{"id":771,"date":"2020-07-08T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=771"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:25:19","slug":"8th-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/07\/8th-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"8th July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Feeling:<\/strong>\u00a0Tired<\/li><li><strong>Listening to:<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing today<\/li><li><strong>Watching<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b04jmx7l\">Marvellous<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>D was up first ready for the Sainsbury delivery, while I slept until about 8. When I got downstairs F was very upset because she felt that D had just been telling her to do stuff since she woke up. To be fair to D had only asked her to do basic things like &#8220;put your socks on&#8221; and &#8220;eat your breakfast&#8221; and I think the main issue was that F wanted to read her book rather than get up and go to school. Happily after storming off in tears F came back and apologised to D (and me) which I was really impressed by &#8211; F finds it hard to admit she&#8217;s behaved badly or unreasonably and for her to do it this morning felt like a real step forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dropped F at school, picked up some purchases from Screwfix, had breakfast before I eventually got to my desk &#8211; but after that it was pretty much work all the way through the day with few breaks &#8211; and I&#8217;m still thinking about work now &#8211; it&#8217;s been one of those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got a delivery today of a plant &#8211; a present from my Mum in memory of Dad. It is a Caryopteris Clandonensis (common name = Bluebeard) Sterling Silver.<\/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\/07\/IMG_6098-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-772\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6098-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s currently getting a good soaking in this rain which just keeps falling. It should bloom in August and I hope it will work well in a container on the decking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After B had finished his school work (just before lunch) he decided to bake some &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.primrose-bakery.co.uk\/shop\/afghan\">afghan cookies<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; a Primrose Bakery recipe which is a chocolate cookies with cornflakes in them &#8211; the results were pretty good.<\/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\/07\/IMG_8147-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-773\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_8147-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I had choir this evening, and then D and I watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b04jmx7l\">Marvellous<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Baldwin_(Keele_University)\">Neil Baldwin<\/a> &#8211; really uplifting and great performances from Toby Young (who plays Neil) and Gemma Jones (as his mother).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe, stay strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling:\u00a0Tired Listening to:\u00a0Nothing today Watching: Marvellous D was up first ready for the Sainsbury delivery, while I slept until about 8. 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