Thanks heaps to everyone who commented on my last whinge post. The good vibes help. I will confess I haven't been in the best mental state recently (best if I don't divulge too many details, however…) and am considering getting some free counselling through work. My last therapist and I had a slight falling out (again, best if don't go into it), ( Read more... )

So, as a lot of you probably know by now, there was a massive earthquake in Christchurch yesterday afternoon. A lesser one than the 4 September quake last year, richter scale-wise- but this one was only 5km deep, and not that far from the central city. So, the damage has been absolutely horrific. The CBD area has been all but completely flattened- ( Read more... )

Today was shite. For several reasons, but it was mainly all started off by me reading about the horrific bush fires in Victoria, Australia, which started over the weekend, on the front page of the paper this morning ( Read more... )