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October 17, 2016

Lifestyle: The third quarter of 2016

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I’ve been putting off writing this post for a couple of weeks as the last few months have been tough, particularly September.

A lot of good things happened in July – I went to Germany with Essence Cosmetics, I also had a little holiday in Devon which was lovely. Towards the end of the month, my friend got married so I travelled up to Lytham St Annes for that and had a day exploring the seaside town by myself.

There wasn’t really much to report from August – my job was really manic, so I spent a lot of time there and when I wasn’t at work I travelled home to see my cat, Patch as we found out that she was ill and didn’t have much time left. That was really hard and I didn’t deal with it very well. At the end of August, my rabbit Poppy ended up being put to sleep – this was really out of the blue but she got fly strike and there was nothing that the vets could do about it.

At the beginning of September, Patch unfortunately had to be put to sleep. I was absolutely devastated and still am, she was my best friend for 19 years. A few days later, ma and Tom broke up and I had to move back to my parents house. As you can imagine, those few weeks were so tough and it completely ruined me. My mental health was at an all time low and I ended up losing half a stone over just a few days.  Luckily, I’m doing a lot better now.

Hopefully the final update of the year won’t be as depressing as this one, I don’t think things can get any worse!

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  1. Tereza says

    October 17, 2016 at 8:32 am

    Oh dear, I’m sorry Hayley, I’m so sorry about Patch but I’m sure she’s better now she’s on the other end of the rainbow bridge. Sending you hugs xx

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  2. Laura Budd says

    October 17, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    I’m sorry things have been so rough for you recently, here’s hoping for a better end to the year x

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