I’ve reduced the numbers of tabs open on my browser.
At the same time I’ve increased the number of tabs open at the same time in Bean, the writing program I use. The representation of files as tabs is double-edged I suppose. I think it invites multi-tasking, though on the other hand I think it’s also similar to having multiple notebooks on the go per purpose, or sheets of paper, or multiple books open at the same time if I had a big lovely library or office. In any case we see once again I live a riveting life. You know whose life is truly riveting though? Riveters.Last night I leveled up my Glaswegian burger fan food game, pan frying a veggie burger, reheating a potato scone (saying “tattie scawn” sounds like mimicry) in the same pan, slapping that on a proper bun with cheese, ketchup, and sliced tomato and THEN adding a fried egg on top. Artful, like live music, with a multi-part carb section (scone and bun), multi-part protein section (egg and burger), a multi-part fats section (cheese, the oiliness of having been fried, and egg), and multi-part condiment section (ketchup, mayo, and egg kicking in some as well). I’d like to thank James Kelman and also Scottish twitter.
I took a walk yesterday with the ten year old and later with the 14yo as well, that was really lovely. It’s nice to get one on one time with them and I like that they’ll hold hands with me for much of the walk too. 10yo and I told another bit of our story that’s two years in the making. We’re nearing the end - the adults whose memories were wiped due to The Incident have just found out what happened, though we don’t know yet how to tie that off - and the 10yo introduced a new arc that will need to play out - the children who hide in the tunnels have been found out and fled deeper into the tunnels. It’s fun to do this with her and also very tiring. Whatever brain muscles are used in story telling, mine are either atrophied or overtaxed or both. It’s cool to have this story have lasted so long, feels like forever at this point. I’m not sure what we’ll do next. She agreed we should start a new one when this one’s done. I’m glad she’s young enough that this still appeals.
On the walk with the 14yo she told me a little about the online writing camp she’s taking part in and I mentioned this little recollection blog. She said she used to periodically write up about once a month all the notable things she remembered, always thinking ‘oh I should do this more often.’ I said that doing this daily has made me think that on work days my life is relatively lacking in notable moments - ‘drove to work, taught, answered email, went to a meeting.’ Boring to recount. She said that when I have a boring day without anything notable I should make things up, like ‘during the meeting we all gave our monthly reports and then I fought off a zombie attack.’ I thought that was funny and good advice that speaks to her being more fiction-oriented than I am. I’ve goofed off in here a little but not in that way, I like the idea, another way to goof off.
That’s my ten minutes so I’m going to stop, I have a long work day, there will be lots of emails and teaching and zombie attacks.
