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2026 - consolidation and calm

jwil · 2025-12-31 19:00:34

I've decided to start a fresh diary for 2026. 2025 was a bit of a rollercoaster year for us: * My post being put forward for redundancy at the end of 2024, though it was then reinstated thankfully * Restructure at work meaning many great colleagues (and loads of knowledge) going * DH's redundancy at work, then finding a…

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11 April at 8:49PM

I used to get tonsillitis a lot in my late 20s/early 30s. It got to the stage where my tonsils were getting infected and I felt extremely ill. I remember one morning not being able to lift my head from the pillow because the headache that went with the sore throat was so bad but I had two young children to get to school. Then all of a sudden I grew out of it thank goodness and haven’t suffered with it since 🤞

I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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