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Nightshift- day(?) 1 , I start at 19:00 but I’m on “normal” time so although I try to sleep late I’m up before 9 (awake about 7). There’s a vague theory about trying to catch a couple more hours kip “later” , but boys come back from work/school, and some small housework needs doing, andContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 49”

Well the good news, is that Chris has survived her 10 day isolation, and is fine. The surprising news, is that I have survived her 10 day isolation, and am fine. Life being what it is, I was fairly sure that I’d come back positive despite all precautions (a 25% chance even with double vax).Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 48”

Unclean! Unclean! – rattles bell furiously. Well we had a good run, but it was bound to come to an end eventually. Double vaxed, masked, gloved, hand-sanned and anti-virally wiped down, but lovely wife came back Covid positive all the same. After a days isolation till the PCR test results came in for confirmation, meContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 47”

This week just been, saw a significant anniversary, my eldest boy turned 18 ! Amid the fatigues of nightshift for me, dayshift for Chris, and backshift for him (he started his first job a few weeks ago), we postponed the celebration till the weekend (astonishingly, everyone off!). Happy birthday son! Of course everyday is someContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 46”

I thought I was complete with the firewalk saga, but not quite it seems. I ran off the above “poster” (a still from the video) for my work, where many colleagues gave, but are unlikely to see me on facebook or here. Of course, my thanks still goes out to all of you, and donationsContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 45”

Well, I lived. It was harrowing. I needed all my concentration and forbarence. A quest of mind over matter, keeping the end goal clearly in sight. Focus, very precise focus, and the many years of endurance that I could call on. That’s how it’s done. That’s how I survived unscathed through the 90 minute teamContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life 44”

“Be careful where you bleed !…” Story of my life, in that instruction. I mean it was a completely insignificant scrape, just on my pinky knuckle. Simply awkwardly placed at the joint. Of course I have no idea how I sustained this injury (drink was NOT involved), my first hint is that there are redContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life 43”

The good news is, they renewed my website subscription when I wasn’t looking, so you get a whole other year of dogs life(s). We’re now counting down the days to my firewalk (Oct 9TH), but they’ve decided you can only have two guests, so the all singing, all dancing, full musical with orchestra and dancers,Continue reading “It’s a Dogs Life 42”

The French have an expression which I have always loved, “Esprit d’escalier” (there should probably be some accents). For those unfamiliar, it would normally translate as “the spririt” – or perhaps better. “the inspiration, of the stairs” and it is used to refer to, for example , “the brilliant retort you should have said fiveContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life 41”

It was a toss up whether to do this today -in isolation, or tomorrow -after the op, but experience has taught me that I generally feely grogy and uninspired in the immediate aftermath (like major dental work). So here I am “stuck” in my room of 1000 games, several hundred books, a PC and aContinue reading “It’s A Dogs Life 40”