Lab Rat in......Life

I think my last few blog posts may have seemed quite depressing and that some people might think I was being quite negative, but hopefully you can all understand why. I was worried that I was constantly complaining, but after my last post a friend going through their own cancer experience (one that is much more emotionally challenging than mine I might add) thanked me for what I’d written and helped me to realise the importance of being as honest as I can be in this blog, otherwise what’s the point? So I'll continue to try and just hope that I can get a good balance. At this time of year when the dark nights draw in and the weather becomes cold and wet I know that people usually start to feel a bit down, it’s pretty common. Since returning from Tanzania and spending my time in the north of Scotland I have to say it doesn’t quite affect me in the same way. Living near to the equator when every day is virtually 12 hours all year round you start to miss the long summer nights and sh...