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Today has been a nice mellow Sunday. Friday night, and Saturday night, I slept for a solid 7 hours before the pins and needles in my hands woke me. 8 hours is my preferred amount of sleep, but hey, I’ll take what I can get and these days 7 hours solid

This week I have been mostly eating Tic Tacs – small mints. I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth all week, and despite using minty toothpaste, and eating mints, and no garlic, I can’t seem to shake it. My diet couldn’t be more ‘bland’ if I tried so I’ve no

We had a visiting speaker on our site last week, giving a lecture on educational reform. We were encouraged to attend by the management; I declined: I didn’t have any rotten eggs at home, and although I’m thoroughly bored with my job, it’s better than no

I’m very saddened to read of the death of Sir Terry Pratchett, today, following a long battle with Alzheimer's. I’ve read and enjoyed many of his works, and was privileged to have met him at a book signing many years ago. He was a literary genius and his

Well so much for a few good nights’ sleep; I’m back to the same old… One night I was awake literally every two hours. About a month ago I awoke with the most awful cramp in my shin, and since then my shin has been throbbing most of the night and keeping

Well we had some excitement here today; best solar eclipse in many years. I remember the last one; my son was very young, and we sat with our backs to the patio window, and watched the reflection of the eclipse on some white card. Today, quite a few

I was having such a nice day. The sun is shining, work has been ticking over nicely, then I remembered my son said he’d sent me an email. He’s looking at an art course at a local college. The good news is it would be free with just a very small admin

Following my email reply to the ex’s new wife, I’ve since had an apology from her; she accepted that what she said ‘was not appropriate.’ That’s all right then. I genuinely like her but feel she could have done better. I told her so one day lol. They seem

I’ve finally finished work for the Easter break; 2 whole weeks off. The final two days seemed to take an eternity despite being pretty busy trying to organise a training session for after Easter. I only had to arrange it between 4 people including myself,