DECEMBER ---

• lunch at ernespie farm with mum and sister; dinner party with auntie sharon
• gabriel's 18th birthday party
• quiz at the kings in dbt with jean, carrie & tracy
• cinnamon buns at cafe with emma & oksana
• date with joseph in glasgow
  • dinner at japanese restaurant
  • stroll around christmas markets
  • watching extras and white lotus; sleepover
• work xmas night out
  • drinks and tapas at the bank with lois, emma, oksana and shona
  • meeting up with the rest of the council crew at spoons; drinks at the dougie, hole in the wa & jambar
• gallacher christmas night out
  • dinner, drinks and karaoke at the golf club
  • dancing at the legion pub in castle douglas
• night away in penrith to see molly and jayne
  • fish and chips, beer, brunch at chapter 12
• quiz at the ship inn, with tracy, russell and carrie
• lunch at loch arthur creamery with mum and dad
• night out with emma, oksana and alex
  • dinner at the steamboat in carsethon
  • drinks at spoons
• trips to stranraer and newton stewart for work
• christmas shopping with ribh in dumfries
• meal at the market with laurie and ribh
  • cocktails and catch up at the bottom bar
• spending christmas day with mum and dad <3
• boxing day at matthews in dalbeattie; karaoke in living room
• lunch and catch-up with sam at m&s cafe
• nye drinks and karaoke at matthews

NOVEMBER ---

• roadtrip to sanquhar with sharon
• pub quiz @ haugh of urr with jean, tracy and carrie; coming in 1st place!
• quiz at kings arms with jean & carrie - winning again!
• date with joseph in glasgow!
  • gin tasting experience at begin in westend
  • lunch at the spanish butcher (oysters & champagne, galician beef steaks)
  • drinks at waxy o'connors
  • sleepover at his, watching season 5 of the crown
• sugo lunch-date and catch up with laurie
• getting new resettlement worker job!
• buffet & quiz at laurieston with carrie and jean
• night out in carlisle with molly
  • drinks at the caledonian, this time & spoons
  • dinner at coco mill
  • sleepover at conors, brunch at the old bank
• quiz at st ninians hall with carrie, jean & tracy
• lunch at kilnford farm with emma, oksana and shona
• lunch at the clachan in dalry with mum and dad
• sleepover at oksana and alex new house in lochmaben; drinking gin in kitchen until 2am
• streetlights and catch-up with ribh and auntie gill
• night away in glasgow
  • delmonicas and polo with connor
  • kissing lee, jack and random boy
  • staying in travelodge
• quiz at golf club with ribh & granny anne
• club queer in dumfries with ribh
  • sleepover at matthews
• last minute trip to creetown
• costa with emma, lois and oksana

OCTOBER ---

• night out in dumfries with emma, oksana & alex
  • drinks at imperial, dougie arms, wetherspoons
  • tapas & cocktails at the bank
  • dancing at the venue & ndulge; meeting molly
• quiz at the kings with ribh, tracy & jean
• chinese buffet & quiz at the ship inn, dbt
• tested positive for covid-19, 5 days isolation
• roadtrip to stranraer to meet ukrainians with margaret, walk around glenkens & ken doon with amber
• lunch at scottish pantry with ribh
• quiz at threave rovers with ribh, matthew, jean, carrie & tracy
• lunch at bob & berts with emma, caitlin and james
• day out with callum in glasgow
  • lunch at indian restaurant, coffee at muffin break
  • drinks at waxy o'connors and delmonicas - and a kiss!
• mr pooks & drinks at market with oksana and alex
• tapas at the bank with my sister
• ukrainian dinner at nikos with oksana and alex
• quiz at church with tracy and jean
• my niece's 2nd birthday <3
• busy work day with sharon; trip to thornhill, new arrivals at holiday inn, lunch at hospital
• day out with ribh and matthew
  • shopping in carlisle; lunch at thin white duke
  • drinks at the imperial, spoons and hole in the wa'

