Lyra has taken the kids out to a friend’s for a few hours! So, I’m obviously, struggling to make the most of it. Which, obviously, means I’m not relaxed at all. With that in mind, I’m starting with some meditation and then some exercise.
Lyra has taken the kids out to a friend’s for a few hours! So, I’m obviously, struggling to make the most of it. Which, obviously, means I’m not relaxed at all. With that in mind, I’m starting with some meditation and then some exercise.
I’ve always been a little jealous of other’s morning routines. Since, these days, mine rarely involves, peace, quiet or stillness. Instead it involves 1 or 2 small children, argy-bargy, nappies, a rushed coffee and getting out the door with my head-not-right at 7am.
It wasn’t always like this, and I’m sure it won’t be like this forever but for now, it’s hard. Especially since work is especially is, how to put it - time-consuming at the moment. We continue to support out students not coming into school, while some students are in school.
With all that said. Every morning, either in the Didi (Uber) or sitting in the car park after driving to work, I’ve been putting a few words into my Day One journal. And it’s been good, actually. Not all of it has been positive but I’m hoping it’s a start of a habit…
Elise reluctantly talks a little about school.
TLDR: See the title.
Every 3minutes for 30minutes - 12 calorie sprint on the Assault Bike.
First four rounds were ok. Last 6 were not.
#CrossfitLinchpin
Had breakfast in a place that’s a pretty decent copy of another Western style place that we like but which isn’t in the city we live. We love it, but it’s very, not Chinese and so we always worry it’ll not be here long. It’s always pretty empty.
Whether Elise either dresses herself, like this morning, or is helped she currently always wants to wear her school uniform.
Awww. The last 10 minutes of Season 2 of Schitt’s Creek was lovely. I mean, I’m enjoying the series a whole lot but I like how it ended. However, if Stevie and David fall out. I WILL NOT BE HAPPY.
Covid19 has meant a lot of changes at our school.
Some teachers went away at Chinese New Year at the end of January and have yet to return. They are still working online, while the school has been open for going on 5(?) weeks now.
Some teachers have been let go for the next academic year as student numbers fall. Some teachers won’t return at all and their things are being packed up by other teachers in China. Next year our campus will be very different.
Some students are in a similar position and continue WFH. We do ‘Zooms’ with some of them but it’s hard when we’re in China and they are in Korea, Japan, Europe and North America.
With China’s borders still closed, there’s a real possibility they won’t be able to return before the start of the next academic year.
Elise presses buttons, Yumo wants to join in, I put it online regardless.
Elise talks about pizza and Yumo lays down a backing track.
Our team is a little more on top of things today. And as a result, have a little more time to talk (not just about work!), to work things out, to work on things. To give things a little more of my time. To have a little more focus, less rushed.
How nice that feels!
Last night was the first night this week I didn’t work at home (after going to work). Woke up this morning not feeling 100%. Like my body was was like, “Oh, we’re stopping. Cool cool cool. "
In no particular order:
My gen 1 AirPods case has stopped charging. Which is annoying and frustrating but probably should not be surprising. The trade off is these things don’t last do they.
Trying hard to, ‘be the change.' Last week was rough because everything was getting to me. Today, even though the youngest was crying at 1am and there’s too much work to do. I’m a trying to focus on the important stuff.
Today in China…
L has turned her hand to macarons recently… These are the second batch. They’re so good.
Elise talks about her new toy
Reasons I update things on my phone: (in order of priority)
Elise talks a little about dinosaurs.
A morning routine Darling children all around Everyday a storm
Having small children awake from 5:30 when work is stressful is the worst way to do a morning routine.
We were watching the Matthew Mconnughey and Anne Hathaway film Serenity last night and the best bit was realising some of it is filmed 5 minutes walk from my parents house! If that means nothing to you, save yourself and don’t watch it. It’s not great.
This site said we were 439m on the 69th floor. Now, most of the time I take things for granted. Planes can fly thousand of feet in the air, there’s people on the International Space Station, I can send messages in the blink of an eye - my dad tells me when he first moved to the UK he had to schedule a long distance phone call, and it’s all normal.
But last night, as we sat there I felt a little nervous. Not sure why now. Being so high up in this man made structure.