The cat died, I gotta deal with a man child having a tantrum, I spent 90 minutes on the phone listening to a colleague who was upset, and I gotta go tackle the boss next week even though I know he'll never admit he's wrong.

Overall I think the cat thing is the reason for my low mood.

Fingers crossed for a better week next time.

Lost my job. Second oldest daughter became a Christian overnight (neither my wife nor I have ever mentioned religion in the house and are both decidedly atheist/agnostic) and don’t we dare suggest the fact that religion is trending on social media might have anything to do with it!

Other than that it’s been a splendid week.

I've been picking up the electric guitar for the past few weeks and I've been really enjoying it, but christ are my fingers sore 😭. The bottom three strings are like pressing my fingers into cheese cutter wire.

A good week. Mike Wozniak on Thursday and Sue Perkins today. Don't normally get chance to go out but two gigs in one week! I've been spoilt which is nice after a couple of long months.

I've realised what people mean when they say they've lost interest in their job.

I used to chalk it up to meaning "I have lost my enthusiasm, and no longer do it with gusto, and am happy to just take the money and wait for retirement".

No. It does not mean that. It means "I can no longer motivate myself to do tasks in a timely manner. The tasks still need to get done, but now I have to put in extra time and effort into psyching myself up to do it".

You literally expend more mental energy, and it's stressful as hell when the deadlines come around each week