August 2026

August felt like such a whirlwind. Even though I’m unemployed and my Mum likes to ask me “What do you do all day, aren’t you bored?” it’s honestly really surprising how busy I feel. A lot of this might be self-inflicted busyness where I don’t really need to be writing as many blog posts as I do, but I can’t help myself! Do I have a blogging problem? As much as I had said I was feeling socially deprived lately, I had an old friend pop in from Australia, some of my husband’s friends visited, I met some new people for coffee dates, and so August turned out to be quite the busy month social-wise as well. To cap off August, we went on a 12-day roadtrip around Hokkaido. I had grand plans of being in nature and camping the whole way, but it turned out to be quite rainy so we also made an impromptu detour to Hakodate. The night-time view from Mt Hakodate We also visited 4 cafes in Hakodate as I decided I wanted to find the best coffee while I was there. I did find one I liked, but let’s say I…