{"id":367,"date":"2020-04-09T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=367"},"modified":"2020-04-09T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:21:21","slug":"9th-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/04\/9th-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9th April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Feeling:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tired out<\/li><li><strong>Listening to:<\/strong>&nbsp;African Skies (Paul Simon)<\/li><li><strong>Watching<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b0bbn5pt\">Mark Kermode&#8217;s Secrets of Cinema<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bit of an odd day. I&#8217;d meant to get up early again, but could not manage to wake up when my alarm went off and ended up getting up closer to 8am than 6 as I&#8217;d intended. I woke with a headache and a complete lack of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to the supermarket in the morning, and despite a long queue outside the shelves inside were better stocked, and with more choice, than the last time I went just over a week ago. Sainsbury&#8217;s had definitely tightened their protocols to ensure people kept a good distance apart but although it was still an odd experience it wasn&#8217;t as stressful as when I went last time. I even managed to get some linguine which I hope will make a suitable substitute for spaghetti in Freya&#8217;s requested birthday meal of spaghetti bolognese on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I got back from the supermarket, despite a restorative hot cross bun, I still felt completely shattered. I took my temperature just in case but it was normal, and then slept on the sofa for an hour before lunch. That definitely helped me recover a bit and I managed to work through the afternoon, but I wasn&#8217;t really my usual self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C from choir dropped round some games and gifts this afternoon which was so nice &amp; thoughtful &#8211; can&#8217;t wait to try the fig jam and D &amp; the kids have already been having fun doing some &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books\/about\/Querkles_Icons.html?id=O68mrgEACAAJ&amp;source=kp_book_description&amp;redir_esc=y\">querkles<\/a>&#8221; and playing giant Jenga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_4293-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Querkles <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was working my mum had messaged D about a poem about libraries written by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_McMillan_(poet)\">Ian Macmillan<\/a> (who went to Wath Grammar school at the time Mum taught there). This inspired the kids to write their own poems about libraries &#8211; and record themselves reading them to share with Mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D cooked cauliflower cheese &amp; sausages for tea (my favourite comfort meal) and after tea B and D watched &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_British_Menu\">The Great British Menu<\/a>&#8221; while F showed me a computer game she&#8217;s been playing called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolmathgames.com\/0-tower-of-destiny\">Tower of destiny<\/a>&#8221; and even let me play a little \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was playing around with some more looping this evening, but not at all happy with the results &#8211; I think I might need to look at a different song. 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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=\"2020-04-09T06:57:07+00:00\">Apr 8, 2020 at 11:57pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The day has ended with some TV and chocolate, slouched on the sofa with D. 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