I bought some garden furniture. It rained within the hour.
I have a day off on Friday to go dormouse monitoring - assuming that it is dry then. Dormice don't like the rain and disturbing them when they will get wet is not something we want to be doing.
I'll see how it goes. Obviously our first priority is to minimise stress to the animals and get the checks done as quickly as possible, but there are sometimes opportunities whilst we are weighing and sexing them etc.
Also, at this time of year, they are usually very active - unlike the autumn when they are sometime semi- or fully torpid and quite fat in readiness for hibernation. They are a lot easier - and cuter - to photo then.
Yes - part of the national monitoring programme. I have been monitoring this particular site for almost 20 years now. The population is fairly steady here overall.
Up at 4.15 trying to get tiny child to sleep. Then at 4.55 slightly larger child wakes up and refuses to go back to sleep. Downstairs at 5.00 watching Sarah and Duck (quack).
I wish my kids were into Sarah and Duck because I absolutely love it. Unfortunately the eldest has outgrown it and the youngest never liked it, despite how often I tried to force it on her. I'm just grateful she likes Hey Duggee
It poured down here last night and I had high hopes but somehow it's sunny and hot again this morning? Feels like a bait and switch, not impressed.
Last week work was a nightmare of technical difficulties so today is gonna be equally a nightmare of recovering from them. I've put extra honey in my tea to help cope. Can't really go out and do social things because other half is off on a lads holiday at the weekend and the last thing we want is germs getting into the house, so I guess it's just us and tv and video games and maybe if we're feeling spicy...a crossword or two.
Goal for the week is to spend less time on Lemmy because currently it's becoming way more addictive than Reddit ever was and that's saying something 😅
(I sound properly grumpy this morning don't I? Clearly not a morning person, or a Monday person, or a person who likes ever being outside of comfy bed ever)
The bastards teased us a thunderstorm warning last night only to quietly remove it and go back to "yeah you're gonna bake". They have played us for absolute fools.
Rained for most of last night, i'm running on about 5 hours' sleep and i'm in the office today. luckily there's very little for me to do so i'm lurking lemmy, mastodon and discord lol
Half way through my run of 7 nightshifts, I was hoping the nice weather would last until my days off but alas in the North of Scotland we're returning to our damp grey usual.
Day off today because US company I work for has given everyone today's US day off!
After a traditional trip to the tip I've got on the tram to wander about random places. First the Viaduct Garden at Castlefield. Now I've ended up at Media City for no good reason other than that's where the tram line goes.
Morning everyone. It has indeed rained! Had a good heavy shower yesterday evening. Today is a day of housework and food shopping now that it’s a bit cooler. Starting the week in a relatively positive mood - hopefully that continues!
Same this end, it's been bucketing doon for the last couple of days. The backdoor has this bit that's like a fucking quagmire and I'm not too sure how to deal with it. Love mopping up floor every time the dog is let out the back.
Is the rain seeping through the door? We have a similar issue with our backdoor, but haven't worked out if it's a door, doorframe or a something else issue.
It rained up here in gloomy Yorkshire. And by rained I mean absolutely tipped it down. This week I need to get a better fan for my bedroom and some new tights. I've sat here for a couple of minutes trying to make a joke about them being related but I just can't think of one. :P
Busy, busy week ahead. The eldest is going to high school this year, so we have a parents assembly tonight and he has three full taster days, so the routine of the week has been thrown into chaos.
Maybe this is our chance to get rid of the tiresome Reddit trope of trying to catch people out in so-called "Americanisms" (that usually just ended up being different British dialects anyway).
So I ended up down a bit of a rabbit hole... Strangely the council here in Edinburgh refer to the schools as "secondary schools", but the official names of all the schools is "... High School". Go figure. My school in Fife's official name ended in "High School" too.
Thank god the rain is back to cool me off. On the scorching Saturday I took on the challenge of doing a Beef Wellington. Here is the image of that hard work.
Feeling like crap, this bloody stomach issue. Left side of gut is tender, I've broken out in a rash where it hurts and I've got to complete a wee poop test for the doctors. Then a colonoscopy. Fuck. I had one around 10 years ago and it remains one of the worst experiences of my life. Hilariously so. All I can really remember is the pain, and begging them to stop.
On a wee side note, the instructions for the poop test kit are hilarious. Wee diagrams and everything! My favourite part has to be the drawing showing the end you hold it with covered in shit, and a big red X over it. I'd have paid good money to see the tech's face who opened that kit which inspired the warning!
Yes it rained. Got woken up by it once and then again a few hours later by the sound of two local skag heads trying to ride a bicycle down our road to the ATM. So haven't had any decent sleep and I think I've busted my neck sleeping funny. So, yeah, Monday's going great 🥲.
That reminds me got to go to ATM to get cash out for daughters school dinners, still haven't done it for this half term which started on 5th...but if they weren't so backwards as to demand cash/cheque and just let us set up a standing order or do bank transfer maybe I wouldnt keep forgetting until the mad panic to pack the school bag each morning
I was hoping for a nice break at the weekend, but my freelance clients had other ideas. Worked ten hours straight yesterday, and now heading into a deadline week at work, and deadlines for freelance after work. I really need a day off. Managed to get some rain, tho!
Absolutely bounced down last night, on the first date night me and the Mrs have managed to get in a while. It was good though - went to see Chris Hadfield at the Lowry which was very interesting.