{"id":334,"date":"2020-04-02T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T21:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=334"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:03:29","slug":"2nd-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/04\/2nd-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Feeling:<\/strong> OK<\/li><li><strong>Listening to:<\/strong> Nothing today<\/li><li><strong>Watching<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altered_Carbon_(TV_series)\">Altered Carbon<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving towards the end of another week, and I&#8217;ll be glad of the weekend. Today started with an exercise routine devised by F, although thankfully (for me) she isn&#8217;t as hard a task master as Joe Wicks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D has been helping B get on top of his school work, and plan his time more effectively. B&#8217;s cough has almost subsided although he still seems to have a bit of a cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F seemed to have a good day with only a few upsets and nothing that lasted too long. She also announced she had another request for her birthday &#8211; that I write a new book in the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/series\/thechroniclesofclaudette\/\">Chronicles of Claudette<\/a> series (a series of graphic novels which feature a young girl called Claudette who definitely reminds me of F). I feel this particular birthday wish maybe beyond me (although she did tell me that B could help me if I wanted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another shopping delivery meant we were fully stocked up (including bread flour) and I made another spelt loaf &#8211; although due to me forgetting to half the liquid along with the rest of the recipe the dough was quite a bit wetter than intended &#8211; but as George (of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haddieandtrilby.com\">Haddie and Trilby<\/a>) advises &#8220;the wetter the better&#8221; &#8211; and it all turned out fine in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-from-iOS-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Very satisfying to have made this &#8211; makes me feel like I&#8217;ve done something worthwhile today! 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/patel.damyanti\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Damyanti<\/a> (@patel.damyanti) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-03-31T16:49:19+00:00\">Mar 31, 2020 at 9:49am PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a successful chicken stir fry for tea and started reading &#8220;Wings&#8221; by Terry Pratchett to the kids this evening (the last in his <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nome_Trilogy\">&#8220;Nomes&#8221; 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Once again a bit of upset from F for some reason, but eventually she calmed down and enjoyed the first chapter (she&#8217;s enjoyed the others in the series so not really sure why she decided she didn&#8217;t want this one).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitch_Perfect\">Pitch Perfect<\/a> is now on TV, but having been late to bed several nights in a row I&#8217;m going to drag myself away and get some sleep instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe, stay strong, sleep well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling: OK Listening to: Nothing today Watching: Altered Carbon Moving towards the end of another week, and I&#8217;ll be glad of the weekend. Today started with an exercise routine devised by F, although thankfully (for me) she isn&#8217;t as hard a task master as Joe Wicks! 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