In other news...

I thought work would become unbearably busy in the school holidays, but bizarrely my life has become easier. Most people are just turning up and getting on with it, and with the lifting of most of the Covid restrictions there aren’t so many protocols and procedures for us to negotiate.

I had a little bike ride tonight, and I have to say it felt more like the end of August than the end of July. You know those cooler, fresher, duller, almost-time-to-go-back-to-school vibes you used to get when the calendar ticked over into September? That’s what this evening felt like.

For some reason, I am writing this blog posting as a series of small paragraphs. I guess it’s the habit I’ve got into, after a week of doing my Olympics Updates.

I do love the Olympics, and it gives me a nice tingly feeling to know that we only have to wait 3 years until the next ones come around. (That’s assuming we don’t succumb to a variant called Epsilon or Anus or something, or another new virus that makes the leap from bats to humans and gives us even more of a kicking than Covid has).  I even enjoyed watching a bit of badminton, which as you may remember is Philippa’s Sport Of Choice. There aren’t many things she and I can watch together, but somehow it worked. Maybe because she was giving me insightful information about the game, rather than prattling on asking inane questions or guessing what the end of a scene will be like, the way she does when we watch a film.

Apologies for mentioning the Games again. And the virus.

RC 31-7-21
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