- I made an error at work when configuring something for a client but before the change went live, the error was noticed and reported to me by a script I’d previously written to check for that kind of error. Failuresuccess!
- Tuna and corn patties for dinner.
- I walked over a new route and found several pretty trees.
- Studying. <3
- Private insurance. I love the NHS dearly, but provisions for mental health care vary so widely… but my wife’s insurance has got me covered.
- My stricter work/life separation seems to be working out well.
- Yesterday was a good day.
- I love how spring onions will regrow after you’ve cut their tops off, even long after they’ve been pulled out of the ground. I keep a crop in my kitchen in some water.
- I was walking later than usual last night and saw Orion rise.
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- The sound of rain against the windows.
- Studying, still! I am so glad I have this opportunity again.
- My World Postcard Day postcards are arriving and giving people joy.
- Housesitting for a night at a nice house with two dogs.
- I had a LONG bath with reading and games on my tablet.
- I love that feeling of weight returning that you get if you stay in the bath as the water drains out.
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- I understood functional groups waaaay better during today’s studying than I ever did before. Repetition works!
- I managed to get some cross-stitch done today.
- Hades is still a lot of fun.
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- Yesterday’s bath was upgraded from a cup of tea to red wine.
- I finished putting all my purchased eBook files into my NIFTY AS HECK ebook/audiobook spreadsheet.
- I found only two duplicate purchases, both from authors that I’m happy to support (KJ Charles and Tansy Rayner Roberts).
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- Today’s studying included van der Waals’ forces, and I don’t know if it’s (again) repetition from my previous degree or what, but I understood it perfectly today!
- First appointment made for cognitive behavioural therapy… this week!
- Managed to book in for a flu shot despite everywhere being crammed full. Bit weird to be going to Tesco for my vital vaccination because my GP surgery is booked until mid-November, but OK then!
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- I like how in markdown, when you want a numbered list like this, you can put
1.at the start of every entry and markdown displays the appropriate numbers. - I’ve been using a “focus list” as a mini task list. I set a timer using Forest and/or StudyBunny for two hours, and for that entire time I can do only the things in the focus list, ideally in the predefined order. They can include fun things! It’s helping me avoid distractions.
- Our garden has a third scrub turkey, an adult male, enthusiastically creating a mound.
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- My stamps and postcards from the Royal Mail finally arrived! I got to send one today.
- Ginger beer.
- I’ve been reading a lot in the last couple of days! (Thanks, Beeminder!)
- My favourite part of my morning routine: on any days when I’ll be leaving the house at any time, then after my shower I fully prepare for leaving by packing my bag and stacking things that I’ll need to wear in an pile in the reverse order I will put them on (hat, sunglasses, sunshirt, socks, etc). This means that when I think “omg, I need to leave in 5 minutes to catch that bus!” then I can sit around for another 4 minutes and still be out of the house in time. It brings me joy every time that’s useful.
- Jeremy has started making sushi. His first attempt was nice and I can tell that future ones will be better - that’s his pattern with making food.
- This tweet from Jeremy featuring one of the ringtail possums who lives our garden
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- Forum discussions with other people on my course.
- My flu shot didn’t make my arm too sore this year!
- New books! (I know, I know, that happens so often.)
- I had a problem with my landline phone and my ISP was helpful, friendly, and fast. Aussie Broadband are great.
- Our cat kept going back to my bed all day yesterday because she knows she’ll get pats there.
- I managed to get to bed reasonably early last night.
- Time-and-a-half for some tedious work, w00t.
- Fit a bath into my busy day and that was a very good plan. (It’s @alys’ fault for mentioning having a bath! I started craving one.) It was not a long bath, but it was very nice.
- Found a good Youtube video that unpacks some concepts I was struggling with for epidemiology.
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- Regular garbage collection.
- Jeremy baked a cake with 100s & 1000s on it.
- Curried egg sandwiches.
- Mum’s getting some pots with daffs ready for me.
- My CBT session at least made me feel like I’m not so bad at dealing with things as I thought.
- The Nobel prize for CRISPR! I’ve been predicting it for a while.
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- Jeremy has tidied the shelves in our computer/video-watching room and set up a nice background for when he’s on a webcam. It looks lovely.
- I walked to the nearest shopping centre last night to get a new shaver when Jeremy’s broke half way though shaving his head, and when I returned he had a “Thank-You Salad” waiting for me. (He makes good salads.)
- He managed to get the broken shaver to work again! At roughly the same time I arrived at the shopping centre. How we laughed.
It was a good walk anyway.
- Hades is still so good! Even though ostensibly I’m doing the same thing over and over, the ride is always a little different.
- New standing desk will probably solve some of my problems and let me defer getting a new laptop.
- Lots of new plants for our garden, from my mother.
- I managed to get to bed early last night. It’s difficult so this was an achievement!
- A friend helped me in a discussion.
- This comic about avoiding damaging bash errors but also this important information. I was not aware of much of this!
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- Went for a nice long walk today.
- Lisa is very forbearing when my brain gets stuck on a single song and that’s all I want to listen to on repeat.
- Chatting about work stuff with my sister.