Notices by Charlotte Walker (purplepadma@beige.party)

Meditation time. Goodnight!

@TheBreadmonkey Porridge in a roasting tin?

Goodnight! Better get offline before my self-imposed 10pm digital curfew

@WarnerCrocker @pseudonym My dad has been doing this himself to scammers for a while now - pretending to be bumbling and confused about technology. He’s an academic in computer science and maths for computing. I personally feel like there are more productive ways he could spend his time, but he seems to enjoy it.

@kevie Thanks! What are you up to today?

Up early as I have a day on campus. Amazing to think I used to do this 3-4 times a week with no problem. I guess I got in the habit. Right now I feel like I’m just a pair of large, startled eyes 👀 Tom is kindly driving me to the station. Have a great day everyone :blobcatchristmasglowsticks:

@Jaden3 Yeah, bastards doing that too in the UK. Lots of car parks now you’re supposed to scan a QR to pay but there are stickers over the top

And that’s another work week done. It’s been a successful one, I met loads of people and had many interesting conversations. I feel like I know where I am going next week now. But first - Le Weekend!

Oof, good morning, I’ve only just woken up. My alarm went and I just switched it off more or less in my sleep. I was so exhausted. Had to drag myself out of bed. Very fortunate that my first meeting is not until 10am. Then I have therapy this afternoon, the week since our last session seems to have gone by so fast!

Also I feel like it’s Monday as I haven’t been at my desk for the past few days. All very confusing.

Are you feeling bamboozled too? Or quite compos mentis?

Morning. I’ve got ages until my train, but having a suitcase and a backpack isn’t really conducive to exploring. So I think I’m going to find myself a cafe near the station and park up there. Trying to feel charitable towards the person who was talking loudly at 2am last night 😪

Morning, 28°C today, weather forecast says feels like 31°. Tom’s setting up a sun lounger in bright sunlight to bask, I’ve moved mine to the shade. I’ve got my kindle and a cold Coke and I get to choose a new book to start so I’m a happy personage.

Hello, I am super proud of myself because I sat down at my laptop and I ended up applying for *2* part time jobs! It’s so funny, this morning I felt like, I can’t, I can’t, but once I knuckled down to it I actually really enjoyed filling the applications in and felt like I have a lot to offer! Wish me luck for getting interviews!

Home to some downstairs windows carelessly left open when the house sitters left, a broken blind, and an iron burn in a carpet. They were great with the cat, and things do get forgotten/broken, but I wish they’d messaged me about the incidences of damage. I have to write a review of them now and I don’t want to make them look bad, as they were so nice, but…

The slow cooker is emitting such a delectable scent that I am salivating. I will check the dinner in 20 minutes but it might need longer. Why do I torment myself like this?

I like immigration. I like not to have serious skills gaps in our services. I like mixing with people who grew up in other countries. I like being enriched by other cultures. I would like the feeling that my country opened its arms to people fleeing terrible situations elsewhere. I don’t understand why other people don’t think like this

I’m reading a book called Unstressable. Looks like there’s going to be a fair bit of CBT-ish stuff in there about how we choose to respond to stress, but right now it’s got me thinking about the amount of stress I allow into my life. Without a doubt, Mastodon is a safer space than Twitter, and I am exposed to much less conflict and antagonism here… but I still think I could curate my Masto feed better, maybe mute some hashtags… there a fine balance between being informed about world events and becoming overwhelmed by them

I ran for 15 minutes, then alternated brisk walk, jog and 7 RPE run intervals until I’d done 3.7km in 31 minutes. I’m proud of myself for getting out there but right now my lungs are complaining too much to pay attention to my mood 😂 I enjoyed myself anyway #running

Good morning, I had the best sleep I’ve had in weeks, so that’s relief. Just looking ahead to an empty weekend now and a rainy day and feeling dread about how to fill my time. Cold pizza and Ferrero Rocher for a post-birthday breakfast 💪🏻

I have never cried so much on my birthday

Decided I am just too low and tired to go out again. All I want is a bath, pyjamas, supermarket pizza and an early night. It’s OK, I did plenty of partying last weekend.