Thrive With Davinia

Thrive With Davinia 💪 Abuse survivor turned THRIVER
💃 Sharing my Mounjaro weight loss journey
✈️ Creating freedom through travel & helping others do the same

26/06/2026

The holiday prep is nearly complete! ✈️🌴

✔️ Packing is done.
✔️ Last minute bits are bought.
✔️ The car is fuelled up and ready for our 1,100-mile road trip tomorrow night.

Just one final job left...

Hair dye is on, and later Mark's giving it a proper chop. It was getting on my nerves in this heat, and with two weeks in Spain ahead, shorter just makes sense! 💇‍♀️

Tomorrow night the adventure begins. France first... then on to Spain. 🇫🇷➡️🇪🇸

Now all I need to do is make sure I haven't forgotten anything... although I'm sure I'll check the passports another ten times before we leave! 😂

25/06/2026

Some journeys really test your patience.... 😅🚗

Last night should have been a straightforward drive home from Kent to Portsmouth.
Instead....

🚧 M26 closed. 🚧 M25 closed between Junctions 5 and 6 after an earlier crash. 🚧

Diversion through Westerham and Godstone.

What is normally a 2 hour journey turned into 3 hours.

It took an hour and a half just to get from Chestfield to Junction 7 on the M25! 🤯

To top it all off, this photo was taken at 10.12pm.... and it was still 24°C! 🌡️🔥

We finally rolled onto the drive just after midnight, tired, hungry, and very glad to be home.

One more reminder that when you're travelling....

whether it's a holiday or just getting home....

sometimes the journey has other ideas. 😂

Have you ever had a journey that should have taken a couple of hours but ended up taking forever?

Tell me your worst traffic nightmare! 👇

24/06/2026

The official advice today is not to travel unless absolutely necessary because of the heat.

Meanwhile....

It's 6am.

It's already 21°C.

And I'm about to set off on a 262 mile round trip to collect my daughter from her girlfriend's house.

No overnight stop this time because we need to get back and get organised before we head off on holiday ourselves on Saturday.

Temperatures are expected to reach somewhere between 31°C and 36°C today....

And the M25 is involved. 😬

The coffee is drunk.

The cold drinks are packed.

The air con is ready.

My patience for traffic, however, is already running a little low and I haven't even left yet. 😂

Still....

Sometimes there are things that simply need doing, even when the timing couldn't be much worse.

So here we go.

Be honest.... am I dedicated or completely mad? 😂☀️🚗

22/06/2026

Five years ago, my mum genuinely thought she was going to lose her sight.

She was diagnosed with wet AMD and had cataracts in both eyes. It was a scary time and there were so many unknowns ahead.

Since then she's had regular eye injections, countless appointments, cataract surgery and more hospital visits than I can remember.

Today we got some amazing news....

The consultant has told her she no longer needs the injections because her eyes have improved so much. 🎉

To say she was happy would be an understatement.

In fact, before I took this photo in Home Bargains, she was literally skipping up the aisle like an excited child. 😂

Sometimes we get so caught up in the things that are going wrong that we forget to celebrate the things that are going right.

Today is one of those days.

I'm incredibly proud of her for everything she's been through and grateful for the treatment, care and support that has helped her get to this point.

Here's to seeing the world a little more clearly.... and apparently skipping through Home Bargains while doing it. ❤️

Have you had any good news recently? I'd love to hear it.

20/06/2026

Lunch date with my daughter today. ❤️

Well.... birthday lunch. Sort of.

Her actual birthday isn't until next week, but because she lives further away now we're celebrating early.

I have absolutely no idea where we're going yet because apparently choosing somewhere to eat requires a full committee meeting. 😂

Anyway.... I'm dressed, I've made an effort, and for once I'm actually ready on time.

Let's see what the day brings. ❤️

19/06/2026

Spent a lovely afternoon having my nails done by today ready for my holiday next weekend. 🌴💅

It's funny how the little things can make you smile.

A few years ago I was in survival mode most of the time.

These days I'm choosing nail designs for holidays, planning trips and actually taking time to enjoy things.

Life isn't perfect....

I'm still a chronic overthinker.

I'm still permanently convinced I've forgotten something important.

And my packing definitely hasn't started yet. 😂

But every now and then I stop and realise just how different life feels.

And that's a pretty good feeling. ❤️

Thank you to Lorien at for my gorgeous holiday nails. 🌴💅

17/06/2026

262 miles.

Every single week.

That's how far I drive so my 19 year old daughter can spend time with her girlfriend.

It's funny really....

Over the years I've been called a terrible parent more times than I care to remember.

Usually by people who have never walked a day in my shoes.

Yet here I am, setting my alarm, filling up the car, driving hundreds of miles and giving up two days every week just to make sure my daughter gets to spend time with someone she loves.

Do I get everything right as a parent?

Absolutely not.

No parent does.

But if loving your children, supporting them and showing up for them makes me a terrible parent....

Then I can live with that.

Now excuse me while I go and add another 262 miles to the car. ❤️

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