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03.17 – 03.23

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Life

I helped out with Forest school on Tuesday and got to see Ηη larking about, barely paying a shred of attention to his teachers, and generally being exactly himself, but in a wooded area and ignoring a different set of authority figures than me and Σσ. It’s nice to know he’s consistent at least. It was all fun and games until it was time to go back to school and he decided that he ‘had a virus‘ and spent the walk back having a fairly serious strop. I wasn’t really in the mood to give him an inch and I’m definitely less inclined to want to do it again when it ends like that.

Αα on the other hand continued to be properly ill with a hacking cough that doesn’t seem to be making much progress. I’m also worried that my cough has gone deep and my ribs are (once again) feeling like they’re being pulled apart. Probably going to give it another week to try and shift it before going to the GP.

Niamh came to town for book-launch related activities. She brought a proof copy along with her and I was immediately hooked. She got the news that it was going to be on Radio 4’s Book Club while she was here too, which felt pretty significant. I’m very excited for her.

Ηη just about managed to be ok at Heather’s birthday party (once they were allowed outside his mood, as ever, immediately improved).

We had to dinghy Si and Lou on Sunday because Αα wasn’t up to it. To be fair the rest of us probably weren’t either.

Aila is still not gaining weight and Johnny and Dani seem unimpressed with the gastro team at the hospital. She normally seems in good spirits when we see her on the phone though and it’s wonderful to see videos of her spending time outside.

Q: Has Ηη stopped shitting himself daily? A: No.

Work

I wrote some objectives and accidentally started pulling at thread of what it would take to swap out our flex grid for a grid grid.

Reading

Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin – buy, borrow, or steal a copy now! But probably buy it yeah? Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks – florid.

Running

• Tuesday hills – hugely ill-advised and has probably contributed to me feeling much worse than I would have. Has been a very easy decision to stop running since.