Recently I read an article about a little girl named Katie who is being bullied by her classmates for carrying a Star Wars water bottle, which is something I’m very familiar with. That may come as a surprise given the Yoda hat I’m wearing in my cover photo, but I hid my love of Star Wars for most of my child life; sure I had Star Wars toys (in fact,…
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My Tarantula Died From a Bad Molt – R.I.P. Hermy
For those that don’t know we have a few exotic pets in our family. Great African land snails (named Bryan, Swirly, Slug-a-lug and Gary) and a male Chilean Rose Hair tarantula (named Hermy). Sadly my tarantula died last week from a bad molt. 🙁 I’m devastated. Hermy had been part of our family since 2008. Now I realise a lot of people hate spiders, but Hermy was my pet. I…
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Hallowhedon 2 Cosplay Experience
Last weekend was Hallowhedon 2, a 3-day unofficial convention celebrating the various TV shows created by Joss Whedon. It was also my first solo cosplay experience! Having previously cosplayed as a Lornette (with my mum) at the first Hallowhedon. I decided very early on that my Hallowhedon 2 cosplay would be Kaylee Frye. Hallowhedon 2 Cosplay Experience Cosplay is something I’d like to do more of so, for this convention,…
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Hallowhedon | UK Joss Whedon Convention
I know it’s been a while since my last update. I’ve been focusing on getting well so blogging took a bit of a back seat. But I am happy to say that speech therapy has really helped and I’m more or less, talking normally again. There are still a few days I struggle if my throat is particularly dry however. And I have damaged my high vocal cords, meaning I…
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Laryngitis Treatment – My Experience with Speech Therapy
Hey there, for those of you that aren’t aware, I have been suffering from chronic laryngitis since May and was referred to an ear, nose and throat specialist. Which is why things have been so quiet around here lately(!) and probably will be for the foreseeable future. As well as seeing a specialist, my doctor has also recently referred me to speech therapy. The specialist I saw couldn’t find anything…
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Coping with Chronic Laryngitis | Treatments & Diagnosis
Hey there! It’s been a while since my last post about my 21st birthday. I’ve been very unwell recently, so blogging took a bit of a back seat this month. At first, it started with a cold then developed into sinusitis and laryngitis, thankfully the sinusitis cleared up with antibiotics. My laryngitis, however, is getting progressively worse. I have very little voice and some days no voice at all. It’s…
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My 21st Birthday Staycation
After my parents threw me a party for my 18th, I knew I wanted something a bit more relaxed to celebrate my 21st birthday. Don’t get me wrong I’m very thankful to them for throwing the party for me and I especially loved my Buffy cake(!). 😉 But wanted a more chilled 21st. Especially as I haven’t been feeling too well lately. As luck would have it my Auntie Val…
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My First Tattoo Experience
As it’s coming up to my 21st birthday I’ve been thinking about tattoos. I marked my 18th birthday with my first (and only) tattoo and I’ve been thinking about adding to it to celebrate my 21st at the start of May. Since my tattoo is related to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I was thinking another Joss Whedon show would be a good addition? But while I’m busy thinking of ideas,…
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Meet Hermy (My Pet Tarantula)
TRIGGER WARNING: This post contains photos of my pet tarantula, Hermy. Yes, you read that correctly, I have a pet tarantula! In my previous post, I very briefly mentioned about our exotic pets but neglected to mention what type of animals they were! Sorry about that. We currently have 4 Great African Land Snails (Brian, Swirly, Gary and Slug-a-lug) who’ve been with us four years and a pet tarantula named…