Monday 08 March
I had every intention of waking this morning and going on a run. Nobody thought I would do it, they thought I would capitulate and give in to the warm bed sheets and the meagre satisfaction of ten more minutes cocooned in the duvet before having to get up and get ready.
Well.
They were right. No matter how many times I told myself before bed last night that it would be good for my energy levels ahead of what was a big day. Or reminded myself how good I felt on Saturday morning after I did that reasonably short circuit. I gave in, but it probably wasn’t a bad thing. I will try again tomorrow, meaning I could do Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday each week. I must do something though, these weeks and months of relative inactivity have not been kind to my fifty year old waistline.
But it went really well today. It was such an anticipated start to the week with all schools nationwide opening up to all pupils. It also marks the start of of our journey out of lockdown, the last lockdown we are going to have.
Most of our kids came to school, they engaged and were smiling (on the whole). And they did their rapid-result Covid-19 tests and helped us keep the school as safe a place as possible.
The other big news of today is what is taking all of the headlines, not just here but in the US also. Meghan and Harry are telling the world how bad the royal family are/were to them before they left. What a surprise! I am a self-confessed republican so I do take some pleasure from seeing those that were once on the inside, be so critical and finger-pointing once they have defected. But, I find the whole thing pretty sleazy and cheap.
And all of this, because a single family of rediculous privilege, power and wealth, continues to be hailed as the keeper of stability in an unstable democratic system. Bollocks. The sooner this system is replaced by fully elected representatives the better. And this latest sham of events will only help it on its way – out.
The Bald Birder 