This week I have been having great difficulty convincing my brain to stop being in full-on mode after two madly busy weeks with work. While this has been good in some ways, as Monday and Tuesday were very productive – mopping up a lot of things lurking on my to-do list, for example – its also had its downsides.
Tuesday was a case in point. When – as I expected – my alarm went off, I hopped out of bed, into the shower and was dressed before looking at a clock and discovering that it was only 5am rather than 6, and it was too early to go to work as we can’t get into our building till much later. At 6am my alarm actually went off, waking Thing 3 – as I found out when I was puzzling over it in the evening to my beloved. It turns out I’d dreamed my alarm, whispered at Alexa to shut up despite not actually being on, and got up.
It wasn’t until I got into pyjamas in the evening that I discovered I’d been wearing my bra inside out all day. The week did not improve.
Luckily, I had booked Thursday and Friday off as an ersatz weekend, as Saturday and Sunday (today!) are full of Christmas markets. Epping was yesterday: cold and sunny but not windy, which meant lots of people about and that the lack of sides on my gazebo wasn’t too noticeable. Thing 2 spent a couple of hours with me before heading off to meet the boyfriend – she was very useful when setting up! The tiny Christmas mice and mince pies were the best sellers, and it was nice to see familiar faces from previous years. I’ve done this event most years since 2009, when two friends and I shared our first stall. Today I am off to a school in north west London lugging an enormous suitcase of stuff – another repeat visit, which I am looking forward to.
And so I must go and get ready for the day! Short but sweet once again – at some point normal service will resume. I hope.
Other things making me happy this week
- Coffee and a debrief with Amanda on Monday
- Showing Paul Talling of Derelict London round our future site on Tuesday
- A new haircut – I don’t think I like the grey coming through. I’m still not ready.
- Seeing all the amazing illustrations coming in from schools after National Illustration Day
- Christmas lights in the city
Let’s see if this week is any better…
Kirsty x
What I’ve been reading
Walk the Lines – Mark Mason
Crazy Salad/Scribble Scribble – Nora Ephron (Audible)
The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction – Robert Goddard
Diary of a Nobody – George & Weedon Grossmith
Mrs Pooter’s Diary – Keith Waterhouse
London Overground – Iain Sinclair
What Kirsty did next 