Pringle “taco”. Things I’m going to make at home!
Pringle “taco”. Things I’m going to make at home!
Really enjoying Norsemen on Netflix. I read it described as Vikings meets Monty Python, which I kind of like. They apparently recorded it in Norwegian and English - which is pretty amazing. The way they speak in English, where the inflections are, adds a certain something. Trailer
Youngest has been up since 5:30. Got annoyed and am now annoyed about being annoyed. We need a plan!
As someone whose job it often to encourage and support parents to leave their child at school when said child is reluctant to come into school you’d think I’d be better at doing it myself.
Nope.
Lyra wanted something like this after she had it in a place in Chengdu. Turned out ok, avocado, smoked salmon and eggs.
Without kids.
*optional
With kids
Summer holidays are coming to an end. For us in China, school will reopen for students on 17th August. In a similar state to when we closed. However, everything is a lot more open in China since we did close.
Quite aside from that I need to get back into the habit of going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. Don’t wanna!
Little place for a drink after lunch
At the dentist for the first time in too long… Fun!
It’s Sunday, so I’m jealous of all the roast dinners people are eating in the UK.
Annoying as someone without an account when Instagram wants you to log in to look at something someone has linked to. At least Twitter doesn’t.
Youngest spent 10minutes sitting happily watching the water.
I dreamt I had a new job (a new school in a different country), that I could fly and that there were lots of cockroaches.
Bbq and then Worms and watermelon beer this lunch time with Claire was lovely.
Some mix up where we ordered ice cream and not mashed potato was thankfully quickly resolved.
Noodles?
Sports Have Been on Pause. It’s Time for a Reboot. - The New York Times
Ideas for how to improve some sports… I just can’t ever see things like this happening!
Workout today was supposed to be 3 X 1000m row but I was forced to run instead. First time I’ve run in quite a while. I realised:
After I did some farmer’s carry’s and then some side plank. Lyra and I have been exercising more regularly than I have in the longest time and I feel so much better for doing it. Would love to continue but how I fit that into my schedule when I go back to work is to be decided.
Music for mediations from a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk using a mic and a loop machine. Really enjoying listening to these. via Metafilter
Lyra and I made a proper effort to not spend time on our phones when we were with the kids. A few photos, directions and other uses aside.
I managed to read a WHOLE book today and start on another.
I reread The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time because I needed something easier as I’ve been slogging through some non-fiction and not really enjoying it. Though, there’s plenty in the story that I didn’t find easy, ironically. It’s sparked a desire to read fiction again though.
Went on another adventure* today!
*take the light rail for a few stops and find somewhere to eat then come home.^
^taxi home obviously
I am reminded of what I wrote when Natalie left last year.
We said good bye to Wil this week, who is someone else who has bee, was I suppose, a big part of my China experience. I think this year has been a year where a lot of the people I associate with China, just aren’t here anymore. Dealing with that is hard for lots of reasons.
We all started in our room, youngest in the cot and the eldest in bed with us because she wouldn’t sleep and it was time for us to go to bed. We ended up with just me in the room and everyone else in the office. As you do.
“Take care of yourself.”
Chengdu train station with some kind words.
People in this city are wearing their masks a lot more than the city we live. As well, they are still taking temperatures going into shopping centres, which they have stopped doing we are.
They are annoying but I miss them so much. Though I think mostly it’s worry. Our children are mostly looked after by wife and I. This is the first time the grandparents have had them for an extended period of time. If you can consider 3 days an extended period of time. Sometimes I think about that.
