I've just spent Christmas at Mum's house, just aiming to be kind to the rest of the family, and myself, not beating myself about all of the "could haves" that I only thought of later on, and friends I've not caught up with yet.

The new photo_scavenger prompt is "Christmas", so here's Mum's Christmas tree (outstanding: Countdown).


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I enjoyed yesterday, with a team lunch at work, and drinks later in the pub; I managed to buy a round before I left to go to a gig. I liked getting to see some friends, even just having brief conversations.

Here's the band I hadn't seen before: Escape Route.


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The man who served me with my cappuccino yesterday morning turned out to be a fellow Mo Bro; we started comparing 'taches and talking about trying to trim back stubble, which he agreed was the biggest problem ( Read more... )

Last night, we had a powercut; it was annoying because it occurred just after I arrived at taekwon-do, so class got cancelled. It lasted only half an hour, but we had another one during the night, so I woke up to find that I had to reset my bedside clock once again ( Read more... )

Yesterday's volunteering went well - there was a lot of having to sweep up the autumn leaves before we could do any planting though; it was a chore, and I did intend to do a run after work, but then saw that colleagues were going to the pub and decided to join them instead, I'll usually choose the pub over a run, its just how I am ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I spent a lot of the day at work on learning events; a course on designing towns with women and girls in the morning, and then a photography course in the afternoon. We did a bit of a walk around and put into practise some of the skills we'd discussed, like using the grid option on the phone camera to help keep photos straight; I liked ( Read more... )

My three priorities at the moment are:
1. Sort out drafting some new GIS datasets, which I hope to do this morning
2. Attend today's photography course; and
3. Do a 15-mile recce around town for the Stag Walkers.


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Here's one of my best shots from yesterday's tour.


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On a miserable wet day, we start Optimistic October.


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This morning, I wrote down three things I appreciate about myself ( Read more... )