Tag: the month ahead

Having to attend light therapy treatment 3 times a week for 8 weeks plus 3 weeks holiday already booked meant I don’t have a lot of time for much else…

I’m supposed to be starting my light therapy treatment at the dermatology department in Rotherham in November, but I’m still seeing how the collagen supplements are currently going. If my…

Well, hello to October, and hello to new graphics. Yes, I finally got around to making my own graphics for the hello and wrap-up posts. Go, me! I’m still feeling…

So, we’re now into September, the start of our academic year and, historically, the start of my working year. It’s generally the start of new beginnings for me, new attitudes….

I’ve been doing a lot of work on the schedule, but the list of things to do never seems to get any shorter. And so I just keep on plodding…

June this year is quite clear. We’re not going away anywhere, and there are only 3 appointments in my diary, and one of those the poet is supposed to be…

We have the best part of 2 weeks off during the month of May, though not necessarily at the same time. So I’ve had to squeeze a month’s work into…

As I was, as ever, busy on the last day of the month, I’ll do a proper full weekend catchup tomorrow. I will say one thing, however… It was quite…

Once again, at the time of writing I was still up against the clock with Book 4 of the great novella challenge. Tune in tomorrow to see how I did…Unless…

At the time of writing I was still up against the clock with Book 3 of the great novella challenge. It was looking good, though, and definitely achievable. Tune in…

Most of yesterday was about 2024. Most of today has been about 2025. Or January 2025 at least. It took a bit of working through, and I’m not officially back…

I only have 3 full weeks in December of work, then we break up for our annual 2-week Christmas holiday. So there’s less time in which to do as much…

When I wrote up yesterday’s blog post, yesterday, I couldn’t remember what I’d spent most of Wednesday doing. And then I remembered. It was budget day in the UK on…

I do love autumn. I love the fact the nights are drawing in. I love cosying up in front of the fire. My breakfast cereal starts to have hot milk…

Ah, September! The start of my annual work schedule, which probably harks back to school and college days when the new term started in September. I don’t have an academic…

I had a very, very busy day yesterday planning out a short story writing schedule and making sure everything was on my power spreadsheet. I also had to update my…

We had a lovely Friday/Saturday with grand-doggy #1. We took him for a stroll on Friday night and returned him to his humans at around 11:30 the following morning. We…

Yesterday was my first day back at work following a week’s holiday. We had a good rest, and a good break. But I was itching to get on with something,…

White rabbits! Oh my goodness, we had a busy evening on Monday trying to find a campsite for our next jaunt. Almost everywhere was fully booked on every date we…

As we’re currently on our annual Easter break, here’s one I prepared earlier. Hello, April! Here is the plan for April: Easter break new month wordcount & progress spreadsheets for…

Yesterday was not a good day and for much of the day I know I had a permanent scowl on my face. It started badly after a bit of a…

So the hedge man said he’d be here at 9:30am… The dog wasn’t great during the evening. He was still bright, still interested, still wanting to eat. But every so…

Well, hello January, and hello 2024. It’s nice to see you! I’m starting the new month and the new year on a slightly different regime. I’ve removed some time-sucks and…

Well, this is a long one. I’d make a drink and pull up a chair if I were you… The dog waited until about 6:30am to wake me up yesterday,…