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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 4, 2020 5:55:47 GMT
Morning all.
Today's not a bank holiday, I'm not sure why. But Friday will be.
I suppose it doesn't make much difference to most people these days.
Edit: Just looked it up. Friday is VE Day, that's why. Ho hum.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2020 6:30:27 GMT
Morning All!
Sunday was a mixed day, felt like I was battling body and mind all day. Mixed night too, woke up c3ish then dozed. But this morning my face feels a bit better, almost clear on right side.
Pray my body continues to heal, especially the sinusitis, for protection from the virus, for a more balanced mind and for better sleep tonight.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2020 6:30:37 GMT
Today's not a bank holiday, I'm not sure why. But Friday will be. I suppose it doesn't make much difference to most people these days. Makes a difference to me!
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Post by Benn on May 4, 2020 8:08:38 GMT
I nearly started my first ever weekly thread last night, but couldn't think of a snappy title. Glad someone else is on the ball with these things!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2020 8:15:24 GMT
If it had been me, I'd have gone with tradition and named it after the date today.
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Post by Benn on May 4, 2020 8:39:55 GMT
Ah, I'm not big into Star Wars, never occurred to me!
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Post by Pinwig on May 4, 2020 8:50:25 GMT
Not just VE Day, 75th anniversary of VE Day. The Bank Holiday was moved to recognise that last year.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 4, 2020 9:06:58 GMT
Not just VE Day, 75th anniversary of VE Day. The Bank Holiday was moved to recognise that last year. They've known it would be the 75th anniversary of VE Day for 75 years. So they left it rather late to make this decision. My diary and one of my two wall calendars say that today is a bank holiday. My other wall calendar has it as Friday. Martin
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Post by Benn on May 4, 2020 9:58:16 GMT
The academic wall planner I picked up last September has us down for today as the bank holiday.
I don't tend to remember holidays at the best of times, and this is most assuredly not the best of times.
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Post by Pinwig on May 4, 2020 10:49:49 GMT
They changed it in June last year, so I suppose that's a bit late for academic planners. Schools would already have them being delivered by June for September. But it was quite well publicised at the time.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 4, 2020 12:32:21 GMT
As was the failure to notify manufacturers in adequate time.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 4, 2020 12:37:24 GMT
A day off working at home on Friday to look forward to, which is nice.
Andy
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Post by browny87 on May 4, 2020 12:57:02 GMT
yeah its all the same are days to me ATM
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2020 16:03:33 GMT
Post came twice today. DWM in the morning then 2000AD and The Beano turned up in the afternoon. Makes me very nostalgic for the days of Second Post. Sniff.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 4, 2020 16:15:58 GMT
Aww. Second post. I'd forgotten that existed. Imagine having two chances a day for something exciting to drop through your letter box. Truly the promised land. Still, a veritable reading deluge for Ralph!
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Post by Shockprowl on May 4, 2020 20:43:25 GMT
Hi chums.
Happy Star Wars day. Star Wars was my first love, my first obsession.
And, to radically change the subject, it's hard to imagine what was going on 75 years ago this week isn't it?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 5, 2020 6:41:57 GMT
Morning All,
The Tuesday after my stolen Birthday Bank Holiday Monday. I was 47 yesterday, an event I was approaching with some trepidation. But actually yesterday went really, REALLY well. Woke with minimal Sinusitis round the face, it was a a warm day which made the CMT happier and the pills really seem to be kicking in. The result was the best day I'd had in months, Thank You Lord. My appetite was back, I managed to eat using my hands - something the stress had prevented me from doing, and I was able to see things in better proportion.... which is good because Jonathan accidentally touched my mouth with his hand while trying to hug us last night!
Please pray I continue to improve mentally and physically and for continued protection from the virus for all of us.
Ta! stay safe & well
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Post by Bogatan on May 5, 2020 7:47:45 GMT
Oops. Happy day after birthday Phil. Glad you had a good day.
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Post by browny87 on May 5, 2020 8:32:47 GMT
belated happy birthday Phil and glad you had a really good day!!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 5, 2020 9:13:25 GMT
I keep being distracted from my work by a beautiful collared dove that's busy building a nest directly above my the window I'm looking out of. Got to try to take a picture of it the next time it flies up.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2020 9:50:02 GMT
I remain trapped in a Groundhog Day loop of recent weeks of getting up very late, constantly checking the news and constantly checking my phone to see if work have recalled me. My mountain of stuff to read or watch has largely remained untouched. Very frustrating.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2020 9:59:49 GMT
It's the uncertainty. I think it makes it quite hard to get into a pattern. I work at my desk through the day 7.30-late afternoon with the odd break but by my standards I don't feel I'm accomplishing much. I know I'd be able to organise the time better if I knew when this was going to end. I think that comes from being used to working in holidays - I know when I start the six weeks over the summer what I need to do by September, so I can budget the time. At the moment I've got some huge projects on the go, but I find it hard to really commit to them not knowing if I'm actually going to be able to get them done.
