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MONDAY'S ARE BUTTS
Dec. 14th, 2020 10:18 pmOnly 7 working days until we close down for summer/Christmas break and I am very nearly counting the seconds.
A feel good thing first up - I've listed to a lot of podcasts in 2020 and many I'm sure will be the subject of future posts, but first cab off the rank has to be Something Rhymes With Purple, which is a show about language by a well known English lexicographer (Susie Dent) and a former UK politician (Gyles Brandreth), both of whom are TV personalities and have written numerous books between them.
I found this so interesting but also so so soothing! I was in hospital for a little while in late August and was hooked up to all sorts of things and couldn't really move much, and honestly the thought of watching anything on TV was more than I could bear, but I listened to hour after hour of this podcast and frequently drifted off to sleep to it. It was really comforting at a time when I was in quite a lot of pain and discomfort. I had a very long recovery afterwards, and I listened to the show nearly every day until I was through all the back catalogue and started again from the beginning lol.
Today really sapped my energy, seemingly endless meetings at work and another hot one, and frankly all I feel like doing right now is sleeping and online shopping - I've just come back from two weeks of leave and I'm basically unable to get back into work mode, especially when the Christmas hols are THISCLOSE!
A feel good thing first up - I've listed to a lot of podcasts in 2020 and many I'm sure will be the subject of future posts, but first cab off the rank has to be Something Rhymes With Purple, which is a show about language by a well known English lexicographer (Susie Dent) and a former UK politician (Gyles Brandreth), both of whom are TV personalities and have written numerous books between them.
I found this so interesting but also so so soothing! I was in hospital for a little while in late August and was hooked up to all sorts of things and couldn't really move much, and honestly the thought of watching anything on TV was more than I could bear, but I listened to hour after hour of this podcast and frequently drifted off to sleep to it. It was really comforting at a time when I was in quite a lot of pain and discomfort. I had a very long recovery afterwards, and I listened to the show nearly every day until I was through all the back catalogue and started again from the beginning lol.
Today really sapped my energy, seemingly endless meetings at work and another hot one, and frankly all I feel like doing right now is sleeping and online shopping - I've just come back from two weeks of leave and I'm basically unable to get back into work mode, especially when the Christmas hols are THISCLOSE!
