In the upcoming week, I am about to embark on a thrilling adventure of creating a “monster” of my own. Now, before you envision a colossal, city-rampaging beast, let me clarify that my monster is a much smaller and more delicate one. I’m on a quest to craft a brand new hybrid rose species, a …
“You’re not going to win,” the narrator said, a menacing tone in her voice. Bucket couldn’t tell why, but she seemed to have a nervousness about her. Almost like it was less than three hours out from a do-or-die final for her football team and their best player was only running at 80%, according to …
‘Dad, look at me!’ my little girl giggled as she rocketed up higher and higher with each bounce on the trampoline. ‘I’m watching!’ I called out the kitchen window, smiling as enthusiastically as I could. ‘I told you not to walk in front of the window,’ my wife snickered, ducking behind me to run some …
I rushed home under my umbrella, trying to keep it above the heads of the other rain-soaked pedestrians around me, and occasionally hearing their disgruntled grumblings as I failed. I didn’t stop to apologise, didn’t even slow down to see if they were alright – I had somewhere I had to be. Sprinting now, I …
We have ‘His and Hers’ heaters in our house, one in each living room. My husband and I love each other but we like to spend the majority of our time separately just because we have different interests. More importantly, we also have different body temperatures. I am constantly freezing and need my heater on …
‘Wait, where did this come from?’ I frowned as I shut the front door behind me, running my finger along a scratch on the front of my house. ‘What’s that?’ my husband asked innocently. ‘This scratch,’ I pointed, suspiciously. ‘It’s so deep.’ ‘You can barely notice it from back here,’ he said cheerfully, opening the …
I am so sick. For the last twenty-four hours I’ve been flushed and sweaty. My body has been aching and I feel extremely weak. All in all I just feel terrible and I wish I could just sleep through the pain until I wake up feeling better again. But alas, I have to work. Fortunately, …
Passing my driver’s licence test was seriously one of the best days of my life. I know it sounds stupid, but that little bit of extra freedom I now have is unprecedented. I love it. I love being able to go where I want, whenever I want, without having to rely on trams that never …
“Order! Order!” the judge called, bringing the courtroom to silence. Those of us on the jury settled down, several people embarrassed about the outburst. “We are here to close the case of Westley Freeman vs the Giant Sewer Rats, not to argue about whether pineapple belongs on pizza or not! Mr Freeman, I would ask …
As far as rushed weddings go, that was one of the better ones. Not that I’ve ever been to a rushed wedding, let alone been the groom at one, but I assume there are worse ways to get married than out of frustration in an abandoned burger restaurant on a 40-degree day. Okay, maybe there …