I do know it helps if you can separate yourself from the news. I was watching/listening constantly but that compulsion becomes absorbing and can give you a very negative view of everything. I've settled now on watching the BBC at six, which gives a good summary of the day, and leave it at that. Nothing is really changing day to day anyway, and I've found if I keep away from the news my mood lifts a lot. The only time I'll break that short term is Sunday when hopefully we'll get an outline of the next few weeks.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 5, 2020 10:02:17 GMT
I'd be tempted to eliminate the news from your routine. Nothing will change quickly. I cut the news from viewing years ago and was much happier for it, a once or twice a day check gives me all I need.
I doubt your work will be in a rush to recall you given some of the stuff which had been going on.
I've had to work to modify what I do to get me in a place where my head is comfortable. I've all but eliminated Twitter from my diet and have got quite particular about what I look at and read. I'm also trying to spend much more time with Liz.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 5, 2020 10:08:33 GMT
I have yet to get back into playing on the piano. I planned to pick it up again the day after lockdown, but I have yet to switch the thing on, except to check that it still works after years of disuse. And I'm only one season into 1960s Batman. I've actually ended up working more hours than I would have in the absence of the lockdown, having cancelled the leave I had booked around Easter. Don't want to use it up when I can't go anywhere or see anyone! Managed to do some of the reading I had lined up for lockdown, but got plenty still in reserve.
Have been doing less walking than usual (typically one walk a day instead of the usual two there and back to the office) but in nicer, more natural places.
Expecting that when the office reopens we won't be allowed to all work there at once due to the need to keep us spaced out, so I expect we'll be working at least part-time from home and take turns to go in to the office.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2020 11:54:01 GMT
I was doing fine with my own pursuits over the Easter Holiday because we were told on days we weren't in school to not work, but now I spend all morning talking to parents and have to spend the afternoons doing the work I've been tasked with. I'm finding that my own free time has evaporated completely. The difference I suppose is that unlike usual I don't work evenings. I had visions of being able to finish a lot of my own projects, but there's no time!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 5, 2020 12:18:31 GMT
I'm being quite strict about working from home, in that when it's time to clock off I clock off. No ifs and buts. my free time is mine.
Having dipped back into The Daily Straxus means I have given myself some deadlines and some routine outwith work, which I find has helped. Also just small things like making sure I shave/trim the hair regularly rather than go full madman in a bunker look helps.
My to read/watch pile likewise grows, but I'm doing enough creative things I can justify that. A wee bit of a mad weekend there with the takeaways, but back to normal now.
I find myself rarely checking the news anymore, the essential updates about C-19 and thats it.
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Post by Bogatan on May 5, 2020 14:05:13 GMT
I remain at work and so my day to day has barely changed. It's not just work though. It took me a ridiculous amount of time to work out why people kept going on about hair cuts. Not having had to use a barber/hairdresser for around a decade and only rarely before then, it just didn't register that its something other people rely on to look like themselves.
I have however managed to be pretty productive without the usual distractions and diversions. Not productive enough but more is better than less I suppose.
I rebuilt my walking desk yesterday. Not the plan, but the cobbled together first version was a bit to cobbled even for me.
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Post by browny87 on May 5, 2020 14:25:44 GMT
It's the uncertainty. I think it makes it quite hard to get into a pattern. I work at my desk through the day 7.30-late afternoon with the odd break but by my standards I don't feel I'm accomplishing much. I know I'd be able to organise the time better if I knew when this was going to end. I think that comes from being used to working in holidays - I know when I start the six weeks over the summer what I need to do by September, so I can budget the time. At the moment I've got some huge projects on the go, but I find it hard to really commit to them not knowing if I'm actually going to be able to get them done. I do know it helps if you can separate yourself from the news. I was watching/listening constantly but that compulsion becomes absorbing and can give you a very negative view of everything. I've settled now on watching the BBC at six, which gives a good summary of the day, and leave it at that. Nothing is really changing day to day anyway, and I've found if I keep away from the news my mood lifts a lot. The only time I'll break that short term is Sunday when hopefully we'll get an outline of the next few weeks. i think we live a very different existence to other jobs as such, i dont know if primary is the same but i work on a "this needs doing by this holiday break, this needs doing during the break, then this needs doing during the next block of teaching" being at home is throwing me a bit the more it goes on, i dont have the motivation without students there nagging me to mark their assignments, we have now suspended all lessons and are on "planning for next year" which considering i have no idea what im teaching is really hard.
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2020 14:57:27 GMT
Yeah, I get that Browny. The tasks I've got to do are very open ended and need a lot of research and thought. Getting to the end of the day without anything tangible in hand or ticked off a list is unusual and it's making me feel like I'm not doing enough, or anything, when in fact I sit here for eight/nine hours a day with a couple of breaks here and there. Usually come the end of the week I've ticked a load of things off the list and have a few left that need doing by Monday, but at the moment it's more like, well I've done a bit of this and a bit of that, but nothing's finished, so have I done enough?
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Post by browny87 on May 5, 2020 20:50:52 GMT
exactly how im feeling mate!! its tough going ATM
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