Achievement unlocked: submitting an assignment done in pairs more than 3 days early. Done properly collaboratively throughout.
Being a mature age student means getting shit done, but having no capacity for actual leisure.

I want to immerse in small joys.
And the best right now is the black fuzzball snoozing against my leg. He misses the kids when they're not here, especially on my work days.

Uni starts up again next week. I'm halfway through uni level stats on Kahn Academy (prep for semester 2, so no real rush). I have readings and recorded lectures to get through. I expect to have limited capacity for socialising for the next 3 months.

Spookums is happy.

I didn't expect to be rained on sitting at my desk at work. The ceiling flooded. Less than a minute after I got up to get help and move stuff out of the splash zone a ceiling panel fell on my chair (not on me). A dramatic end to my first week back at work for the year.

I made a pretty today. Watercolours painted from a rose in my garden.

Today is Spooki's 4th birthday. He is very very happy with the offerings of roast chicken and would rather like some more thanks.