Desperately hoping my 16 month old has a nap so I can start my next book.
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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I bought some garden furniture. It rained within the hour.
I have a day off on Friday to go dormouse monitoring - assuming that it is dry then. Dormice don't like the rain and disturbing them when they will get wet is not something we want to be doing.
dormouse monitoring
That sounds interesting, are you doing population surveys?
Yes - part of the national monitoring programme. I have been monitoring this particular site for almost 20 years now. The population is fairly steady here overall.
Busy, busy week ahead. The eldest is going to high school this year, so we have a parents assembly tonight and he has three full taster days, so the routine of the week has been thrown into chaos.
‘High school’? Since when did we become Americanised? Surely you mean seniors? 😄
TIL it's High School in Scotland and not in [edit: some parts of] England!
West midlands people call it High School, and did twenty years ago
I've always known it as secondary school
My friends.
Maybe this is our chance to get rid of the tiresome Reddit trope of trying to catch people out in so-called "Americanisms" (that usually just ended up being different British dialects anyway).
Maybe this is our chance to be better.
Indeed. Also, the "Where are you from" thread highlighted that we have subscribers (Lemmys / Lemmies?) from all over the world, we should welcome everyone even if they spell something differently to you.
Lemmings! 😄
Ah, of course!
Half way through my run of 7 nightshifts, I was hoping the nice weather would last until my days off but alas in the North of Scotland we're returning to our damp grey usual.
Up at 4.15 trying to get tiny child to sleep. Then at 4.55 slightly larger child wakes up and refuses to go back to sleep. Downstairs at 5.00 watching Sarah and Duck (quack).
Although Sarah and Duck is good at any time of day, it's especially good in the quiet hours.
It rained up here in gloomy Yorkshire. And by rained I mean absolutely tipped it down. This week I need to get a better fan for my bedroom and some new tights. I've sat here for a couple of minutes trying to make a joke about them being related but I just can't think of one. :P
Made the mistake of going for a run yesterday. Now full of painkillers, doomscrolling in bed.
Maybe stick to the lower impact exercise for a while…
I see someone else was brought under the bad influence of that "what hobby should everyone try" thread yesterday.
Considered trying a run myself, but then I remembered my feet are buggered and I'd die.
Morning everyone. It has indeed rained! Had a good heavy shower yesterday evening. Today is a day of housework and food shopping now that it’s a bit cooler. Starting the week in a relatively positive mood - hopefully that continues!
Looking at the rest of this thread you seem to be the only one :D