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I’ve really found that since about the age of 23 (who knows why that age has been the catalyst), I’ve been noticing differences in myself. Things that make me realise that I won’t ever be the ever youthful girl with the 16 year old body/outlook/experiences anymore. In some ways this makes me joyful. Because, really [...]

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So last week my mum started talking crazy. I’d learnt how to do a special hem thingy on my husband’s trousers and you all know how I hate sewing, right? So anyway, my mum worked on one trouser leg and I sat next to her sewing the other (it was a last minute job because [...]

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I know that my blog is dotted with silly posts where I go on about how terribly old I think I’m getting as I navigate through my 20s. About how the youth of today just don’t get it, and how I’m just such a nanna.
But this post is the same different!
Yesterday I really did discover [...]

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Today I sat through 3 hours of public transport (four hours in total including my brother’s car that I have borrowed) so I could attend uni for one hour. Yays.
On the train I heard a bunch of grandmas joking about their presumably now defunct reproductive systems.
Grandma 1: You’re sitting in priority seating, my dear. I [...]

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I could just tell that last night was a ‘quarter life crisis challenge’ waiting to happen.
My 26 (almost 27) year old husband and my 24 (almost 25) year old self were headed to a 21st birthday party.
Dressed as school children.
You know it’s bad when you arrive at the party and the other guests actually look [...]

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I know you love me and you’re oh so proud of your only daughter and all that she has achieved in life (including that “Most Improved” trophy I got in grade 6 for netball).
However, your praise for me seems a little … off … lately.
Perhaps when you brag about me to your coworker ladies, you [...]

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I honestly think that I’m “old”. What’s that, you say? You’re old at 24 (almost 25 – birthday’s in April – get me presents)?
Yes. I live like a senior citizen. It’s quite sad really. Especially now, while my time is my own.
Here’s the evidence:
1. I tend to be chomping down lunch by 11am if I [...]

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