Post Comment Love 15-17 October

October 16, 2020

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love.

With the change for London announced yesterday, I”m struggling for publishable words to describe quite how I feel. What I do know is it meant for another busy, random and disrupted day at work. Another day where my Teams notification was on and off throughout the day, and one where the radio was turned on and off in equal measures. Sometimes by me, mostly by MOH.

We knew it was coming, I think we all did. But I was hoping it would be next week and we would already be safely on leave, but no. The lack of clarity and information is particularly frustrating, not only for me as an individual, but for me in my job. But anyway, next week I’m off for a week, and we will be away for part of that, trying our best to make sure we stick to the rules.

My photo this week is from a walk in Petts Wood, a local wood, at the weekend. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this, isn’t it amazing?

Post Comment Love 9-11 October

October 9, 2020

It’s been another worrying week here, and one where MOH’s last day ‘in the home office’ is hurtling towards us. For him this week has been one for sorting out legalities and making arrangements to collect his belongings from his office which he last went to in person some 29 weeks ago. It’s amazing when you look at this in numbers - for over half the year we have now worked at home. Neither of us really did this before the pandemic. I’ll be continuing to work at home, he’ll be on gardening leave - and at a time when there’s very little to actually do in the garden.

Like many people we’ve at least one eye on what any new announcements may bring, and how that will impact us. We’ve a week away planned, and while we’re as confident as we can be that it will go ahead - we have a cottage booked - it’s the stuff around the edges which we’re less sure about. Visiting family at either end of our trip, eating out and going to the pub - everything that we used to consider normal - we’ll see how it goes, and all the time hoping for the best.

It’s been another quiet week here, for many reasons, and so I’m not linking a post again this week. But just sitting down to write this, and seeing how quickly the words are tumbling out makes me realise how much I miss my space here. It’s a good reminder that I need to try much harder - and hope that I’ve booked a cottage with wifi!

Post Comment Love 2-4 October

October 2, 2020

Ah, what a week for universities, across the country. It’s dominated my working week too. While there probably are some students not obeying the covid rules, in truth, I don’t think they’re the only ones or the only age group. And it’s clear, to me anyway, that everyone needs to pay attention and follow the rules, because really, there’s not much other choice is there?

My photo this week is one from our trip to Whitstable. And apart from the sun in my post, the only sun you’ll see this week. The flower is a beauty though, dancing coyly in the wind. It’s a good reminder of how much I enjoy these rust varieties.