{"id":1458,"date":"2021-09-09T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/?page_id=1458"},"modified":"2021-09-14T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:37:34","slug":"my-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/my-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"MY BLOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ciara-Geraghty-BG-TEXTURE.jpg&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" title=\"Ciara Geraghty by Ciara Geraghty &#8211; Home Office\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ciara-Geraghty-250-2.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ciara-Geraghty-250-2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ciara-Geraghty-250-2.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:35px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow: 0px 0px ;;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:16.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:11.52%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:11.52%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.53);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:5px 5px 10px 0px #afafaf;;--awb-border-radius:5px 5px 15px 5px;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">My Blog&#8230;<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-2 isotope\" data-pages=\"1\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-1463\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#f2f3f5;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021-200x105.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/September-2021.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 580px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/september-youve-changed\/\">September, you&#8217;ve changed&#8230;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/september-youve-changed\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember, you&#8217;ve changed&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/september-youve-changed\/\" aria-label=\"September, you&#8217;ve changed&#8230;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/september-youve-changed\/\">September, you&#8217;ve changed&#8230;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> You used to be able to count on September. It had that real \u2018re-set\u2019 feel about it, with its smell of new books and the crunch of freshly fallen leaves, not yet sodden with footfall and rain. You\u2019d drag your September boots out from the back of the wardrobe [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1482\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1482 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/now-that-ive-found-me\/\">Now That I\u2019ve Found Me<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> January. One of my least favourite months of the year. What\u2019s good about it? Once the fairy lights come down, the ordinary lights illuminate all too well the dust and the dirt and the debris that the fairy lights have kindly masked during the moodily-lit month of December. I [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1480\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1480 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/its-only-november-lets-calm-this-sht-down\/\">It\u2019s only November \u2013 let\u2019s calm this sh*t down\u2026<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Kat Kerrigan is one of the main characters in the book I\u2019m writing at the moment. She hates Christmas. She says, \u2018Christmas makes everything seem worse than it already is.\u2019 I\u2019m a bit like that. Take last weekend, for example. I went \u2013 like an innocent lamb to the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1475\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1475 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/failure-is-not-an-option\/\">Failure is not an option\u2026<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Day: 4 Nicotine patches used: None Cigarettes smoked: None Number of times I have been nasty to family and friends: Many Number of previous attempts: Classified. I suppose I\u2019m not the only one in the country \u2013 and indeed the world \u2013 to have thrown their last packet of [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1472\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1472 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/a-trip-down-memory-lane\/\">A trip down memory lane\u2026<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a girl. The girl was 23. The land was Australia. The time was 1994. She lived there for a year and worked in Sydney as a Girl Friday for an investment company. The girl licked stamps and [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1470\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-1470 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-train-of-thought\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #f2f3f5;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciarageraghty.com\/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up\/\">What do you want to be when you grow up?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> When I was four, I wanted to be a tapdancer. At family gatherings, I would sing \u2018On the good ship lollypop\u2019 and tapdance in a pair of my mother\u2019s shoes that made lovely tap-tap-tap sounds against most types of floors, apart from lino which was unfortunate because there was [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow: 0px 0px 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