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Represent

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Hi, With it being half-term and near the end of the Ever Lovely Mrs J’s annual leave ‘use by’ date, we’ve had some time off together. With health issues – physical and mental – plus extra family requirements, holidays – in terms of going away – have reduced. In honesty, I don’t mind this as I’m able to disengage reasonably well. Okay, provided I can distract my brain from its firework show attention span, at least 🙂 Certain political processes beginning with B and the cost of living situation, means that we’re less likely to travel outside of the UK. Given this would probably be a flight, I wonder if staying put it helping out collective carbon footprint? 🤔 Introspection […]

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A sense of okayness

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Hello dear reader. How are you? Ah, a moment to try and calm the firework show of thoughts. Too try and get something down on the page. Deep breath, Lynn… 🧘‍♀️ Time Today, the Ever Lovely Mrs J and I took a day off to shorten the week. Mrs J’s holiday year runs differently to mine, as it seems to go with organisations. So, we’re enjoying another four day week and we’ve been out for a walk in the park and a spot of brunch. Sitting in the shade, enjoying a coffee, and taking time to watch the world go by. No need to rush between virtual meetings or have our eye on the clock. Truly a luxury in turning […]

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Diverse

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Hi, How’s things with you, dear reader? This week has been – unfortunately a full give days, but moving on! – moments of enlightening “oh, that makes sense now”. For anyone thinking, Ah, Lynn’s about to come out and finally transition. As the rather good film stated: “A good guess, but actually no.” 😁 Let’s rev back the clock and kick off with a tale of a three folk sat around the kitchen table. Today’s visualisation exercise will feature Child 2.0, the Ever Lovely Mrs J, and Yours Truly in Bloke Mode. As Child 2.0 is reaching their middle point of teenage years, so conversation broadens and crosses into culture, people, etc. In a passing comment about neurodiversity in schools […]

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The one I forgot to give a title to

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Hi, Praise be to the four day week. That and a good night out with friends. I am going to apologise in advance around this evening’s post. In an act of solidarity around the Ever Lovely Mrs J’s health, I switched to alcohol free beer sometime early last year. A shout-out to Big Drop if this is also your bag. I don’t think I’ve had a beer with alcohol since Wee Man’s birthday in mid 2022…. Perhaps unsurprisingly, having such a long break has honed my lightweight skills to perfection 🤭 Yass By lucky happenstance an email popped into my inbox offering an extra discount due to the new King. What have the royalty ever done for us eh? 😁 […]

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Bright green

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Hi, The right type of bright green – not the jade eyed monster – but the beautiful colours of Spring. It’s been great to be out in nature with the shorter weeks and longer weekends. Dare to dream of a four day week at some point? How awesome would that be? Perhaps the mix of warmer, sunnier climes, and less time spent bashing away at the keyboard, have helped me stay refreshed. I probably shouldn’t tempt the Fates around the lack of visits from the Dysphoria Goblin, but – touch wood – it’s been a while since the last visit… and I am enjoying the mental peace that that brings. Technology & apologies Moving on from goblins to gremlins, YATGB […]

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Loopy

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Hi, This may be a mixed bag in terms of a post. Feel free to skip to the bits you’d rather read. Dark humour Recently the Jones family watched the film Nobody. With no spoilers, there’s an excellent (IMO) montage of the lead character’s family life: wake, coffee, jog, bus, spreadsheet, home, sleep, etc. I had a wry chuckle to myself wondering how many of us have similar routines that we run through? I guess mine would be wake, school run, laptop, lunch, dog walk, school run, tea, telly/game, and bed. I guess there’s some outliers in that of Thursday night out and Friday night waffle. I still struggle to call this writing. If I was any good at programming, […]

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