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My head was not in the right space to finish off the website updates yesterday. I think it was in the ‘I want a long weekend’ space and I should have listened to it earlier in the day, instead of sitting at my desk, taking an hour to make one tweak to some code and another hour to write the title, filename and alt text for one illustration.
Yesterday was a positive family day, though. Good school meeting. Eldest popped back from uni and we got to hear a bit about it. Youngest had a friend staying over. Three of us had nice takeaway pizza (a slice of which I have heated up in the air fryer for my breakfast!).
Today, I get to have my flu jab. And I am hoping to finish the book I’m reading (Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante). The sun is shining and the weather tells me it will be gusty winds and sunny intervals today, which strongly suggests that a walk would be a good idea. Maybe I could have a stroll along the canal after my flu jab.
I need to finish an illustration piece this weekend. It’s one that should be calling to me loudly, but for some reason really isn’t, and I’m not sure why or what to do about it. Dial it in? Find a spark? Start over and do something completely different. Actually, the last option does seem to be whispering at least, so that might be the thing to do.
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