Will hopefully get around to watching Shang-Chi this weekend after it was never released in China. Will see what Lyra thinks…
Time is not given
If we wish, we can make it
We have to make time
Today I was consciously trying to fight the feeling that being constantly busy is the only way to exist as a parent, husband, friend or teacher. As though if I’m not overwhelmed then I’m failing. When, actually, I suspect the opposite is true.
Haiku is mostly words from Daily Dad.
Eddie Kingston Got No Business F***ing Being Here
A wrestler talking about his struggles has me tearing up in the dark of a Wednesday morning.
father, husband, worker bee
father, husband, worker bee
ain’t no time left for me
Super Mario 3D World is considerably easier when I play on my own and not with the kids on co-op.
Also, grass is green, water is wet.
[A Comprehensive Guide to 250+ of Apple Music’s New Mood and Activity Playlists](A Comprehensive Guide to 250+ of Apple Music’s New Mood and Activity Playlists) - Crikey.
Day 58
The guilt is toxic
Never enough, never good
Scalds, poisons everything
Trying to do the best for my family and the kids in my class and also myself feels like an impossible task.
The guilt from feeling like I’m failing both is often too much.
Has anyone used https://boardgamearena.com to play board games online? Any good?
Yumo has just lost self-serving tomato sauce privileges. No single person needs that much tomato sauce.
Also, is it ok to just eat tomato sauce?
You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.
Source: James Baldwin on Love, the Illusion of Choice, and the Paradox of Freedom – The Marginalian
It’s 7am
Snacks, Switch behind the sofa
At least it’s quiet
day 53
high speeds, high spirits
screaming, laughing and crying
one more day at soft play
I know that smells evoke certain memories but I find certain songs evoke strong memories of the books I was reading at that time too.
So happy to see Dune at an IMAX.
In a related post was this one about how what multitasking does to our brains and how as teachers we are constantly trying to do that. Juggling a multitude things that need to be picked up and dropped, at well the drop of the hat.
When we as a society begin to explore the rationality of the amount of work output we expect from different employee groups of people AND expect it to be done consistently well, it is important to consider all the factors.Source: Flight Traffic Controllers & Teachers.
Love bombing.
I love by Alex Dimitro and then inspired I love by Courtney Martin who writes
Write one, too? Or even just a few lines?
I guess that’s tomorrow’s task now. Maybe you could do it too, just a few lines?
The board is finished. Long live the board.
Lo-ghost – Fetch Me In The Morning - YouTube
This track showed up on a playlist recently but somehow only has less than a 100 views on Youtube. STUCK in my head.
Elise and I discuss it briefly!