After few months of dating my relationship has ended. I felt sad in the beginning, but it gets better now. I’ve just had to remember not to put mascara in the morning and to carry handkerchiefs at all times. And to cook a soup. It has the ability to warm you up, and you can actually pretend that it is a […]
Author: Bozena
National Weekend Trip to Manchester

Reading Choice I’m sitting at O’Brien’s, sipping gin and tonic and waiting for my friend. I had a pretty shitty day at work and all I want is to talk it through and get some cuddles. He doesn’t want me to stay over. I feel sad and disappointed. I feel insecure. To fight the feeling […]
Such a Perfect Day

The November temperatures are alternating with few sunny days. Girls would like to wear shades and short skirts and have tanned legs. Instead, they are wearing sausage dresses and paint their legs with an instant tan from a tube. I feel privileged to join them in order to relax and consume alcoholic beverages on Friday. Offer […]
Lesson from Frank

I’m watching “Californication” and it breaks my heart. Not because everybody is sleeping with everybody. Not because is showing how adults might be confused in their own adult, immature way. It breaks my heart because it pictures what we are longing the most. Miss it All Apparently, we are not longing binge drinking and sex. […]
Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Yesterday I turned 34. Years back I thought my life would look like differently. Meaning I’ll be a happily married woman, who has a loving husband, a bunch of kids, a house in suburbs and a career. Things turned out to be slightly different. But I stay tuned. There are few things that I’ve learnt. […]
Crazy on Hormonal Contaception

My BMI index has been borderline for the last couple of months. Every day, I’m carrying a bag full of food, snacks, salads and filtered water. Still, the amount of fat in my body is below the norm. Regularly, I’m getting comments how slim I’m, which start to irritate me. Patch And then it begins. […]
Single Parenting

We all have our love stories. Some of them are becoming ghost stories after a breakup. In my instance, there is no chance, as the fruit of this past love story, is a beautiful girl. She is going to keep us talking to each other. At least for a couple years more. Unorthodox Math Separating when […]
The Myth of Equality

Know Your Place It was a couple of years ago. I was working on an exciting project and things were looking good. As the only woman on a project team, I felt comfortable. I had a good rapport with my boss and was acquiring knowledge and skills at a great pace. I felt fulfilled. At that […]
Good Will Gesture, a Short Story of Kindness
Strike It is a beautiful end of March morning and I’m taking few hours off from work just to relax. I am supposed to have family mediation later, which usually means some unpleasant emotions on the way. This is why I decide to have a posh brunch in my favourite spot in town… I love a […]
Fake It until You (not) Make It

Relapse I am sitting at my desk staring at an Excel spreadsheet. I have been working on it for the last couple of days, and still able to capture tiny mistakes. My brain is slow again and I can smell gluten and chocolate in the air. I feel miserable. It can be called a relapse. […]