SEPTEMBER ---

• g&ts at the kings with oksana
• alice's leaving party in glasgow
  • drinks at driftwood, nicos & the locale
  • flat party in dalhousie
  • polo with yvie and becca; kissing five people!
  • sleepover in travelodge hotel
  • paesano with laurie, alice and chloe; saying goodbye to alice for six months :(
• taking ukrainian family to log cabin in terregles
• death of queen elizabeth ii
• lunch and catch-up with ribh at deli
• dad's birthday; going for dinner at the market inn
• saturday night in carlisle
  • drinks and food at printyard with ribh
  • cocktails at this place with ribh, molly, ellen, abbi, ellie, amy and chloe
  • dancing at deja vu and house of vodka
  • sleepover at ellens; hungover nandos in the morning
• day off work for queen's funeral
• fun day work; meeting host at crossmichael; lunch with ribh at scottish pantry; coffee with emma; balmaclellan drive
• quiz at glenlochar with ribh, tracy, carrie and jean
• deli & catch up with ribh
• balcary bay with emma and oksana
• after work drinks; granary with emma, oksana, alex, james and caitlin; hole in the wa' and gay bar with emma
• quiz at golf club with ribh, jean and tracy

AUGUST ---

• lunch at old schoolhouse with mum & dad
• trip to dmfs with ribh; dinner at cavens
• started working at d.a ukrainian hub
• dgap stall with chris, lesley and shona
• winning palnackie quiz with jean and carrie
• dpag agm meeting with caitlin
• night out in dumfries with ribh and matthew
  • dinner at the bank
  • drinks at hole in the wa, n'dulge and spoons
• coffee and scone at designs with oksana and alex
• university graduation in glasgow
  • trip to glasgow with mum and dad, riding subway
  • graduation ceremony; getting my degree
  • celebration dinner at bread meats bread
  • staying at swanky airbnb with molly, ellen & jayne
  • dinner at paesanos; drinks at ashton lane, tennents bar, inn deep and kitty o'sheas
  • brunch at old saltys
• lunch at designs with emma & oksana

JULY ---

• lunch with ribh at ernespie farm
• sunbathing at dhoon with emma & oksana
• trip to carlisle to see molly
  • lunch and cocktails at printyard
  • drinks at spoons, seeing holly
  • beers at the caledonian with conor
• roadtrip to annan with nigerian family
• drinks and catch up with amber @ the clachan
• club queer lipstick 90s in dumfries with ribh
  • venoms at the hole in the wa'
  • drag performances, drinking prosecco, dancing in the venue with daisy and starbucks girls, kissing david (!), sleepover at matthews house
• trip to clatteringshaws and otter pool with emma & oksana
• trip to new abbey with oksana
• alice's birthday dinner at carlos (with ribh & amber)
• ukrainian hub events
  • working at cairndale hotel
  • taking ukrainian family to new home in lincluden
  • case referral interviews
• dinner at market inn for mum & dad's anniversary
• bingo at cd town hall with ribh
• quiz at cd church with ribh, matthew, tracy, carrie & jean
• weekend away in glasgow
  • cocktail tinnies on bus up with katie max
  • pasta at sugo for dinner, pornstair martinis @ wunderbar
  • alice's birthday party at the locale
  • lunch at paesano with chloe
  • pints at bier halle with chloe and keira
  • saturday night in and sleepover at lauries

JUNE ---

• scotland ukraine world cup play-off
  • pre-drinks with ribh, alice & neil
  • watching the match at hampden
  • drag show & drinks @ delmonicas
  • dancing at kitty o'sheas, west end
• trip to carlisle with ribh and matthew
• jubilee bank holiday; lunch with mum & h.
• tea & cake at garden centre with mum & dad
• started working with ukrainian refugees in dmfs
• mr whippys & gossiping at park with ribh
• celebrating ribh's first class honours degree
  • tapas & cocktails at the bank with ribh and matthew
  • bingo at the hole in the wa'
  • drinks and live music at gay bar
• holiday to barcelona with alice, laurie, sophie & chloe
  • m&s cocktail cans on the train to prestwick
  • la boqueria, sagrada familia, la rambla, park guell
  • tapas at el xampanyet
  • swimming in the mediterreanean
  • seeing jayda g at sonar music festival
  • 9-course tapas tasting at brugarol barcelona
  • cinnamon buns, black coffee & cigarettes for breakfast
  • drinks in irish bar; beer buckets
  • sangria and cocktails on rooftop bar
• sunbathing at the dhoon with emma
• skiving off work; shopping and greggs with ribh
• ribh's graduation ball at the hilton in glasgow
  • red carpet entrance, prosecco on arrival, 3 course meal, suits and dresses, overnight stay at jury's inn
• drinks at birchtree, night out at venue in dmfs

