How did it get to be the middle of March? Must be well overdue time for an update on my 20 for 2020 plan! I don't feel like I've got much done this month, but let's see... 20 things mended (3/20) I repaired a small hole in a nightie, but other than that no mending this month. 19 letters written (4/19) No more letters written - but I did receive a very welcome letter from an old school pal in response to my January letter. What fun! 18 days with internet (1/18) Finally made a start on this with an internet free day on Sunday 23rd. Nothing dramatic happened, I didn't miraculously get loads of DIY done or anything, but it was a nice gentle day. Very much feeling the need for another one with all the news around the pandemic at the minute. 17 new books read (11/17) Ooh, now I have made good progress here - largely thanks to the library's audio book service. I've been told (again) that listening to books isn't the same as reading them - and I do agree that biologically they are of course different activities, but this is my blog and my challenge for myself, so I'm defining 'reading' as 'consuming books', and thus am making nice progress. Again, this is a fairly haphazard selection of things available at the library, and then other things it suggested for me after I'd finished those.
I'm saying these are fairly haphazard, but there is a bit of a pattern emerging now I can see them all written down together. No fiction (so far). Lots of books about running and exercise, and the odd self-help thing (always trying to be a bit more organised...). March is looking a little bit different already so let's see what happens there... 16 household items or pieces of clothing made (9/16) I made a hat! A real hat! This is most exciting. I can still see the flaws, and there are several things I'll do differently next time, but it's still pretty exciting. 15 meals with friends (4/15) Another two added this month - a friend came over to stay, which was lovely (she's not been to our new house before) so we had dinner (I won't count breakfast as a separate meal, although it was more of an event than it would usually be). And we hosted a mini dinner party, just three guests, but one didn't know the other two which made it a little more fun I think. 14 meals from home grown produce (0/14) Er, no. But we are getting a few more eggs these days so I'm hopeful! The rhubarb is coming on nicely too (not sure there's anything that I can make that only involves rhubarb and eggs though). 13 evening lectures (0/13) No. I've started going to running club a couple of nights a week which has clashed with a couple of talks I might otherwise have gone to. This is feeling like less of a priority than other things at the minute, but again, we'll see. 12 donations to food bank (1/12) Donated a load of toiletries and household cleaning products as most of the stuff in the box seemed to be food. Obviously this is going to be more important now in the wake of recent events, which (as usual) are likely to hit the poorest the hardest. 11 solo days out for me (0/11) None yet, although I did have a little weekend in London at an event which was most exciting, might write about that more soon. 10 loaves of bread made (0/10) Er, no. 9 bike rides (0/9) No - although I did get the bike out of the garage at one point, but then it started snowing again. I have great plans for cycling the last little bit of the way to the office once I'm back at work though, so maybe that'll encourage me to get out and about a bit more. 8 organised runs (1/8) No races in February, but I did start going out with the 'Target 5k' group of my local running club. They'd been working up from nothing at the start of the year, and when I joined they were already up to running for 8 minutes with 1 minute walk breaks. This morning we did our 5k target! Very exciting (but as it's March that'll be added onto next month's list). 7 new places visited (1/7) I don't think I've been anywhere new locally, must up my game! 6 attempts at cheese making (0/6) None in February. 5 'No Quibble' weekends away (0/5) No, but we've roped my mother in to look after the chickens on the weekend of my birthday so I'm most excited about a little trip away. Hi mum! 4 pairs of socks made (0/4) None. 3 days volunteering (0/3) None - I did spot an ad hoc call for volunteers locally which I was tempted by, but it was then cancelled. 2 LAND centres visited (0/2) No official LAND centres (part of the LAND network run by the Permaculture Association), but I did visit a friend who took me to her community allotment, run by her local permaculture network. I'm not counting that as I want to visit official sites (as we're thinking of working towards becoming one ourselves) but it was pretty cheerful (although thinking about it, that was at the start of March...) 1 holiday! (0/1) No. All in all, a bit of a strange month. I was on strike for several days at the end of the month (and several more in March), and while I thought I'd get through plenty of DIY and days out, the reality has been somewhat different. The earlier part of the month was spent preparing for the strike (while of course the purpose is disruption of the university, none of us wants to harm our students, so it's not as simple as just downing tools and walking out - and at any rate quite a bit of my job doesn't involve teaching at all).
I've seen a lot of people though, visited friends, done some DIY, a bit of running, and a whole lot of general hanging around. Let's see what the rest of March brings.
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TDQKaren
15/3/2020 09:32:33 am
As a fairly recent concert to watching cycle races both track and road race i read Jason and Laura Kenneys autobigraphy.found it very interesting and down to earth and closely followed it by the tour according to G by Geraint Thomas as he is one of my favourites.Loved it
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