Walking home
Walking home
Lovely evening. Played a couple of games of Splendor and a first game of Catan. Watched the latest episode of AEW Dynamite and had a few beers.
We did try to find a name we liked for our second that started with V so that our initials would spell L.O.V.E. but couldn’t find something.
Jump!
When you’re simultaneously annoyed at your child but also realise you need to console them.
For example when they did something you asked them not to and it ended in tears.
Is there a quick way to share a website I’m looking at on Micro.blog? There’s nothing on the share icon in Safari…
Interesting conversation with E about why she can speak two languages. She’s not really sure, maybe it’s her teachers? So jealous of her sometimes! Switching effortlessly between two languages is all she knows.
I’ve stopped eating poached eggs.*
*When Y is around as he always wants to eat all of them.
E decided to join us today. She’s going to read for 7minutes a day.
Day 3 done
Once again, the only thing that I’ve needed to change was myself.
Hopeful that the new morning routine of cold shower (after hot, obviously), coffee and reviewing my Chinese will start to stick.
It will no doubt get me into trouble with the medical profession, but it is not too much of an exaggeration to say that you can eat as much as you like, drink as much alcohol as you want, slob about as much as you fancy, fail to do your exercises and live in as polluted an atmosphere as you can find, and you will barely notice the difference. But having no friends or not being involved in community activities will dramatically affect how long you live.
This Is How To Make Emotionally Intelligent Friendships: 6 Secrets
6x 500m with 3 minutes rest in between each set.
Rowing is the devil.
Our teaching team had 31 parent meetings. 31!
So much sitting on small chairs.
At the end of a day of work, there can be a simple practice of wrapping things up and shutting down for the day.
But so many of us feel guilty at simply stopping, and this feeling that we should be doing more … it drives some of us to keep going as long as we can.
This can lead to overwork, burnout, tiredness, and never letting ourselves enjoy a moment of rest.
Do you relate to this guilt of simply stopping and resting?
When you recommend something in a game but it fails… Oops. I’m also very sorry for what I did.
Grandparents are in and we’re out with friends staying in the hotel we got married at.
Also, this photo from last night.
We go out to eat with friends a fair bit and I always find it difficult. I want to to go out with friends but find the kids being themselves stressful. So, now I just accept it and we take toys and I spend time with them.
Daddy exercise became family exercise.
Sit ups because high five sit ups. Squats and tuck jumps they did themselves.
It’s all good. Before, I think, it would have frustrated me.
I never used to lie in before I had kids.
Now that I have kids. I can’t.
This message is brought to you by getting up at 7am on Saturday.
From Austin Kleon whose blog is, if you said I could only visit a few websites would be up there.
Also, Kottke’s, another favourite website, reply:
Yes, this. But also: I am torn between a) the knowlege that I need to cut myself some slack and b) the continuous criticism of myself. Working on it!
China is maybe changing tax laws next year which may have a big impact on me. Clear as mud.
Always interesting the cultural differences that pop up when you marry someone with different life experiences.
For example today, Lyra looked at me like she didn’t know me when I made a chip butty at dinner.
I miss a proper chippie dinner with some bread and butter!
I do like reading through the Discover timeline. Especially after reading the recent articles on Facebook and it’s misinformation addictjon
Baltimore restaurant owner drove 6 hours to cook for customer with cancer - The Washington Post
Who’s cutting onions?