

Pete Brown said it well, “the vast majority of iPad owners are using the device to read Kindle books, play Candy Crush, and take bad photos.”
Maybe you’ve seen the London Underground boards with quotes on. Apparently it’s called All On Board(Instagram link) and there’s a book. In a similar spirit, I’ve been doing something similar at school. Once a week I’ve putting a quote or some quotes that I’ve found on a book outside our classroom. I do have a commonplace book to write them down, I have many notebooks actually but I rarely find the time to write them down. Instead I send themselves on Signal. Every Monday I scroll through and pick one. Trying to make it relevant for school and students. Which means no parenting ones. Just, something to make someone think…
Have many people mentioned it? No, not many but also, not 0. So I keep doing it. Affecting more than 0 people is worth it, I think. I should take photos.
Here’s a recent one, I need to get better at taking photos!
It was on sale and then when we went to pay it was cheaper than the ticket price.
(It was kid’s pyjamas that they probably don’t need, but saved money is saved money, right?)
Alternatively, make the batter by blitzing all the ingredients together using a blender.
Of course, put that at the end of the instructions!
Man City down at half-time to Leyton Orient to a , a League One side. Still got to fancy them to come back but making it an interesting game!
What’s it like to live with just 8 garments for an entire year, and how long do the garments last? - I mean I tend to wear lots of the same things, but still have a few full drawers.
As always, I struggle with letting things go!
If Lyra says it’s spicy. It’s spicy. It’s so spicy though, but so delicious but so spicy.
From 5:30am this morning. For some reason, getting up on Saturday is such a pleasure. It forces me to be sensible on Friday (early night and no drinking) and sets me up for Saturday.
The 1 hour and 40ish minutes it takes me to ruck 10ish km forces me to stop. Nothing to do but to keep moving. Though, I don’t normally get my phone out but I did today a couple of time.
Only risk is waking one of the kids as I get ready. Thankfully it doesn’t happen often.
Severance. So. So. Good. My favourite line was, “I mean I know there was no actual ceiling, but this is fucking insane.” And it barely touched on the ending to the previous episode!
A week of working out. The ai description is “A collage of various fitness activity posts featuring exercise descriptions and images, including rowing, weightlifting, and outdoor activities.” Which sounds pretty good.
We had our ‘Learning Celebration’ yesterday. Which is where parents are invited in and the children show off some of their work. This time, students worked in groups to make a display about a community they are part of. This was simply a display of the work they’ve done. Also, we asked them to make an ‘activity’ for parents to do. Parents got a stamp for each activity and if they got all 7 they got a student designed sticker. The activities were interesting but entirely student led and all the better for it.
The parents seemed to enjoy it, the students enjoyed it too, and yet… These events always make me nervous. If I’m honest, and I’m trying to be, it’s that I don’t feel that I’m doing a good enough job as a teacher. That the parents will be angry, confrontational and unhappy with the education myself and my team are providing. Surprisingly, this has never happened but the anxiety persists.
Yet I do believe it’s an overall positive, for everyone, even me! Even if it’s some additional stress. We are also lucky that almost all our parents are able to make it to these events.
I’d forgotten I’d chosen Joy as my word of the year. This is me trying to remember.
Today I’m grateful to still be lifting more and more, even past 40. Today was a 90kg squat clean, that felt pretty comfortable. Happy to have more in the tank and to not feel the need to push it.
We’ve both had a few drinks so paying someone to drive our car home. Handy.
Dried tofu, coriander, red onion and chilli sauce. So good.
回锅肉 - currently my favourite Chinese “dish”. Though not to be confused with favourite kind of Chinese foods which is a whole other discussion. Sliced pork with chilli, spring onion. This one made by a friend. So good.
Me: if I got it wouldn’t be a big dog, not a little one…
Also me: Let’s get a dog
Finished reading: The Hunger by Alma Katsu 📚
I finished it but not really my cup of tea honestly. The historical aspect was interesting but I wanted scarier!
Comedian James McNicholas performs dramatic monologues of pop songs.
He hasn’t uploaded the most recent one of Livin' On A Prayer to YouTube that’s on Instagram but this one of Crazy by Gnarls Barkley is incredible.
Also, my Apple Watch just turned off again.
Lyra went to the gym. So me and the kids rucked and scooted there to meet her for lunch. Though we had to talk Yumo out of it’d biking since he would not have wanted to ride back up the hill.
Listening to the UEFA Champions League results and the permutations for the playoffs. Now considering whether to get up or to go back to bed.