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  • Overall pretty good, but inexplicably exhausting - but then, I'm getting older and everything is inexplicably exhausting half the time.

    Meal out with friends, car washed and headlight fixed, went to see a Bach choral performance complete with theorbo and crumhorns - there's posh. There is a haze of green on the branches now, and the blue-tits are definitely building in the nestbox.

    • Overall pretty good, but inexplicably exhausting - but then, I’m getting older and everything is inexplicably exhausting half the time.

      Yes, I've been working on my endurance but sometimes I'm just wiped out and end up waking up in my chair at ungodly hours in the morning sure I just sat down for a moment. Not helped by coming off a fortnight long cough and cold which wiped me out and led to my brother giving me a talking to about not dying (which I am actively working on, I've been successful so far).

      Went to a party last night with a lot of old friends, many going back to school days, and a lot of the chat was how knackered everyone's bodies were - especially the runners and those who've had cancer treatments.

      There is a haze of green on the branches now, and the blue-tits are definitely building in the nestbox.

      I noticed this week how magnificent the magnolias were looking and the cherry trees are close to going into full bloom.

  • Full tilt gardening this weekend setting up a second waterbutt with a solar pump for the front garden and setting up an automated irragation loop for the back.

    Tried completing my current Bike build just the headstock left, but it can't be bodged and I need new parts so that's delayed for a bit.

    Need another 4 days tbh

  • Can't complain.

    The weather improving means I, as a pasty ginger, have to start deploying my vampire-grade sun protection. Seems to be working fine so far.

    I had to be at my brother's most of Monday to accept a shower tray ("sorry mate, we aren't insured to go inside", cue dragging the sodding thing into the garage), be there when the kids got in and wait for my SIL to get home at 6ish. So I took a boom, the craptop (need a new or refurbished laptop) and managed to box off Adolescence as they've got Netflix (managed to watch it in the wrong order as I don't have Netflix but I don't think it mattered much).

    Managed to avoid the bulk of the Grand National madness that dominates this weekend up here, although more from luck, not judgement.

    Went to a friend's for his and his daughter's birthdays (she was born on his birthday, so he hasn't had his own birthday in 21 years now) and it was nice to catch up with people I've not seen in a while (one woman I haven't talked to in 25 years). There was some drunken shenanigans and I suspect a few frosty receptions from spouses today (my best friend's wife was threatening to throw up in my car all the way home but saved it for when they got back - he didn't sound best pleased when he informed me of this as 2:45 this morning).

    Downsides: managed to injure my right hand twice this week because I am very clumsy. Nothing serious but a bit sore.

    So a good week all told.

  • Been a decent week, although I’m still isolating myself from friends because I’m a silly billy. Trying to be thankful I have a roof over my head and food on the table and that helps me put my troubles into perspective.

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