I'm not dead...
...although, I am in self-isolation because I've tested positive for covid. That means I'm stuck in the house until the end of the week. And it could be longer if I continue positive. My symptoms are mild, courtesy of three jabs. Mainly a slight temperature and a cough. Thank science for the vaccine that means I get away with only that.
However, forced inactivity has reminded me to login to LJ for the first time since February. *waves sheepishly* Hi, everyone, how you all?
Firstly, I want to wish very, very belated Happy Birthday wishes to skargasm for February, texanfan and ani_mama for March, tabaqui, snycock and twilightofmagic for April and laazikaat and janedavitt for the first half of May. I hope you all had a wonderful day on your birthdays, although not everyone on that list is really active on LJ these days.
If you'd asked me last year I'd have said that there was no way I could start the day without logging into LiveJournal to see what was going on. I have no explanation or excuse for having dropped out of sight for so long. What I can say is I've been moderately busy, although the definition of moderately busy has shifted quite dramatically since I retired.
I know everybody says this when they've been absent for a while, but I really mean it - if there are any posts from the last umpteen weeks that will bring me up-to-date with what's going on in your lives I would love to see them. Please do point me at them.
Back in 2019 I engaged with ljbookbingo and I had half determined to do the same again this year. This year it's all about reading books with titles that begin with each letter of the alphabet. So I've been stocking up on short reviews of the books I've read so far this year. I'll try and post them occasionally and see if I manage to fill the alphabet bingo card.
Meanwhile, spring is finally in the air, my little garden is bursting with colour and I've made myself a totally new flowerbed which is just waiting to be planted up as soon as I can get myself to a garden centre. Which I hope *fingers crossed* might be at the weekend.
Happy new season to you all. And I'll try and do better about being around in future.
However, forced inactivity has reminded me to login to LJ for the first time since February. *waves sheepishly* Hi, everyone, how you all?
Firstly, I want to wish very, very belated Happy Birthday wishes to skargasm for February, texanfan and ani_mama for March, tabaqui, snycock and twilightofmagic for April and laazikaat and janedavitt for the first half of May. I hope you all had a wonderful day on your birthdays, although not everyone on that list is really active on LJ these days.
If you'd asked me last year I'd have said that there was no way I could start the day without logging into LiveJournal to see what was going on. I have no explanation or excuse for having dropped out of sight for so long. What I can say is I've been moderately busy, although the definition of moderately busy has shifted quite dramatically since I retired.
I know everybody says this when they've been absent for a while, but I really mean it - if there are any posts from the last umpteen weeks that will bring me up-to-date with what's going on in your lives I would love to see them. Please do point me at them.
Back in 2019 I engaged with ljbookbingo and I had half determined to do the same again this year. This year it's all about reading books with titles that begin with each letter of the alphabet. So I've been stocking up on short reviews of the books I've read so far this year. I'll try and post them occasionally and see if I manage to fill the alphabet bingo card.
Meanwhile, spring is finally in the air, my little garden is bursting with colour and I've made myself a totally new flowerbed which is just waiting to be planted up as soon as I can get myself to a garden centre. Which I hope *fingers crossed* might be at the weekend.
Happy new season to you all. And I'll try and do better about being around in future.