Severance😝 Still at work 😐
It’s Season 2 of Severance Day!
What an interesting list. I don’t know which to quote. I will read it again later and come back to it. Some of them touch on things I think, a lot, about my own teaching.
Love this. The kids were so into it. Liked the way it ends too.
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton 📚
My week in review
- I got a logbook and have been trying to write in it more.
- I felt terrible on Wednesday, but obviously still went to work though didn’t exercise.
- Have been trying to eat healthier and have mostly stuck to that. Chicken and veg in the air fryer for the most part and resisting snacks.
- Have exercised 5 times this week and hope to continue.
- Have created a photo a day album and shared it with family - but keep forgetting to add photos.
- Parent meetings on Friday. Mostly fine, I have some haikus I wrote that I need to post.
- Lots of thoughts about how I approach teaching and parenting - and the overlap - this year that I should probably write done.
- Nearly finished my Severance rewatch. SO excited for Friday.
My Apple Watch Series 3 (!) has finally givenn up half way around my morning ruck. If I only want it for tracking sleep and some walks, I don’t need the latest model, right? Wild anyone recommend a model? Or are there alternatives?
So, I was thinking I need to do stretching because of my age. But then I realised as a teacher of 5 and 6 year olds I spend so much time sitting on small chairs, or crouching or sitting on the floor that I’m going to take that as my mobility work!
Finished reading: Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris 📚
Love the artwork in this, but the text just didn’t flow for me.
Finished reading: “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth by Eric Carle 📚
Read this in class today. I think it’s my favourite Eric Carle. Obviously read it slowly, the students joining in. Such a joy.
Finished REreading: Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1) by Pierce Brown 📚
There’s more to read so have started the series again. I knew some of the twists but very much enjoyed the ride.
Restaurant Games 1: Llama
We have a few games, mostly card games, that we take with us when we go out. A way to fill time, something to do that isn’t a screen - which we don’t typically take with us when we go out. I thought I’d write about them a little.
This one is Llama.
A card game. Simply, You put a card down that is the same or 1 more than the card on the pile. The Llama goes after 6 and 1 follow six. That’s about it. Easy to explain to new people and quick to play. To play properly, when one person finishes the others count up points, Llama counts 10, and get counters for that amount. Though you can quit the round if you like. When someone has 40 points, the person with the lowest point is the winner. There’s a couple of wrinkles too.
We are normally happy to just play without the counters and don’t tend to stop when 1 person wins. But mostly we enjoy playing a round or two.
It says 8+ not he box but our 6 year understands it well enough to play.
I just love it. Trying to make the Christmas spirit last a little longer….
My word for 2025: Joy
I’ve been talking to friends about this recently and have finally decided on something I’m happy with. Or at least something I can work with. Something that is simple and yet, appropriately challenging.
My issues, challenges, in life have continued to revolve around family and work taking too much. My work as a teacher continues to be what it always is. Always feeling I’ve not done enough, am not doing enough and that I have too much to do. Family, similarly because I have children. Which is a joke I’ve made often enough. That my life revolves around my children and other people’s children.
I struggle with not getting caught up in those things, I wanted a word that will help me not do that. I wanted something that’s about helping me be present, appreciating “now”, appreciating what I have, accept certain things and making the most of what I have.
So, my word is joy.
It is about trying to find it in whatever situation I may find myself in.
It is in doing the things I know cause it.
It is in avoiding the things I know cause stress and anxiety.
It also means I can buy this IDLES t-shirt and that I can buy plenty of Inside Out related merchandise too. It’s all good.
Just finished Somebody Somewhere Season 1. Loved this a lot. 📺
You can watch the first 8 minutes of Severance season two on Apple TV+
Nah.
Not interested.
Give me all of it or give me nothing! Nearly time. It’s been a while though, the last episode was April 8th 2022. 2 years 8 months!
As i’m British, my kids running around the cinema would have terrified me. Except the cinema was empty apart from us, so I tolerated it. We enjoyed Mufasa though. I mean, I did. The kids were mostly enjoying the empty cinema.
Neijuan is the Chinese term for “involution”, a concept from sociology that refers to a society that can no longer evolve, no matter how hard it tries. Applied to the individual, it means that no matter how hard someone works, progress is impossible.
What is neijuan, and why is China worried about it? | China | The Guardian
I need to think about how I feel about Day of the Jackal. Seems to have set up season 2 though. Also, I was sad that River did not flow.
Finally circled back on this and have today’s entry will be the first day of year 2. Some entries are sparse but glad to still be doing it.
Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze - YouTube
So tell everyone that there’s hope in your heart
Tell everyone or it’ll tear you apart
At the end of Christmas day
When there’s nothin' left to say
The years go by so fast
Let’s hope the next beats the last
Always Go To The Funeral : NPR
Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing.
What’s Your Word for 2025? - Nicholas Bate
Reposting this so that it’s in my head to think about.
Hot pot and 油茶 from yesterday. I remember when I first saw Lyra eating yóu chá and I remember thinking it looked weird. I still think that, but now I think it’s delicious too. A kind of porridge made from rice with spices, chilli and topped with crispy rice noodles.
