We, briefly, talk about salad and vegetables. Which is apparently our families favourite food! Who knew?!
Yesterday was rubbish.
Today, I’m __ trying__ to not try and do everything at once and then beating myself up for inevitably failing.
Today, is one thing at a time. Exercise, not exercise and send work messages and trying to decide on the optimal music. Eat breakfast, not eat breakfast and check work emails and decide on what music.
Just one thing at a time
A discussion of Room on the Broom by Julian Donaldson, both the book and film.
I think I’ve realised that, in week 12 of e-learning and 14 weeks since this started, since I started working from home, that I’m recalling struggling to do things that aren’t work.
Before this I rarely worked at home.
Now, it’s all I can do. It’s the evening and the kids are in bed, kids are out with their mum? I’m writing up lesson plans or making resources.
I can’t, won’t maybe, make time to things for me.
What Social Distancing Looks Like Across the World - What Social Distance Looks Like Across the World. A compilation of user-submittted videos put together. “these intimate moments create a synchronicity of humanity”
One of these day, I’ll sort out my morning routine.
At the moment it always leaves me stressed out, between posting work online and starting to work and watching my two.
I know I should separate those things but I find it so difficult to do it.
First time recording outside and not at bedtime. We went to a ‘theme park’!
This chilli oil with garlic is amazing with dumplings.
Elise deviates from dinosaurs and talks about airplanes and cars and her grandparents.
I was due to get my haircut during Chinese New Year but obviously, that didn’t happen. So it’s got longer and longer. This has happened before. I’ve had long hair because I didn’t get it cut and I didn’t get it cut and so then I had long hair. I didn’t get it cut for a few reasons. These reasons have sprung up again.
I still remember the first time I got my hair cut in China. I think this is because it was a traumatic hair cut. Back then my Chinese was even more limited than it is now. So I had to show the hairdresser a picture and hope for the best. I don’t like doing this so I don’t go on my own.
As well. I wear glasses and there’s something about not quite being able to see what’s going on that always makes me anxious. What are they doing, are they cutting it too short? There was a time, this wouldn’t have bothered me, I’ve bleached my hair and shaved it pretty close to the scalp. However, those times are long gone.
My wife and I have quite different views on my hair. Often, I will accede to her views because, honestly, I don’t care that much. Obviously, since she is a native Chinese speaker she talks to the hairdresser.
So, today, my wife and the hairdresser spent a decent amount of time talking. They were both in agreement that me wanting a short back and sides wasn’t the best option. So, it’s stayed long.
However, issue 2 came into play today. Today was a particular traumatic haircut. However, I don’t like to make a fuss, so I waited…
It has turned out ok, I think. It’s growing on me, I think but I won’t going back in a rush.
I’ve seen a book I’m interested in. However, I’ve still not finished the books I’ve started. Do I buy the new book anyway or should I wait?
What would you do?
So. I have too many photos. I don’t need that many. Lots are there because I never curated them. So they’ve accumulated over time. I’m slowly, ‘pruning' them and it’s a slow process. I’ll get there, eventually.
With that said, some of the photos suddenly brought up a lot of uncomfortable memories. Things I haven’t thought about for a long time. Yeah, that wasn’t great but the memories did make me prune a few people out. I don’t need those photos/memories. Do I?
It’s a Zoom screensaver but my daughter was having a meeting with it earlier. https://zooooom.us
Elise shares her thoughts on Despicable Me.
Elise talks about Paw Patrol and sings the theme in English and Chinese.
Time zones are the worst. I replied to two messages I received overnight first thing this morning but now have to wait an age for replies. I’m just really curious what they will say!
Elise presses the button to start recording. Elise talks a little about school and why she hasn’t been going. Yumo says hi too!
After reading about @Chet’s podcast with his children, I kind of liked that idea. Then I listened to introduction to microcasting by @macgenie, briefly searched for microphones online, realised that for this month there’s free microcasting and decided I would chat to Elise today.
Which is what we did. We talked a little, unplanned at the moment and this is the result… We’ll see what happens next!
It’s occurred that parts of me are everywhere. A number of conversations spread across services and time. A little here, a little there.
Also, this screenshot we drove through recently. Not complicated at all.
Waiting on my first Michelin star.
Future dreams
(Not entirely prompted by the lockdown but it’s probably influencing my thoughts.)
Heavily influenced by my late teens/early 20s listening habits, 3 of the albums are 14 years old or older. Also, I think because these albums hold such strong memories. I remember holding the cassette of the Placebo album. Two of the albums are connected to some pretty strong memories around my mental health too. As such are reminders of getting through and coping.
Maybe as well it’s that I don’t tend to listen to whole albums as much anymore.
