Roadside Picnic

 shirley is going to chase alex about my senior role. pray for me.

i have had two power cuts today, so was offline for a solid hour and a half. very annoying but also quite nice to have an excuse to sit out in the sunshine in the back garden and relax. chris was so sweet, he was out and i rang him to say about it and he came home in case i wanted a coffee because he had some in the thermos. as he came through the door the power came back on - but only for five minutes!
my funeral dress arrived - it's a little big in the shoulders but i think i ought to be able to pin it to my bra straps so it stays in place. its very cute. but also covered enough that i feel modest in it, so eminently suitable. 

took moose to the country park when i finished work, and wandered around the woods. tried to take a self timer selfie of the three of us, and it only sort of worked because the light was behind us so the exposure level is a bit off. oh well. it was a lovely walk, and i enjoyed being out and about in nature. i didn't want to leave the house until i got there, but it was so nice to be out and a firm reminder that i need to push myself to do things i don't want to do more often. my watch says i've walked four miles but only done 7.5k steps -  chris' watch is newer than mine and says he has done more steps than me. grr. 

came home and made a weird hodge podge dinner - mexican pulled pork with sour cream, salad and corn on the cob. was very tasty. chris is watching the football now, and i am catching up on my journalling with an expensive hydrating sheetmask on. its making me laugh that my phone still recognises my face even when i look like michael myers. might stick my headphones on and listen to some audiobook and do some sewing... 

last day of triple pay. the eight hour shift was a bit of a slog. 
did five and a half hours, then logged off to spend some time outside. took moose for a walk,  and it was windy but he was largely well behaved and it was nice chris came with me. got lots of steps in, but not quite enough, so walked up to the garage to post a parcel and get some snacks. i wanted popcorn so we could have some whilst watching gone girl, but it was not to be.
came back, logged back on and slogged through the last 2.5 hours which were possibly the longest of my life. i watched a lot of kodekai videos whilst working, and some of kingdom of ash. kodekai made gochujang butter steak and cabbage and i swear it looked SO GOOD. 
i made chris chicken thighs for dinner and i had pasta. hardly steak. but it filled me up and was cheap. 
watched some of TLC's unexpected, then i remembered we were supposed to watch a movie so put gone girl on. i was struggling to stay awake but it was as good as i remember it being and chris really enjoyed it. i think i might be on to something here.