I'm writing this on Friday morning, and remembering just how much I used to love having Fridays off. I usually try to take a few Fridays off throughout the summer (like today) but it's just not the same as having a four day week every week. I'm working towards having Fridays off again, and as far as I'm concerned, it can't come soon enough. Anyway, yesterday was another long working day, although less arduous than the rest of the week. A colleague and I arranged a virtual 'writing retreat' for ourselves - nothing fancy, we just checked in by video at set points in the day and shared what we were doing. It was SO nice to see her, and it really did feel like we were working together (even though we were working on completely separate things), and I got lots done. It was still a long day though. We finished our writing stint at 4pm, and I remembered a deadline I'd missed at lunchtime (oops). Then I realised I was taking today off, so there were a couple of things I wanted to finish before the weekend. Before I knew it, it was 7.30, and a friend was ringing for a much-needed chat. After that we went to the supermarket - not exactly my favourite thing to do but needs must. Anyway, the most exciting thing that happened yesterday was that we had our first egg from the new chickens! Bonnie I think - I saw her coming out of the hen house at lunchtime. Well done Bonnie. It's slightly smaller and less speckledy than the ones from the older hens, but it's recognisably an egg, and it was even laid in the nest box! In less exciting hen news, Rusty has started pecking the younger hens while they're trying to get into the hen house at night. This is most vexing, as they'd all started to go to bed together nicely, regardless of their animosity during the day. Last night she was so persistent that I had to take her out of the hen house and chuck her into the outside run while the others went to bed, then plonk her in separately at the other end of the hen house when everyone else had settled down. Hope they sort it all out soon because I'm quite bored of chicken squabbling now.
Anyway, we have visitors coming this afternoon. Peter spent a couple of hours yesterday building a shelter, but now apparently the wind is blowing in the wrong direction so it's going to have to be rebuilt. I might ban all future visitors until the weather is more reliable.
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Maria
10/7/2020 06:11:28 pm
I’ve been reading your blogs for so long that I do actually remember when you used to work 4 days a week. I actually work 4’days a week now and also love it :-) a much better work/life and health balance for me. So I hope you can go back to 4 day weeks.
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