Andy Ferguson

Another 7.5 mile cycle, and a very busy day at work that has bled somewhat into the evening. It’s better than spending the evening dozing on the sofa though so I’ll take it. My observation from cycling the last two evenings is that it’s indistinguishable from my pre-lockdown commute. I went to some of the same places too, so I think it’s a fair comparison.

I cycled today in slightly colder weather (7.5 miles), and it was a fairly productive day at work. I have a new project to keep me busy, and it was very much a day of removing blockers. I’m now sat in the listening party for Source Tags & Codes which was delayed by 15 mins (and then eventually cancelled), but I get to hear some great songs twice so all is well.

It’s been a Monday today. The weather is colder and I don’t seem to have had enough hours in the day. I didn’t cycle, but I did walk this morning and have spent this evening hacking new update and installation scripts for Ubuntu and writing a blog post documenting it all. It’s good to scratch the itch on this side of my brain, but tomorrow I want to be back out in the fresh air.

Yesterday I won at Ticket to ride for the first time in ages. Also we won a pandemic game. At lunchtime I cycled, and found a beautiful bit of river bank to actually have some proper solitude for a few minutes. I really needed that. Today I’m testing the new Ubuntu LTS on all my old computers (this is going so much better than 2 years ago), and trying to teach myself the i3 window manager because once lockdown is over I want to not have to use Windows every day at home. I’m writing this from a 10 year old MacBook Air that has a dead battery but is otherwise fast and responsive.

Feeling quite anxious today as home and work bled into each other a fair bit. I grounded myself by cycling and then eating chick pea pie, and I’m now chilling with a glass of wine after almost certaibly coming last in a quiz. We now have a 3 day weekend where I hope to cycle tomorrow and then largely play board games and attend the BSP and IDLES listening parties.

The next couple of days are going to be sunny and then it will get colder again. I should take advantage of this although I fear tomorrow I’ll run out of time. I did cycle tonight, although not as far as usual.

Another 6 mile cycle tonight, and aubergines and pasta for dinner. We have far too much milk, soup and potatoes, but at least we won’t starve. I’m loving the vegan wine and may have to have another glass shortly.

Tonight I cycled to the pharmacy and ended up making a 6 mile detour on the way home because the weather was nice and I had energy. Now I have no energy but it’s worth it. Work was ok, and I feel like I’m getting somewhere. The wine arrived this afternoon which was a lot quicker than I expected. Virgin Wines have upped their customer service since lockdown started.

Today was a low energy day. I did make very tasty hot pot though.

Last night I ordered a box of vegan wine and participated in two excellent listening parties. Today I baked delicious bread, made yogurt, and cycled. I hope to cycle again tomorrow if the weather holds.