I sat down to begin writing this evening with memories of a stereotypically draining and stressful Monday morning running through my head. While contemplating the title “Monday Monday”, the Mamas and Papas song burst forth somewhere in my brain, and my mood transformed.
What is it about Fridays? Where does our energy and enthusiasm go?
I was going to write a long post filled with bitterness, complaints, and general curmudgeonly pearls of spite. You might even call it “foaming invective”. Mid-rant, I realised that nobody would be at all interested in listening to my protestations, so I hit the [...]
You find me on arrival home from a walk into town – an eleventh hour dash to procure food for dinner – and a hearing of our eldest daughter reading from a book of her teacher’s choosing.
These few minutes are grabbed in passing. A moment of calm delimiting the mayhem of the day; a day [...]
I sometimes envy the single guys at work – that can roll out of bed with a finely crafted routine ahead of them to leave the house with seconds to spare beyond which they would be late for work. My morning typically starts an hour before I leave the house, of which ten minutes are [...]
Tonight is a night off from both my professional and freelance work – the first time out I have taken in a week or so. It’s time.
Taking a friend’s advice, I have installed Spotify on my old Mac at home (the one with the dodgy battery that desperately needs a visit to Apple to use [...]
There was a time when I would find a quiet hour to sit at the computer and write. The keyboard served as a conduit between mind and computer, translating the days thoughts, experiences and frustrations into something of interest for the wider world.
The quiet hour grows rare, as do the chances to scribble passing thoughts [...]
While running back and forth tugging children along a zip-line at a theme park this afternoon, I started wondering about my work colleagues – about those who do not have a family yet.
Once upon a time I was single – and could devote endless hours to the solitary pursuit of knowledge within my chosen discipline. [...]
I had hoped to make progress with a number of freelance projects this weekend. It didn’t happen (or at least it hasn’t happened yet – I forsee a very late night ahead).
I worked like an idiot all week in order to clear Saturday to work on various projects, and ended up getting nothing done because [...]
The last few days have been unrelenting.
Saturday
Saturday was ever so slightly mental – filled from 7 in the morning until 4pm with the sprint to prepare for Wendy’s birthday party. It was the first big party we have ever done, and probably the last before the girls grow up. Hiring the venue and music, and [...]
Today started at 5:40am, in order to get kids lunches ready, breakfast ready, clear the kitchen, and then get ready for work before leaving at 7am. I didn’t arrive home until 7pm.
I have potentially three more days of the same.
Not fun.
As soon as I arrived home, I started washing up, then ordered take-away for dinner [...]
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