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Problem: have had to come into office because Blackboard so slow as to be unusable from home computer. Work being effectively a public place, however, this means I also need not to be a gibbering, screaming wreck - not least because having a breakdown while at place of work is probably a disciplinable offence, also face of the university, yadayada ( Read more... ) -
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I want to take some aspirin because pain is interfering with my concentration but am also in need of a therapeutic brandy (luckily I have some in my desk drawer from Tuesday's office campout) and the combination would be on an empty stomach thanks to having had no time to eat today (and now my stomach hurts so I don't want to eat). Are the chances ( Read more... ) -
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Reading this amazing series, "I do not have an eating disorder", and especially this particular post has really brought home something I should have realised a long time ago:
Nobody ever perceives your body size objectively -- even (perhaps especially!) you.
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Things I need to learn, #117 and #118: Moderation; and learning to monitor and respond appropriately to my own needs, physical, psychological and mental ( Read more... ) -
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Sitting in a deckchair on the beach, looking out over the azure sea as the setting sun turns the desert and mountains of the Sinai peninsula a deep rose-pink... I feel very lucky to have the chance to experience this and so many other moments of beauty.
(Now, if only I could work out how to upload a photo and share the scene with you...!)
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Week 7
When I last posted, a week ago, I was on the bus on the way to the monthly NUPG meeting. Today, I am on the bus on the way back from Oslo, where I went last Friday to see pyrrha17 as a birthday surprise. My office was being renovated and hence unusable for the latter part of the week, and Lee was away in London since the previous weekend on various tai ( Read more... ) -
Weeks 2-umwhenisitnow?
First there was going to be an entry beginning "omg, two weeks?"', then it became "omg three weeks", "four weeks", and now I've kind of lost track. Oops.
But, (back to the original planned post here) what an amazing hmm-unspecified-amount-of-time it's been!
To be fair, I got back on Feb 2nd and after 2 days was off again to The Hague, so I am still ( Read more... )