- Hi Cate. I rang her today and suggested we do the spa day we had planned since last Christmas but she has no interest in going anywhere till Covid is under control. I will spend a lot of time with her at Christmas - daily walks, crossword, a game of Scrabble which we haven't done in a couple of years now... That's all I can do really.
- Hi LaMa, yeah, I think walks are about it for now, haha.
- Hi Petal. I'll talk about the weekend with SG below. And yes, I feel better today about things, thank you.
- Hi Korrie. Yeah, I mean, I am particularly blasé about it, but my mum is overly worried I think. Dad is 70, so at a higher risk technically, and he also is not concerned. He follows the rules, as do I, but we're not holing up in the house at the same time.
Weekend with SG: Some parts really enjoyable, it was so much fun to be on a road trip with someone. SG is fairly easy to get on with, he's not demanding at all, which is cool cos I am. At the same time, we are just not compatible longterm. Like, for example, he takes HOURS eating his food. He just talks and talks and talks. I find that exhausting. He talks really loudly. He also kind of talks 'at' me, more than 'to' me, one of my absolute pet hates. I thought that might be just the alcohol when I've met him other nights, but it's actually his personality.
At the same time, he's sweet, and when I got dressed up for dinner on Saturday night, he said, 'You look great, but I think you look nice all the time.' <3 This was a particularly lovely comment after I'd just spent 20 minutes berating myself in the mirror for the amount of cellulite I've developed on my thighs from all the drink and the bloat and wrinkles on my face. So, in some ways, he's great, and he makes me feel good. In other ways, I'm just not able to cope with him for more than 24 hours. So like, it's not going to work. But I'm really happy we went. It was my first night away ever with a guy. How embarrassing at my grand old age. But I've always done things at my own pace.
I went to see an absolutely brilliant documentary Finding Jack Charlton tonight. I was crying within the first 5 minutes. The whole thing was so well done - I have so much admiration for the man and it was clear that he had a huge impact on the Irish psyche with the energy and leadership he brought to the job. I'd highly recommend it, even if you have zero interest in football.
Tomorrow I have a normal work day and tennis for 2 hours, which might not happen cos of rain. We'll see.
After talking about feeling underappreciated by work people, today I had one girl ask me loads of questions about my mum and another one thank me after a meeting for all the help I've given her on something. I was really chuffed with that. It cheered me up big time. So I take it all back, hahaha.
- Hi LaMa, yeah, I think walks are about it for now, haha.
- Hi Petal. I'll talk about the weekend with SG below. And yes, I feel better today about things, thank you.
- Hi Korrie. Yeah, I mean, I am particularly blasé about it, but my mum is overly worried I think. Dad is 70, so at a higher risk technically, and he also is not concerned. He follows the rules, as do I, but we're not holing up in the house at the same time.
Weekend with SG: Some parts really enjoyable, it was so much fun to be on a road trip with someone. SG is fairly easy to get on with, he's not demanding at all, which is cool cos I am. At the same time, we are just not compatible longterm. Like, for example, he takes HOURS eating his food. He just talks and talks and talks. I find that exhausting. He talks really loudly. He also kind of talks 'at' me, more than 'to' me, one of my absolute pet hates. I thought that might be just the alcohol when I've met him other nights, but it's actually his personality.
At the same time, he's sweet, and when I got dressed up for dinner on Saturday night, he said, 'You look great, but I think you look nice all the time.' <3 This was a particularly lovely comment after I'd just spent 20 minutes berating myself in the mirror for the amount of cellulite I've developed on my thighs from all the drink and the bloat and wrinkles on my face. So, in some ways, he's great, and he makes me feel good. In other ways, I'm just not able to cope with him for more than 24 hours. So like, it's not going to work. But I'm really happy we went. It was my first night away ever with a guy. How embarrassing at my grand old age. But I've always done things at my own pace.
I went to see an absolutely brilliant documentary Finding Jack Charlton tonight. I was crying within the first 5 minutes. The whole thing was so well done - I have so much admiration for the man and it was clear that he had a huge impact on the Irish psyche with the energy and leadership he brought to the job. I'd highly recommend it, even if you have zero interest in football.
Tomorrow I have a normal work day and tennis for 2 hours, which might not happen cos of rain. We'll see.
After talking about feeling underappreciated by work people, today I had one girl ask me loads of questions about my mum and another one thank me after a meeting for all the help I've given her on something. I was really chuffed with that. It cheered me up big time. So I take it all back, hahaha.
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Only two more days of work next week, and it will be catch-up stuff, so it should be grand. So happy. 
I think I'll probably try to sleep for most of the break, I need it! I'm definitely planning a lie-in tomorrow at the very least. Unfortunately, there's been a few cancellations for the gathering tomorrow due to a Covid scare and other health issues, which is disappointing. There's still 3 of us going but it won't really be the same. We'll make the best of it I guess. 
