So ... How's Your Girl?

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The latest wave came at a time when confidence was rising and more gigs, weekends away, meals out etc were planned – now on the back-burner. So I didn't know you knew his dorm room,’ I grinned, ignoring the flush rising up his face I continued. The election was not settled until close to the inauguration, so not much time was available to plan the festivities. If mysanthrope means having “a hatred of humankind” (internet says so) then I wouldn’t describe myself as such. I think I finally “got” this Working At Home lark and actually created a proper office space rather than the dining room table.

I’m not a very sociable person at the best of times but all the masking-up, social-distancing and restrictions on things to get out and do/people to see are producing a sort of mild low-level depression in me. Favourite two composers are Vaughan Williams and Bax, and totally immersed myself in their symphonic cycles this year.Fortunately we’d sorted out the house move a few weeks earlier so ‘all’ I had to do was to do learn about probate, do all the maths and fill in the 7 inheritance tax forms!

For Johnson the coincidence of Covid and Brexit has proved convenient in one sense, shielding him from blame and obscuring the picture. Socialising, frequently associated with alcohol or drugs, can be seen as a hollow distraction, a band-aid that doesn’t address the real problems. So best I take the decision myself and withdraw unless the PCR test comes back quickly with no problem (which I expect).On the plus side, all the people I love are still around, and they mostly seem to feel roughly the same way about me. They differ in that a BDRip comes directly from the Blu-Ray source, while a BRRip is encoded from a pre-release, usually a 1080p BDRip from another group. the elder boy has finished his National service (compulsory here in Singapore) and will be off to Uni next year (not sure yet if UK or overseas) and the younger boy finished his A levels and will start his National Service in January. The pressure on beds where she works is huge and not helped by effectively running two hospitals in one. My academic citations will probably be better than ever this year, even though i have retired from academic publication, pretty much (a few bits and bobs coming out, but once they are done, can’t be arsed to fight with journals when I could make a 4 figure sum in the time spent on such a task).

I do check more on my days off, because I have no set schedule then, and will eat when I feel like it or have the time, and also slightly differently if it’s a weekend. REPEAT used to refer back to an idea, action, quality, situation etc that has just been mentioned hope so/think so/say so etc ‘Will I need my umbrella? It’s now officially hybrid working, so as long as I stay in good health, I still don’t need to be retiring any time soon – it’s always been the commute that I’ve expected to be the tipping point and that’s now hugely reduced… and I’m still a few years away from state pension age. I still feel like I have imposter syndrome with it, and I don’t really feel I fit in with the online forums and all that.Family are all well and happy, daughter happily enjoying Year 8 at her school and my son looking forward to going to ‘Big School’ in September.