Getting back into the routine of things. Eldest is back in school and the youngest started reception. Both did incredibly well and fortunately there were no dramas!

I dusted out the PS4 for the first time in a long time and had to reset it as it wouldn't connect to the PSN. Been enjoying playing Sack Boy with the kids, but I'm hoping to play some GTA V and Just Cause 3 if I ever get some time where I have the energy!

Nice one! I resisted bike clothing for the longest time, but then I gave in and it did really help a lot. Arse-wise, back-pocket-wise, and the sweat

I managed to get a decent bike ride in for the first time since I can remember on Sunday - a nice 33km jaunt around the area, stopping off at a lovely pub by a canal before heading home. Very much loving my new bike! Although now I understand why cyclists wear such tight clothes.

It was alright. Enjoying the moody weather as pretext for myself to be moody.

Currently reading a book about emotionally immature parents and realising that I shouldn't be telegraphing my emotions day/night as a way to seem less threatening and more sincere, but just forget myself and look through the eyes of others. Especially if I can imagine them as carefree kids trying to communicate, then I should give people to chance to meet me half-way

Don't worry, we'll just fix it last year.

Well thats just not good enough.

I was a day late posting it. Unfortunately my time machine is currently out of order so there's nothing I can do about it.

Its only just started?

Bank Holiday 🎉⛈️

It was good thanks! Just been mega busy. We took a long weekend trip up to Scotland, which was stunning! Kids absolutely loved it, and I managed to get a run in too.

It was my son's birthday yesterday, so went to The Crocky Trail near Chester which was a blast.

Lots of driving though and I feel absolutely exhausted despite having a few days off work. Life just feels absolutely none stop at the moment!

My dad's out is hospital and is now in a care home for rehabilitation to get him mobile again. He keeps asking for things and expecting me to be able to do things at the drop of a hat.

Was having a bit of a confused even depressive start to the week, had no idea why. Then I decided to clean the room I work in. Create some space, let some light in, wipe down the surfaces. Having a great week now at the moment.

Might even start going to the gym again after having fallen hard off that wagon a few months ago (fell down some stairs, and shattered my ankles, and recovery has been slow. Plus I clearly was exercising stupidly in the fitness classes as I have weird joint aches that I never used to have before)

"How dare you there is no such thing as bad techno"

Said someone, probably.

This lot seemed to be more into techno.

Latvian's / Estonian's / Lithuanians love their music, they have entire choir festivals going back hundreds of years. Choir. Not church singing (the damn pagans), not music festival, choir.

You could tie them to a chair and throw em in a well, and they'd sing their way out by levitating from intrinsic vocal control

Btw, how was your week?

We’ve had thoroughly enjoyable time in South Holland. There are great walks along the canals and loads of lovely small restaurants to choose from. The Dutch are friendly, courteous and helpful people.

Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the Latvian holiday park neighbours whose music taste is bad, to put it mildly, and their ghetto blaster far too loud for their own good.

The week is always a pain in the work.

But right now, all is well.

Anthrax on Spotify, RPG on t'other screen (in this case Geist: The Sin-Eaters - for a Chronicles of Darkness cross over game).

Oh, and a rum and coke to chill out with.

Big tip is run slower.

🥲

What ever I need to learn to get it done. Family company with me as the IT. But it's generally Networking,365 and the local MS Office stack AD etc. Then have my own implementations which I have a lot of freedom over so it's more opensource and cyber security focused.

You don't haha

I'm getting to that age where I can feel my ankles and leg joints after years of abusing them in my 20s and 30s. How does you get to the point where you can overcome that and keep running?

Now I don’t have to do leetcode

What's the new job like skills-wise?

I don't go to London by choice, when I'm sent there for work then company pays for my train fare. When I was younger I would use a coach service because it's cheaper than train.

Let's just say, I took some saucy photos of these birds in exchange for booze in my free time. *Leers sordidly*

Pelicans are weird too. A couple of flaps and they're airborne, and then they just glide like Spitfires in a lazy dog fight. Saw some kingfishers too, little blue furballs unwilling to stay still for a camera shot the damn teasers.