MAY ---

• day out in glasgow with callum
  • pasta for lunch at sugo
  • drinks at tingle & the gallery
• voted in local elections
• emma's 22nd bday @ hummingbird
• trip to dundee to see my sister
  • drinks & coke at the eagle
  • coffee at broughty ferry beach
  • spanish tapas dinner
• chloe & rochelle cowboy bday bash
  • drinks and dancing at the locale
  • karaoke at nice n sleazys
• stewarding at tour series cycling event in stranraer, lunch & catch-up with emma from work
• saturday out with ribh
  • lunch at designs
  • pints & watching liverpool v chelsea football game
  • drinks with gill and suzanne at montys
• fish and chips at loch ken with mum and dad
• quiz at cd church hall (coming 1st place!)
• thornhill coffee with sharon and shona
• quiz at golf club with ribh, tracy, jean, carrie & holly
• solo shopping trip to carlisle
• quiz & chinese buffet at the ship inn, dalbeattie

APRIL ---

• trip round solway coast with isla
• gin and chipotle chicken din-dins at alices house with ribh and matthew
• date with scott in glasgow!
  • drinks and smooching at the waterloo
  • trip to the gallery
• politics catch up with richard @ the kings
• early morning walk at the doach woods
• dinner at clachan, dalry with mum & dad
• snp leafletting around cd, lunch with gill at streetlights
• easter weekend in england
  • beers in penrith
  • pizza, cocktails and sleepover at ellens
  • daydrinking at halston with abbi and alice
  • nandos with molly, conor, alice, abbi & terri
• long weekend away in glasgow
  • axm drag performance/polo night out
  • hotel with scott
  • sleepover and hookup with scott in paisley
  • pints & brunch at b.a.a.d with laurie, rory & ewan
  • dua lipa concert @ hydro with laurie, chloe & sophie
• roadtrip to stranraer

MARCH ---

• turned 23 years old!
  • hotel in glasgow with amber & molly
  • breakfast at cafe sono, dinner at sugo
  • boujee cocktails at corinthian, weird dancing in delmonicas, karaoke at the winds
  • tacos restaurant and spicy margarheritas
  • night out in polo - kissing & ketty antics with connor
  • pints outside spoons with alice, neil, chloe & emma
• putting up vm signage across n.w dumfries with dad
• ice cream in kbt with mum and dad
• shopping in glasgow with ribh, lunch at bread meats bread
• saturday night out in cd with gallachers
• pint and catch up with yes activists
• preparing homes for ukrainian refugees with n.
• sunny saturday
  • lunch at designs with h. and mum
  • pro-indy street stall outside post office
  • ice cream and sitting at park with ribh
  • golf club, threave & montys night out
• mother's day afternoon tea at ernespie
• morning roadtrip to newton stewart
• john smith reception @ scottish parliament
  • drinks + sleepover at ibrahims flat

FEBRUARY ---

• coffee & catch up with jim from snp
• foot & mouth theatre show at the fullarton
  • handing out flyers to local businesses
• canvassing outside tesco in dmfs with carlos & darren
• laurie's birthday party in glasgow
  • thai/vietnamese food at bar soba with laurie & sophie
  • drinks at dukes pub in finnieston
  • after-party at lauries flat
• trip to dundee to see my sister
  • lunch at spanish tapas restaurant
  • pints & coke with scott & family at the smugglers
• overnight trip to england to see molly
  • pizza for dinner at woodhouse
  • drinks out in penrith - the lounge
  • shopping and coffee in carlisle
• wine & admin night with gill
• mum's birthday
  • chinese takeaway meal from the sea horse

JANUARY ---

• new years day dinner with family
• day out in dumfries with dad and h.
• walk around threave castle with mum and dad
• lunch at ernespie with mum and sister
• winter walk around brig o'dee
• started new job at d&g council!
  • working at the buccleuch office and industrial estate
• trip to glasgow with ribh, lunch at nandos
• date in dmfs with scott
  • purple rain pitchers at spoons
  • karaoke and jagerbombs at hole in the wa'
  • kissing on the sands
• quiz at golf club with gill & tracey
• second date with scott
  • romantic dinner at the backstreet in dmfs
  • pints at buzz bingo
  • drinks at the imperial & hole in the wa'
• haircut and shopping in dmfs
• walk around new galloway forest with amber