Joanna – Paused Life

Name	Joanna / Joey / Jo
Gender	♀ Female
Age	28 (27^th January)
Nationality	European > British > English & 1/4 Welsh
Residence	France
Langages	Bilingual English & French
Siblings	1 older sister, Saffy

Pets

We have two fluff balls at home that we love very much! <3

♀ Lily Câline (2008-Jun-08)

Adopted 2015/06/26 from a local association that rescued her from a puppy mill. 🙁 She’d probably had 3-4 litters by the time we adopted her.

♀ Ginger Biscuit (2005-Dec-01)

Some of our fav nicknames for her are Gingin, Monkey Butt, Miss Madam and Little Miss Drama.

♂ Thomas “Tommy” (2000/Jul/07 – 2014/Nov/03)

He has several nicknames but the ones he responds to the most are Tomtom, Fluffy Butt, Scruff Bag, and Get Off Your Fat Bottom. He died at the ripe ol’ age of 14 years and 4 months old.

They have a combined canine photo gallery which you can view at the following address: Suppi.net/dogs.

Illness

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS/CFIDS)	Center For Disease Control and Prevention: CFS Wikipedia.org: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Lyme Disease	Lyme Disease Symptoms Learn About Lyme Disease Amy Tan on Lyme Disease A Silent Epidemic Persists

I have been sick for many years now but have only been housebound since January 2004.

A Little Bit More About How I Function

If I am slow to answer or sometimes don’t answer at all, or even in some cases have to cut a conversation short, please don’t take this as an insult. I am very very tired and this everyday because of an illness. Please be patient with me. *(^-^)*

On the other hand, I am an annoying person, I do make bad jokes that only I find funny and I love being me (strange, random, eccentric or just down right weird).

And a third factor is that although English to the full, I have mainly studied in France. So yes I am English and can perfectly understand you (most of the time ha ha) but I do tend to invent words or disfigure/decapitate/destroy/mutilate them in an attempt to express myself.

I give you full authorisation to laugh with me at these mistakes but please try to refrain from laughing at me; it’s embarrassing and humiliating. You can however correct me! And if I do get on your nerves, don’t worry, I perfectly understand and you have all my sympathy. 😛

It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is the one who will smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.

(Ella Wheeler Wilcox)