We slept late and I helped Bearhands hurry out the door. No time to slip into something formal to take the bins up - maybe next week? Another fish death - this time the female of the cichlid pair. Given that they’ve been isolated from the rest of their species for several weeks, just the two of them, I surmised that the male had sex-pestered her to death. No evidence of this, of course, purely ...
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Day 13 of Distanced Ed
Woke up on the wrong side of the wrong bed. My MS symptoms reappeared overnight and it’s hard to sleep when it feels like you’re squeezed into a corset you can’t remove. Spent the morning in a mood because the reoccurrence of my symptoms coincides with missing my normal appointment with my GP because I was being cautious and self isolating. I made two breakfasts before 9am, then followed up ...
Day 12 of Distanced Ed
The Big Sister and I recorded our part for Pub Choir's second Couch Choir, David Bowie’s “We Can Be Heroes”. Hot day, so we all got in the pool. Then Bearhands suggested we shout them Maccas for lunch as a treat. Used the app to order ahead so it was a completely contactless operation- we could even have bought milk, muffins and burger buns - pretty clever. Watched an episode of Nailed It on ...
Day 11 of Distanced Ed
The girls finished their notes to Australian Defence Members then we packed our ANZAC Day care packages. I noticed a Wedge-tailed Eagle whirling over the farm at smoko. The Little Sister and I learned more Auslan (although she insists that she knew all of that already, so it’s only new to me) *insert Auslan sign for drink here*. In the afternoon we broke isolation to go to the Post Office ...
Day 10 of Distanced Ed
The Little Sister and I started an online Auslan course. The first sign we learned was “I Love You”. The boxes I’d ordered to send ANZAC Day care packages to the troops finally arrived (one day before the cut off to send). The girls started writing cards to serving Defence Members who will receive our little care packages on ANZAC Day. Spent some time trying to get my cookbook onto kindle so ...
Day 9 of Distanced Ed
The kids spent too much time watching TV this morning while I did some work and an online yoga session. It was a dear little mate’s 8th birthday, so the girls made cards and a sign. The Little Sister had a zoom meeting with her classmates, then we drove to the Birthday Boy’s place and the kids wished him happy birthday from the car while he stood on the driveway. After Bearhands knocked ...