- One of my referees got back to me with their completed check
- Nice mid-afternoon walk and sports
- I’m grateful for choosing to be physically active today, as I feel a lot better than normal
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- Appointment with the sleep clinic for Lisa!
- I was reminded of the existence of Serial Reader. I always end up asking for more issues in a day, because it only takes me 5 minutes to read an issue (they’re meant to take 15 minutes ish, but I’m a fast reader), but it’s a nice way to squeeze more reading into my day almost without feeling like I’m sitting down to read. Looks like you can now add in epubs you own, so I sense I might be doing this with a bunch of classic mysteries – for now, I’m reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles (I’ve read way less Agatha Christie than you’d guess given my interests).
- Pizza party with my sister this evening.
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- Bookshop.org have a new programme called Bookloop which allows you to sell back books in good condition. So instead of taking the recent batch to donate to charity (who don’t always know quite what to do with e.g. my science books), I’ve valued and boxed up the books I’ve read recently and looks like I’ll get £26 store credit on bookshop.org for the 10 I’m sending them now (at no further cost to me; they pay for the postage, and I’m re-using a box that was used to… send me books).
It’s nothing like what I paid for them of course, but it’s something, and the books will be resold to benefit authors via a partnership with the Society of Authors – or if not resold, then responsibly donated. It’s a neat scheme, and I get back some of the money I spent for more books. (No doubt why it’s called Bookloop.) - Finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles… and started on The Murder on the Links. Honestly they’re very typical of the period; I think part of Christie’s success was just sheer volume, rather than greater craftsmanship.
- No plans today.
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- Nice walk today.
- Biscuit seems okay despite having flung herself from a height that was scary to see.
- Dad’s subscription to Which, and being allowed to use it.
Planning a big purchase, probably, and having the reviews there is very helpful.
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- Started the last of The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman. These books are amongst the best I’ve ever read for creating a whistful, longing, feeling for a beautiful but flawed world. I re-read Rebecca the other month, and there’s something of the same in there.
- How much more powerful torches are than in my youth. These LED bulbs make an astonishing difference. (I just looked it up - 8x more efficient at converting electricity to visible light, said a random web page)
- Early flights with my new FPV drone are a success - I didn’t get vertigo, which I was a bit worried I might!
I think part of Christie’s success was just sheer volume, rather than greater craftsmanship.
@shanaqui I read the other day she was the best selling author ever - something like 2 billion books sold. Quite astonishing.
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- got the job offer i wanted as my first preference!!!
- had a nice dinner with partner and their grandma
- i stuck with it and finished the first week of plato for ted gioa’s humanities readings
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- We finally finished M3S, the third savage raid of this raid series. One more to go!
- The place I bought my new bicycle will assemble it for me.
- Will be sleeping at my parents’ house tomorrow night while Lisa does a sleep study. So glad my parents don’t mind/are happy to help.
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- Had a relaxing 3 day weekend.
- Got the shower floor scrubbed and it looks nice.
- The morning humidity levels have been bareable the last few days.
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- had a speedy wait in the hospital and helped out by some other friendly patients
- another job i applied to got back to me with an offer, even though i probably won’t take it they gave some encouraging feedback
- made myself useful around the house and returned some books that were due to the library
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- Picking up my new pedelec bike today.
- Good conversations with my parents yesterday when I stayed over.
- We have lots of sticky self-heating packs to help with my sore back.
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- Nice cycle into town for some chores
- Managed to mow the lawn between rain showers
- Drive to drop M off at the airport went well
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- Dad bought me a way nicer sling than the hospital bandage I was given
- The Science is weird lessons that I’ve been watching have been super interesting lately
- I’m on a roll with my Anki reviews even after upping new cards per day
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My radiation burns are healing slowly but surely, and sooner than the doctor thought they would.
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- Had a nice trip on my new bicycle yesterday.
- Lisa did the work to clear out some space in the shed for the bike, which I wasn’t looking forward to.
- Enjoying playing the new class, Pictomancer, in FFXIV.
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- S. and I walked to the grocery store together, and the weather was perfect
- Older teen did younger teen a solid by giving them a lift home from a party last night — I like when they demonstrate maturity like that
- I finished one task I’ve been procrastinating on, and I think I have time to do at least one more
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- enjoyed playing sports for the first time since injuring elbow
- dad made delicious breakfast and coffee
- grateful i sent some messages today instead of letting correspondence pile up
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- Quiet day with almost no plans.
- Taco soup for dinner.
- I’ve recovered from feeling somewhat saddle sore after my first lengthy bike ride, and planning another tomorrow.
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- Nice bike ride today. There are more cycle paths around here than I thought!
- I bought some weird snacks to try, since I was out and about. I’ve missed being able to go random places and get stuff for myself.
- My friend Amy doesn’t mind me rambling about things she doesn’t know anything about, like Heaven Official’s Blessing. We just enjoy each other’s enthusiasms.
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- noticing i need to use freedom and internet blockers less, because i’m just gravitated towards interesting things that i want to me doing more and more
- my anniversary of using this forum! which reminds me how central beeminder has been to getting my act together, including with helping the above point
- i got out of bed early this morning to do some sport practice and feel much better than i would have otherwise
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- Pokemon Smile seems to have ended the daily battle to get the daughter to just brush her dang teeth instead of endlessly wandering off.
- My parents took the kids out for some fun this weekend while my husband was at drill, so I got some time to myself.
- Right as I was starting to wonder how to gently tell my son that I think he needs to go back to therapy for his anxiety, he came to me and said he wants to go back to therapy. Glad to avoid the awkward conversation, and glad he has that self awareness.
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