Humpday Chicken

[artsyhonker]

It is Wednesday, and here we are.

A breath for Wednesday. A breath for ths particular Wednesday: the secular is world shrugging its shoulders and returning to a sort of pseudo-normality before one last gasp of festivities on New Year's Eve, while in my faith tradition it is the Third Day of Christmas.

Ta-da!

It's been a while since I checked in. I did some things:

• I set up PayPal subscriptions so people can subscribe via my website instead of using Patreon, if they so wish, in response to the recent Patreon shenanigans.


• I continued with Cecilia's List stuff


• I entered two composing competitions, one of them late (oops, but in this case it will still be of use)


• I sorted out stuff for the trip to Chichester next week. I'll need to pack, and I haven't figured out the exact way I'll handle the trains or acquiring food on New Year's Day, but otherwise I'm good and those are both things I can figure out nearer the time.


• Cooked a lot


• Sang a lot


• Boxing Day Cheese gathering


• Experimenting with Liberapay
  
• Did some higher-level reflection on what I am for and what I need now and in future, and what those things mean for what I need to do next.


• Made and otherwise acquired Christmas presents

The Hard

It feels pretty weird to me to not be doing huge amounts of church work in the run-up to Christmas, still. I'm... not exhausted, but I feel like I should be.

There are so many people who are homeless or in precarious housing, and we have so much, and yet I'm aware of how fragile that is, too.

Long-term planning has so many unknowns.

I miss beloved spouse when he's down the spreadsheet mines all day. I would like to keep Christmas properly for the full twelve days, at least, and I find this a challenge when the rest of the world is back at work today.

The Good

I had a quiet Christmas with my beloved spouse, and a sociable Boxing Day, and for now there is a sense of abundance.

Quests

• Beethoven project


• Whttington Responses


• Cecilia's List stuff


• MPhil Upgrade Stuff


• Church Commission 1


• Church Commission 2


• Passing Notes


• Bulletjournal


• post-Christmas tidying


• Go to Chichester

The PLN

We go to Chichester on Friday, so there... isn't much time, really.

Today needs to be for bulletjournalling, I think, including a big Task Prioritization session, so that I have a better idea of what I'm doing the rest of the week. That means my plan is basically to make a plan, but... yeah. I need to do that.

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 tree, if you have one?

Comments

[nou]

That's a good ta-da! Hope the Chichester trip goes well.

I have continued to be ill, and have 95% decided to give up one of my major commitments until I'm less ill. I'll decide for definite tomorrow.

I made myself a new pair of trousers (pinstriped!) over the past few days, working on them bit by bit. They have a welt pocket (just the one, because it was a bit of a faff to get the first one working and I wanted to get the thing done). My first sewn pocket (and my second sewn garment), and it worked pretty well. I've already started cutting out the next pair.

[shewhostaples]

I have made two dozen mince pies today! And finished a story, I think, and had some thoughts about how to begin the next novel. And reconciled my bank account, which was scaring me.

The quest which follows from that is how to keep track of my cash spending. I am wondering about finding some sort of beautiful cigarette case to keep receipts in until I record the spending.

The hard: I've got a stupid ailment that isn't very serious but is stopping me feeling like doing much. I spent the morning in bed, just because I could.

The good: it has been an absolutely beautiful afternoon, with a clear blue sky and a waxing moon and golden sunlight on bare trees.

Favourite tree is without doubt the beech.