Tag: it gets better

Ladies who latte

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Hi, In the words of a recent songsmith, Käärijä, “this exhausting week and the many long days are behind” [mashup video – heavy music ahead, yo 🤘]. While I’m not quite up for a round of piña coladas, I am ready for some downtime. Ah, perhaps one day the money situation will be such that a further reduction in hours would be possible. Well, ideally the balance of reduced hours and enough moolar to make ends meet. This month seemed to be a bit expensive, and I had seek funds from the Bank of Ever Lovely Mrs J. I wouldn’t have minded so much if I’d spent a mint on fancy stuff – it was bills and repairs. Still, we’re […]

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Suspect

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Hi, Ah, the pleasure of a short working week and the post morning run around of chores done. Just…. don’t look at the dishwasher collection, that’s next on the list after I’ve had a wee break. Of course, once I settle in to prattling on, that might become a longer break. Oops. Nails I don’t know if it’s my age and/or the change in diet, but my nails are rather weak at the mo. Specifically, my index and middle fingers – and no, it’s not from overuse of giving anyone the V… not that there’s a shortage of Bigot of the Week who could do with a collective ‘jog on’ 😏 from the woke mind virus – AKA normal kind […]

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Low power

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Hi, Five days. Five full days of the working week, the school run, and some home related faffery. I’ve even tried putting my head on the wireless charging mat, but I’m still not with it yet 🫠 So in an effort to put a break between that and the weekend, I’ve had a haircut (re buzzcut), a tangle with the epilator, and a warm shower. As Lili Von Shtüpp once said: “I feel refweshed” 🙂 Nerd news The old gaming PC has been messing around of late. The graphics just stopping, the antivirus being overzealous, and the error logs were longer than a 2004 MP’s expenses claim (allegedly 😉) So, geek goggles on and time to find a spare storage […]

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Part-timing it

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Hi, It’s been a short working week this time around. What with the bank holiday, an extra day to extend the weekend, and now my nonworking Friday to close things off. Feels like the doorstop to a rather tasty sandwich to a hungry person 🙂 Mmmm. Sandwiches 🐖😁 Four days for all? This week saw the new UK government talk about the option of allowing employees to ask for a four day working week. From what I’ve read, it’s a compressed hours situation, so you do longer days, and in return, a day off in the week. I guess we’ll see how this progresses – culturally and politically. Now, I had the compressed hours option when I looked at changing […]

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Resale therapy

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Hi, Thank goodness it’s a bank holiday weekend as I’m in need of some downtime. Old Git It’s funny, in that our staycation, we were out & about, walking, travelling, etc; and as I’d installed a new game, I was going to bed late too. Thanks hyperfocus 😉 and yet I was not as tired as I’ve been this week. Most odd. From Monday onwards, I was turning in at around 10pm most nights as I couldn’t keep my eyes open. What is it about the nature of modern work that has this effect? The lad done good In family news – no, autocorrect, not infamy news 😜 “Eee, it’s them Jones troublemakers and there acceptance and bloomin’ kindness. B*stards!” […]

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Difference matters

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Hi, How’s things? This week, the Jones family have been enjoying a staycation and it’s been fantastic. My, that’s unusually positive and drama free isn’t it? 🤪 What a joy to be able to be able to say that, given the last few summer ends have been difficult, mentally speaking. Fingers crossed the negativity goblin remains in their cave eh? Are you local? Sadly, the immortal words of ‘the local shop’ from The League of Gentlemen have not been heard in our wanderings around the East Midlands. Maybe that’s a good thing, given what the shop owners get up to. 😉 So, I’ve had the pleasure of early-ish dog walks accompanied by the Ever Lovely Mrs J in not too […]

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