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Hi LJ folks! Cross-posting from Dreamwidth has been touch and go but I've left it turned on for when it works and I'll still read here so long as it's working and connected to the same Internet I'm on. I'm over at https://metawidget.dreamwidth.org if you want to read me there. -
Friday Five: Seasonal adjustment
1) What are you doing this spring that you weren't doing 1 year ago? Making a habit of running or cycling daily. 2) What pandemic precautions are you still taking? Giving people space, masking up indoors, seeing less of people than I'd like and giving strangers more personal space including stepping off the sidewalk as we pass each other. Also, ( Read more... ) -
Muggy
I just realized that from Oscar's perspective, you've never needed to lick postage stamps. They wanted to know about the history of stickers this morning and I was thinking old lick-and-stick technology was old… I'd forgotten it is also kind of obsolete.
I've got my one dose of Pfizer/BioNTech in me and am currently contributing a bit of plasma to ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five - self-care et al.
What have you done lately for improving or maintaining your mental health? What more would you like to do? I have been getting outside and moving almost every day - running, walking, biking - most days for an hour or more. I'm lucky to have that time to do it, and it feels good to move, get fresh air, and see my local area and how it all fits ( Read more... ) -
It's May already
It's been a bit of a challenging winter and spring here, as everywhere. We're all still healthy here, employed, eating eggs from the backyard hens, so not as challenging as it could be, but still.
One of my union colleagues died last weekend. Mehran was quick to welcome me aboard when I got elected to the national Research Group executive, and ( Read more... ) -
Year in review
It's been a while since I've done one of these.
1. What did you do in 2020 that you'd never done before?
Made Yorkshire pudding. Run a half-marathon distance. Gave plasma by aphresis.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm not sure I made any last year. This year I'm vaguely committing to keep running ( Read more... ) -
It's Christmas, but also: what day is it?
Christmas 2020… waiting for the remote family Zoom call to begin. We made sure there was a plain old telephone option for Dad (we call him) and I've put the chairs in places where all five of us can be in the frame.
This is the first Christmas in a while that we haven't been driving. It slows the day down nicely, really, although I miss being at ( Read more... ) -
Longest night eve
We're fairly Christmas-y here: tree up, elf maurauding, gifts mostly found, some still in the hands of the good workers of the postal service… It's been a bit of a marathon getting things together and also moving work forward. I'm looking forward to a little break between the holidays! I know I need it, my body lets me know by popping my shoulder ( Read more... )
