Thursday “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive– to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love” Marcus Aurelius It has been a big week. Six weeks of calorie deficit and I am finally back under 100kg. Shell had an inspection that was not an inspection,…
Month: May 2024
Temperature Rising
Thursday “Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” Roman Payne Summer is here in the country that is in a forever summer. UAE is hot or very hot, and the very hot weather has arrived. Mid 40’s. Shell is at another campus today and she is home before me. When I…
Fitting Five Into Four
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell Thursday Done for the week. There was quite a bit of excitement when we moved to a country with a four day work week. You cannot complain about a three day weekend. It all goes…
The Wet Desert
“Yet complicated people were getting wet – not only the shepherds. For instance, the piano-tuner was sopping. So was the vicar’s wife. E.M. Forster Thursday It is raining, again, which means it is flooding, again. Working from home. Yesterday I put this quote up for the class – “To tell the truth is very difficult,…