Wednesday 11th January 2023

No school today as teachers were on strike, but the boy was still working at home, because there are prelim exams next week.

It was nice not to have to set an early alarm, and I slept in until 9 am! That kind of upset my routine somewhat, but I pottered around and did get some tidying up and laundry done.

When I went to make dinner, however, I discovered that the steaks I had taken out the freezer was actually boiling beef, so we ended up with a frittata type of thing instead.

Meetings are starting back up again, and I had my first one yesterday. Fortunately it was on zoom, as it was a pretty stormy evening, and I didn’t want to move far from the fireside. I also typed up the minutes for one of my other committees, which meets at the end of the month. I am usually rushing at the last moment to do this, so it felt good to get that out of the way.

I’ve started reading Tristram Shandy, and I’m struggling with it. I know it’s a notoriously odd book, and I am finding it really quite funny. The trouble is I have to wade through an awful lot of text to get there. I’ll give it a bit longer.