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Thank you for visiting! My name is Sophie and I am an academic researcher, a wife, and a mum of two gorgeous kids, living in sunny Queensland, Australia, and I write about navigating life, parenting, and career.

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Dispatch from Melbourne
I’m on a short, solo trip this weekend, visiting for my brother’s 50th celebration. Al and the kids are visited his parents last night, and I headed off to the airport at lunchtime Saturday, The flight was delayed an hour, but definitely not so bad when your travelling without kids and had no plans on arrival except to hang out with my brother and SIL and my parents, as they were travelling down too but on a different flight. I had some lunch, I did a bit of writing and readi
7 days ago2 min read


Weekend report
It was a long weekend for me - I had Friday off from work, and it ended up being such a fun one. The kids and Al had school and work on Friday, so I took advantage and after dropping the kids at school, I headed out for a relaxation massage. It was a 60 minute massage with hot stones, aromatherapy oils, the works. So nice. My venue Then I went looking for a new outfit for the horse racing we were attending the next day. I had a dress I'd borrowed from my SIL, and it looked ni
Jun 163 min read


Wow, what a week
I'm heading home from Adelaide today after the most amazing experience these past 5 days at my masterclass. Outside of special family events, this may have been the best week of my life. There were 14 of us in the Masterclass, led by Fiona McIntosh, a bestselling Australian author who writes bestsellers in crime AND historial fiction. It was such a friendly group, Fiona is SO knowledgabe (about writing and also commercial publishing), but also very funny, and we spent a lot o
May 192 min read


High tea, walking update, and Mini-Break Day 1
Hello from Pelican Waters, Sunshine Coast on our long awaited kid free mini-break! (About 30 minutes drive from our house! hehe). We have...
Apr 16, 20255 min read


The week that was
Well, what a week. It ended up being a really good trip, but as I predicted very intense, in fact even more busy than I thought. There...
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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