadma, 8 months ago to random

The weather is absolute perfect today. Blue skies, light breeze, 35°C. I will definitely need my sun hat and sunglasses on our excursions, I can’t imagine there’ll be much shade

purplepadma, 7 months ago to random

If you don’t think dudes, guys, chaps or lads are acceptable ways to address a mixed gender group, why not? And what do you say?

purplepadma, 1 month ago to random

I love my bestie so much but her voice notes are so long. I’m tired and full of cold and confused by the clock change and I’ve had to text her to say that I just don’t have the capacity to listen to an 8 and a half minute message. Am I an awful person?

purplepadma, 9 months ago to random

New box, who dis?

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Hellooooo! It’s going-on-holiday day! Although today we are only going as far as Gatwick airport, so we don’t really need to leave until about midday. Which is fortunate, as Tom has literally just started packing, Mr Last Minute Dot Com as he is. I’m going for a walk to buy a croissant, I can’t face twiddling my thumbs while he packs. Have a super Saturday!

purplepadma, 18 days ago to random

Things I could do this coming week:

1. Take the bus to the seaside and walk on the beach
2. Take the bus to Biggertown and browse the charity shops
3. Running
4. Start my tapestry kit
5. Follow a new path out to the woods
   Must try not to just lie in bed plotting my own demise

purplepadma, 7 months ago to random

Good afternoon (just). I seem to be very anxious at the moment, I was awake worrying in the night then I had anxious dreams. My excitement at starting my PhD has given way to nervousness about the trip down to Surrey, which is ridiculous. I have travelled to America by myself, I can certainly travel to Guildford. I know it’s natural to feel nervous before starting something new, especially when it’s something I’ve wanted for so long. I’ll go for a run later, that will help. My brain is so unhelpful sometimes. What’s everyone else up to this Sunday?

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Last boost: I find taking notes by hand makes information stick much more readily than taking notes in a virtual document. But I wondered if that’s because I am Gen X and I took all my lecture notes at uni by hand. Maybe there’s more to it than that

purplepadma, 14 days ago to random

New piece of stellar advice just dropped! Been told by a relative to “just think happy thoughts”

purplepadma, 3 months ago to random

Oh god somebody wants me to spell things out in the International Phonetic Alphabet, I find that impossible! I start making things up. Yes, my name is spelled Couscous, Houseplant, Artichoke, Ruler, Lemon Juice, Ocelot, Trousers, Trousers, Egg

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

A newly-arrived couple stopped us to ask where the Japanese restaurant was. Somehow this led on to the woman telling us everything about her life. She talked for a full five minutes, telling us that she has two houses, one on the Jersey Shore and one inland, the square footage of her houses, the big names she lives near (Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Queen Latifah), how many children and grandchildren she has, their allergies, all the places in the world she has visited, the age, health and breed of her dog, where she plans to go once her elderly dog finally dies… It was like being hit over the head with a frying pan