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Absurdly Relatable
because normal is just weird in disguise
Life’s a mess. Let’s laugh about it together.


Senior, not always senior
While employed as an Advisor in a company in Sydney I was promoted to Senior Business Advisor. A well-respected advance in my career -...

Lee Foster
Oct 25, 20242 min read


Winter growing pains
Packed like sardines in a tin can! London transport is packed at the best of times, but when the winter weather comes along, we become...

Lee Foster
Oct 25, 20242 min read


This meal is not suitable for vegetarians
While in my local supermarket the other day I tore off a recipe card from one of the shelves above the chicken aisle. The recipe was for...

Lee Foster
Oct 25, 20242 min read


No thanks TomTom
What a great gadget. TomTom not only helps us get us to where we want to go but it has saved our relationship from inevitable...

Lee Foster
Oct 18, 20243 min read


A bar for single ladies with no pick-up lines
It is a Saturday night, and I want to go out for a drink. I don't have anyone to go with but I'm tired of being indoors all day. I need...

Lee Foster
Oct 18, 20242 min read


To tell or not to tell
"Your zipper, sir" I am standing on a train and I have noticed a business man sitting down in the vestibule area with his fly undone....

Lee Foster
Oct 18, 20243 min read


Why don't we chuck tantrums?
Walking to work I noticed a little boy, probably 3 years of age, dragging his feet behind his father. His father was walking swiftly, in...

Lee Foster
Oct 18, 20243 min read


All I want is elbow room
Whenever I fly, I wonder whether I am being videoed, in fact whether we are all be watched. Watched by airplane meal designers while they...

Lee Foster
Oct 18, 20244 min read


I'm not stopping for anyone!
Walking through Central station can be dangerous. You could die! OK, maybe I'm exaggerating but you definitely could get seriously hurt....

Lee Foster
Oct 15, 20243 min read


Mosquitos, the smallest vampire
ZZZZzzzzzZZZzzzzZZZZZzzz.Where is it? Is it on me? Has it flown away? ZZZZzzzzZZZZzz. Nope, still here. I don't want to get out of bed....

Lee Foster
Oct 15, 20242 min read


Bend it like Bikram
"My god it's hot in here"..... I look around to see if anyone else felt the way I did. "Shh!" an evil look from a slim, scantily dressed...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20243 min read


The Wedding Dress
I am starting to realise that I am not a normal girl. I find shopping tedious and frustrating. The shopping I mildly enjoy is when...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20241 min read


We are strangers, why are we snuggling
Sitting on a three-person seat on a 6.51am train into Central, Sydney in winter seems to result in unrequited stranger snuggling. It is...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20242 min read


Why didn't we elope?
Most people you speak to who are married say the day was amazing, best day ever, wonderful, loved it and would love to do it again with...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20242 min read


Hedge your bets, where will the train stop?
Have you noticed how people congregate on train platforms. They space themselves out along the platform to match where doors will stop or...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20242 min read


A Baby is not a suitcase
Sitting in the lounge room of my friend's house the other day I came out with the statement a baby is not a suitcase. Now before you...

Lee Foster
Oct 13, 20243 min read


Hot sweaty... Who else has sat on this seat?
I try to stay away from public transport on hot hot days but I had no other choice today. Hubby has the car and I have an appointment to...

Lee Foster
Sep 29, 20243 min read


This shit is going from bad to worse! Literally - I am counting it!
I never realised there would be a time in my life when I would be counting nappies. Or, more surprisingly, looking for mobile apps to...

Lee Foster
Sep 29, 20242 min read


Stop pressing that button.
I am frequently amazed by the number if people who believe if you hit the buzzer at a set of lights, frequently and repeatedly, the green...

Lee Foster
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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