…which has been unusual recently. Still, it meant I had the time and energy to get a bit of housework done, and that sort of counts as working on the house, right?
I also finished notifying the last few companies who send us post about our change of address (well, nearly – I’ve got a couple of phone calls to make tomorrow). And I made that nice veg meal that I invented yesterday again, this time with added beetroot. A nice, normal Sunday, on the whole.
Geth has started playing Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSP, so I’ve also got a whole new set of Final Fantasy music to listen to.
Going to have a bath and an early night before work starts again tomorrow.
OOTD: Sunday comfort. T-shirt Hanes for VNV Nation (2005), skirt Electric Cabaret (2005).
Today’s earworm playlist:
The Housemartins – Happy Hour
Duran Duran – Notorious
Rod Stewart – The First Cut Is The Deepest
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Plains Of Eternity
Decided to run it really sedately so as not to do myself any injuries before the Great North Run next week
Realised about thirty seconds before the start that I hadn’t adjusted my watch’s display metrics after it crashed last week so the main display would still be stuck on current pace rather than distance so far
About 1km in, got fed up of running with jeffers (run/walkers), sped up a bit to escape them, and glanced at my watch to see my current pace was 5.47 mins per km
About 2km in, again looked at my watch and saw my current pace was 5.53 mins per km
Thought ‘I CAN DO THIS’ (i.e. hit elusive goal of sub-30)
Bombed it as hard as I could the rest of the run
Didn’t get sub-30, but was only one second slower than my previous PB (30:39 to the 30:38 of four weeks ago)
So I’m fairly happy with that, overall. All my issues with runner’s knee seem to have disappeared for the moment, so hopefully I’ll be okay for the GNR next week.
Also, I’ve set my watch up properly now. Pace giving me daft ideas is fine at parkrun, but not a good idea in a half marathon.
The rest of the day has been spent making lists, doing odd bits of housework/admin, watching the Now! ’80s channel and otherwise not really knowing what to do with myself. I’ve got a big list of stuff to start doing tomorrow, though.
I also made a really delicious new meal. I’ll make it again soon so that I can share the recipe.
Today’s earworm playlist (fairly short today ’cause I replaced it with actual music as soon as I was out of the shower after parkrun):
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Yazz – The Only Way Is Up
Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies
George Ezra – Shotgun
Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
It was good to get out and have a walk today. Geth and I finished packing up his office fairly quickly, and after bringing his work essentials home, we headed back into town to go for lunch and a couple of pints. Now having a fairly relaxed evening, starting to catch up with some of the Marvel Universe films we’ve not seen.
Just under two hours to go until meteorological autumn. I’m very excited!
OOTD: a nice walk in the sunshine on the last day of meteorological summer! Sunglasses Boots (2013), jacket Mercy (2007/2009, due to a complicated story that I’ll tell you someday), bag CXL by Christian Lacroix (2018), jeans Levi (2018), trainers Reebok (2018).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Hot Chocolate – It Started With A Kiss
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears – Shout
Matt Terry – When Christmas Comes Around*
Duran Duran – A View To A Kill
Queen – I Want To Break Free
Tracey Ullman – They Don’t Know
Bananarama – I Want You Back
Final Fantasy X – To Zanarkand
The Beatles – Ticket To Ride
And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:
Puretone – Addicted To Bass
*I want to emphasise that this was because there was a poster in the Metro station advertising Matt Terry’s role in a musical at the Sunderland Empire, not because I’m thinking about Christmas already! I have a whole autumn to enjoy first 😀
…but not quite. I got all of this week’s work done, but I now have some more for next week. Still, being a freelancer, I can’t complain about work coming in, even if I do kind of wish it would be more balanced throughout the year.
Geth is now Netflixing Robin Hood: Men In Tights, one of the many films I have never seen before. It’s fairly amusing.
Change of scenery tomorrow because I’ll be helping Geth pack up his office (the university is moving staff around its buildings, as universities tend to do). It’ll be nice to get out of the house!
OOTD: workday as usual. Jumper Topshop (2003), jeans H&M (thrifted from Steff 2016), shoes Primark (2018).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Bananarama – I Want You Back
Prince – Kiss
Mesh – Friends Like These
Steps – One For Sorrow
Paul Young – Come Back And Stay
Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One
Another productive work day today – just one more tomorrow, and I should be fully caught up with work for the first time in weeks. There have been a few clients making queries about availability next week, but hopefully – hopefully! – I will finally have a bit of time for getting on with house stuff again. I have so many plans, and it’s frustrating that I don’t have the time to carry them out right now!
Other than work, it’s been a fairly sedate evening with a bit of writing and a lot of getting excited about autumn. I can almost taste September now.
OOTD: bit of a pastel-y day. Jumper Yessica (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), jeans Zara (2018), shoes 1st Position (2018).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Whitesnake – Is This Love?
Lady Gaga – The Edge Of Glory
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Disney’s Peter Pan – Your Mother And Mine
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Plains Of Eternity
Duran Duran – My Own Way
Mesh – Last One Standing
Björk and David Arnold – Play Dead
Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
The Human League – The Lebanon
Duran Duran – Rio
Sash! – Ecuador
(Um, yes, the last few may have got into my head while I was having a good gaze at one of my globes. It’s been that kind of evening.)
A proper full day back working today, and it was super productive and very interesting. Maybe I should go to four-day festivals more often!
Or possibly it was due to the ongoing soundtracks of Geth’s videogaming. He’s finally finished Final Fantasy XIII-2 and has now moved onto Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Even though there’s a lot of good story in most videogames, I actually find them less distracting than having the Now! ’80s channel on TV, probably because I end up watching half the videos and/or singing along to the songs.
Same again tomorrow, hopefully! If I’m really productive work-wise I may even have time for some writing in the evening as well.
OOTD: it’s cold enough for the first jumper of the nearly-autumn! Plus we’re back to the daily reflection of Geth in the patio doors. Jumper unknown brand (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), jeans Vivid (2018), trainers Reebok (2017).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Spice Girls – Too Much
George Harrison – When We Was Fab
Duran Duran – Tel Aviv [AIR Studio Version]
Joy Division – She’s Lost Control
Robbie Williams – Let Love Be Your Energy
New Order – Temptation
David Bowie – Life On Mars
Scissor Sisters – Filthy/Gorgeous
Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Back in Newcastle post-Infest. The trains this morning were fairly straightforward, and we’ve had a good relaxing/productive afternoon and evening (Geth playing Final Fantasy XII-2 and watching YouTube, me working). It’s nice to be home again, and given that Infest was the last of the summer events, we should be home for a good while now. I’m looking forward to autumn so much that I don’t even mind the crappy weather.
A nice normal week coming up, followed by a quiet weekend. I’m so excited!
OOTD: we took about five photos and I look four-day-festival tired in all of them. This was the least awful. T-shirt Smartwares for Chrom (2014), jeans Levi (2018).
Today’s earworm playlist:
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Sting – Englishman In New York
Shakira – Gypsy
The Beatles – Nowhere Man
George Ezra – Shotgun
Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds – Three Lions
The Birthday Massacre – Lovers End
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Crazy Chocobo
