Humpday Chicken
Nov. 29th, 2017 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
artsyhonkerIt is Wednesday, and here we are.
A breath for Wednesday. A breath for pausing to look back and look forward.
Ta-da!
Compared to last week? I don't feel like I've done much. But I've done LGQ admin, and written a hymn tune and half-harmonised it (though I am going to have to scrap some of the harmonisation), and the workshop with the BBC Singers went really very well, and I made it back to That London.
And I've spent some time being a bit more internal, and thought about some Matters Arising.
Today I've mostly been cooking, with the result that I shouldn't have to do so again for a few days unless I feel like it.
The Hard
I've been really tired; not surprising, given everything. This trip to Aberdeen was just packed, and it was really good, but it felt like too long away from beloved spouse, too long away from this funny little crowded house we've lived in longer than I've lived anywhere in my entire life, and by the end of it I felt like I was moving through treacle, and I'm not really keeping on top of admin very well at all.
The next few weeks are pretty busy, so instead of just going splat until I'm feeling better, I'm going to have to try and pace myself and figure out what I can do and what I can skip and so on.
The Good
No more overnight trips anywhere until at least the end of December, hurrah! The BBC Singers workshop went really well and was also really constructive. I have work I can put online.
Quests
Patreon stuff
Cecilia's List stuff
Passing Notes
Beethoven project
Multitude of Voyces
Chor Leoni
Sketches for Whittington
Sketches for Woldingham
Work on Cathedral commission
Probably some other stuff
The PLN
Rehearsal tonight. Deferred Date Night tomorrow night. Rehearsal Friday night. My piece being sung at St Paul's Cathedral Saturday night. Advent Carols in Twickenham Sunday night. Compline Monday night...
I think my PLN at the moment has to be "forget about trying to get up early, get up when you get up and do the routine then," because being out in the evening generally means I get to bed later than is ideal.
How are you?
What have you done? What are your quests? What is hard in your life? What is good? What is your PLN (or plan)? What is your favourite sleeping position?
A breath for Wednesday. A breath for pausing to look back and look forward.
Ta-da!
Compared to last week? I don't feel like I've done much. But I've done LGQ admin, and written a hymn tune and half-harmonised it (though I am going to have to scrap some of the harmonisation), and the workshop with the BBC Singers went really very well, and I made it back to That London.
And I've spent some time being a bit more internal, and thought about some Matters Arising.
Today I've mostly been cooking, with the result that I shouldn't have to do so again for a few days unless I feel like it.
The Hard
I've been really tired; not surprising, given everything. This trip to Aberdeen was just packed, and it was really good, but it felt like too long away from beloved spouse, too long away from this funny little crowded house we've lived in longer than I've lived anywhere in my entire life, and by the end of it I felt like I was moving through treacle, and I'm not really keeping on top of admin very well at all.
The next few weeks are pretty busy, so instead of just going splat until I'm feeling better, I'm going to have to try and pace myself and figure out what I can do and what I can skip and so on.
The Good
No more overnight trips anywhere until at least the end of December, hurrah! The BBC Singers workshop went really well and was also really constructive. I have work I can put online.
Quests
Patreon stuff
Cecilia's List stuff
Passing Notes
Beethoven project
Multitude of Voyces
Chor Leoni
Sketches for Whittington
Sketches for Woldingham
Work on Cathedral commission
Probably some other stuff
The PLN
Rehearsal tonight. Deferred Date Night tomorrow night. Rehearsal Friday night. My piece being sung at St Paul's Cathedral Saturday night. Advent Carols in Twickenham Sunday night. Compline Monday night...
I think my PLN at the moment has to be "forget about trying to get up early, get up when you get up and do the routine then," because being out in the evening generally means I get to bed later than is ideal.
How are you?
What have you done? What are your quests? What is hard in your life? What is good? What is your PLN (or plan)? What is your favourite sleeping position?
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Date: 2017-11-29 08:35 pm (UTC)I had a local history writing day today and it was Very Hard to get started, because I'd hit a puzzling part where the sources are more incomplete and contradictory than usual. I got through it by reminding myself to write down my speculations as speculations-plus-evidence rather than trying to determine the one true interpretation.
I cooked egusi stew for the first time in ages. This is a Nigerian dish I've been trying to get right for several years. The version I made this time was closer to the ideal-in-my-head than I've ever been before, which is very pleasing, and I made enough that I have two dinners’ worth in the freezer for the weekend and next week.
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Date: 2017-11-29 10:54 pm (UTC)That sounds like quite a satisfying week. I am not amazing at cleaning and tidying and find it very stressful, so the 20-minute stints recommended at Unfuck Your Habitat are helpful, but I never quite got to grips with Tumblr.
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Date: 2017-11-29 09:38 pm (UTC)In the morning I hoovered, mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors, and dealt with the draining board. This evening I cooked a chorizo, pearl barley and kale stew thing, and a pear and chocolate pudding.
Coming up we have a free evening, then choir practice, then a house inspection (hence all the cleaning),
Life is generally good, but I'm looking forward to having a bit longer off work.
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Date: 2017-11-29 10:56 pm (UTC)Hurrah for time off! And hurrah for naps. Maybe I should try to fit some of those in.