Who's Who

NP - my 'sister from another mister' who comments as NP. She's been my bestest buddyroo since I was 14 and would marry her if she were a man. She is a fellow neat-freak who loves stationery, storage solutions, hoover marks in carpets, and bullet points. We can talk on the phone for many hours even when we have 'nothing to report'. 

Star Trek Girl - she comments as 'La Tarzane'. She moved from Jordan to Oman, married an English guy she met out there in 2015 and now lives in Salalah where she works as a teacher and he works as a Diving Instructor. She's half-French, speaks many languages and is knowledgeable in nearly everything without being hateful. If I couldn't be me I'd like to be her. She is amazing in every way yet impossible to dislike.

My (now ex) boyfriend - a sociable armchair Jew who I was set up with in Aug 2010 and moved in with really shortly afterwards. Although we lived together I wasn't very good at it and nor was he. He's messy, hoards things and is the polar opposite of myself. He's a great cook, likes a drink, is very sociable, and loves that terrifying jazz where everyone plays different tunes at once. It was an amicable separation instigated by me.

Dillinger - a very vocal dim little tabby kitty that I got in April 2011 when he was 8 weeks old. It took him 2 months (yes, that's months) to work out his catflap. He's my third cat after I had snobby tortoiseshell Fraidy for 14 years who died of old age (Jeez I loved her so) and happy little Dexter who was killed by a car when he was 18 months old. Dillinger stayed with my ex after I moved out.

Treacle & Lola - 2 little sister kitties I got in March 2013 from the cat shelter when they were around 6 months old. After a while Lola went to live with a friend of mine where she could be centre of attention and I kept little Treacle.

Brighton - a seaside tourist town on the south coast of Britain that I love more than any person I've ever known. I've lived here since I was 23 after I arrived with £150, one suitcase and nowhere to live. Here I became the person I was always meant to be.