Day Four

Based on the very unscientific method of counting back to when the aches and temperature first appeared, this is day four of COVID, and my body appears to be staging a remarkable fightback. As long as I sit quietly, the aches and pains appear to be leaving me alone. As soon as I try and…

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The one where I caught COVID

We went out for dinner last week to celebrate the end of college for my eldest daughter. She seemed a bit under the weather, but soldiered on - then over the weekend I spent a lot of time with my eldest daughter, watching Stranger Things. Somewhere in the middle of that, the pair of us…

Turning a Corner

My other half is sitting up in bed today, eating porridge and drinking lemonade - a huge improvement on recent days. Apparently her body is staging a spirited fight-back against COVID19. Somewhat miraculously, the rest of us remain symptom free. I'm hoping she will be returning negative tests by Sunday at least - so she…

Making the best of it

Our youngest daughter had a quiet birthday at home. After blowing balloons up late last night with my eldest daughter, and decorating the room suitably horrendously, we wrapped presents in brown paper and then went to bed. This morning we watched as the newly crowned Miss 17 opened her presents, and included my other half…

Mr Covid comes to visit

My other half tested positive for COVID19 this evening. She has had cold symptoms for the last several days. How typical is that? She works in a school - she has been testing several times a week for the last several years, we get to a holiday, and bang - first day of the holiday,…

No More Subscribe by Email

If you have been receiving my blog posts via email, I'm afraid your regular updates are about to end. I had been using "Mailchimp" to deliver them recently, and unfortunately it looks like Mailchimp just got acquired by Intuit. I hate this aspect of American culture - the rampaging capitalism that eventually destroyes anything and…

The Productivity Trap

For years I tinkered with all manner of productivity hacks - paper task lists, apps, websites, and so on - I even read some of the more famous books, such as "Getting Things Done", and "The 24 hour work week". I spent years finding ways to fit more into each day. It never occurred to…

After Effects

After receiving the first COVID vaccine injection on Sunday evening, the side effects began mid-morning on Monday. Throughout Monday, my body began to slowly seize up. The famous "aches and pains" friends and neighbours had talked about. I didn't think much about it until lunchtime, when I decided to walk to the corner shop and…

Partly Vaccinated

I received my first COVID vaccination shot today. My age group became available to apply last week - I left it a few hours before looking at the website, then booked the appointments. The nearest dispensing station was about ten minutes walk from home, which made the choice largely academic. I received the Oxford AstraZeneca…