I’ve been buried in a book series lately so have been off my phone, computer, everything. I wish moderation was part of my makeup, I’ll skip meals if it means I can read for an extra three minutes.
That’s the rub: it’s not brilliant but I’m completely sucked in. It’s a vampire series by JR ward and I’m up to book 9 with about 15 to go. The romance is easy to flick past but the world building has totally reeled me in.
I’m on day 17 of my recovery from my vaccination. It’s progressing okay so far, but I’m getting a bit restless. It’s spring, birds are fighting, flowers are blooming, so psychologically you just want to do stuff and get out there!
Yeah, it’s just they take a huge toll on me physically so I need to rest on my bed most of the time and not overdo it, to avoid a relapse of my underlying condition.
The other covid vacs I’ve had all took between 3-4 weeks each, so hopefully I’m more than halfway there, which is cool!
Not sure about other ones, it’s unclear how bad it will be until you try it - so far, covid has been the only one where I thought the risk was likely the lesser evil.
Back when I was healthy, I was always fully vaccinated for all the usual stuff, so hopefully all that still works somewhat.
The 4 weeks isn’t ideal, but it’s way way better than some people the same as me. I’ve been lucky so far, fingers crossed!
So the company that rejected my application after I interviewed with them earlier this week, called me yesterday and offered me another role. I had the interview this morning, which went better than I anticipated. Keeping my fingers crossed. Also have another interview lined up this afternoon. It feels nice to finally get some actual interviews for a change, instead of receiving straight-up rejections.
Often, the reason you don’t get a role has little to do with yourself, and has more to do with who else also applied. They might have 10 people that can do the role great but only one role, so they can only pick one.
The fact they asked you to interview for this other role is a good sign they really liked you!
Had some incredibly aggressive drivers when cycling in today… one even decided to come to a complete stop to block me, forcing me to brake (this was after they aggressively passed me beeping)… I don’t know WTF is wrong with some people when they get behind the wheel
Anyway, if anyone has recommendations for cycling cameras, I’d love to hear them!
I’m using an old GoPro (Hero4) I had lying around, and bought a Kaiser Bass (cheap knock off GoPro) so had front and back covered. Works pretty well, the Kaiser is a bit jankey though.
I’ve previously been recommended these: cycliq.com but it’s pretty pricey.
Sorry you had to deal with that. I wish motorists were better aware and kinder towards cyclists. These sort of incidents was basically what stopped me from buying an ebike to commute to work. If we could get dedicated and protected bike lanes, that would solve half the problem.
As for camera options, if you are the DIY type, you could make your own setup using a Raspberry Pi. Several blogs out there that have detailed the whole process, such as:
Good luck! It’s difficult to convince our primary aged one to have something different. Literally only one type of sandwich ever (PB&J). She’s gotten pickier as she got older. She won’t eat a lot of the things we used to pack for her now.
Interesting, we aren’t allowed peanut butter at school (or daycare).
TBH I try to get them to pack their own lunches more often these days so they will like what is packed, but I still need to buy stuff they want.
It’s kinda like the Christmas present problem. We ask what they want for Christmas, and they don’t know. The things they know about largely they have, and they don’t know what other options are out there. They don’t really get an opportunity to see ads so they don’t get their ideas from there.
Plus I don’t want to load their lunchboxes up with sugar or plastic wrappings. And I don’t much like the idea of putting in hummus or other things normally kept cold. They often don’t finish their lunch until they get home, and it seems a bad idea to eat stuff that’s been at room temperature all day when it’s supposed to be in the fridge.
Oh trust me we take her shopping and get her to choose what she wants but still lunchbox comes back with food in it. I think it’s normal really. She says it takes too long to eat and she’d rather go play with her friends. I think eating is just not her priority during their breaks. She’s always been a grazer more than a sit down and eat a full meal type.
Our school only stops nuts if someone in their class has an allergy, otherwise we’re free to pack it.
Often I’ve thought that whether a lunchbox comes back full or empty probably doesn’t relate to whether they like the food as much as I expect it should.
Kids are hungry sometimes and not hungry or just busy at other times. Our kids also eat slow (well, it feels it but I’ve seen other kids slower). They also often complain they didn’t have enough time to eat.
I guess that’s their problem. If they were actually hungry it would have been enough time. No point eating when you aren’t hungry.
It’s probably a factor. We’ve actually spoken to her teacher about it, they all get a certain time to eat each break with additional time given for kids who want to eat longer. My guess is as soon as her friends are done she wants to go with them.
I’ve just taken to packing less in her lunchbox as it’s clearly enough for her.
Only one of the kids likes pizza, and that one only likes a very specific one!
Kids, man.
But thanks for the idea. I wonder if I can convince them to eat pizza if I get them to make them and decide what goes on then. Worth a shot, but I better not use the word “pizza” or they’ll just say they don’t like pizza and refuse to try it.
I’m not 100% on exactly what it is I don’t like, but I think it’s to do with the hazelnuts. I also don’t like fererro rocher chocolates so I think it’s the hazelnut flavour I don’t like.
Woke up this morning to find the site has been down for some time. Sorry about that! No clue what happened, logs didn’t really help, but at least it’s up now.
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