Life is too short to drink bad wine.

I've been neglecting this diary for a while, time to get back on that bike. It's actually been a pretty good couple of months. I've resolved stress over separating out my tax from my husband's. We shall see how that affects my next paycheque, hopefully, it won't be too awful. On a positive we are getting back into the garden, our potatoes and onions are in the ground and the soil for the cabbages is ready bar compacting it. I still need to properly lay the stones on that part of the bed, they aren't the straightest right now but if that doesn't happen it's not going to prevent the plants from going in the ground. Our seed order from a Dutch Company was severely delayed because of the time that's in it but it finally arrived, we had made the best of the seeds we still had from last year and bought a couple of things that just had to go in the soil. Those will go in the freezer but despite being a little delayed with sowing we should be alright. I need to pick up another heat matt for the polytunnel, should have done that in January but didn't, 20/20. This week we have another bag of topsoil arriving to put on the left-hand bed as it needs to be topped up. We'll chuck a few more bags of compost on top of that and it will be ready for planting.

Individually we are doing ok, Kate has been up and down, I think that the routine of being back in school is going to be good for the next couple of months and she's thinking of getting a Summer Job which I'm encouraging. Ursula is feeling her age but still very active. I'm good though much too sedentary just can't persuade myself that walking is a good idea. I have stopped snacking so much in the evening so that's good.

My SCA Household has been a lifesaver, the human contact has stopped me from turning into a shut-in because as it turns out I'm completely ok with not seeing new faces for months on end. It will be interesting how things will go after vaccines are rolled out appropriately I have to admit to anxiety over having to go into work even on a very limited basis. I'm trying to persuade myself that it will be nice to get back into town a few times each month. Let's hope my boss doesn't press for more than that, she does seem to be open to me hot desking in the fishbowl.

Trinity College has elected a new Provost, the first female one ever, there was a strong field of three women and Prof Linda Doyle who has a background in both STEM and the Arts prevailed. I have high hopes that she will at least make a good attempt at sweeping the centuries old dust out of the corners.

I work in a very strange office more of a study space really than an office as it's mainly dedicated to people working on their Dissertations and various research. The point is that it's vewy vewy quiet, unfortunately the acoustics are such that you can hear a pin drop from one end of the large office to the other. I just acquired a set of headphones with a microphone attachment, so I can not only listen to music (Genesis at this precise moment) I should also be able to make and take skype calls. I also got an external drive in the deliver with the headphones so regular backups are now occurring which will do wonders for my peace of mind :-)