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It has been, and is gonna be, non-stop ringing- and dancing-related stuff this week, with some breaks for running-related stuff and the intersections between all of the above.(1) So apologies if I completely fail to properly look at your entries this week.

(1) E.g., a marathon participant from Greater Manchester heard us ringing this morning while he was on his way to pick up his bib, and wound up delaying that errand by an hour so he could ring with us.

Wow, I have been really bad about posting recently. Partly because a lot of stuff has been going on; partly because I keep wanting to write something eloquent and in-depth about various topics. Sp instead, you're getting the executive summary, so that I actually get this onto pixels...

- Work's been busy. I feel like it shouldn't be kicking my ass this much - despite last week, where I screwed up in various different directions, and Monday, where all of that came home to roost, in some cases for the second time, this job is objectively better than my last full time job, and takes up less of my day. Somehow, it still manages to leave me with less energy or spare time.

- Naturally, after disappearing for most of a year when I was usually underemployed and broke, my client from Germany reappeared. So I've been copy-editing his latest website, snatching an hour of this evening, an hour and a half of that Saturday: slow going, and not many hours, but it means I have like no down time, at least after you factor in all the parenting and fun stuff, e.g.:

- Ringing; which has been good, despite having to spend two successive practices doing emergency repairs on a rope. (It held, though! After my third time to try to get it spliced!)

- I've been dealing with some health stuff, where by health stuff I mean springtime allergies plus suddenly developing acid reflux. Badly enough (the first time) that I took myself to the hospital to make sure I wasn't having the world's weirdest heart attack. (Hint: No.) And the heartburn's better now, although "better" in this case means "less bad" rather than "cured". This is probably gonna be permanent, or at least really long-term. I'm keeping baking soda everywhere I go, and I'm working on weaning myself off coffee, since that's the only really clear trigger.

- G's schedule means I've been seeing a lot more of Peter than I usually have been (but see below): she's been taking some sort of class in Lexington, so I've been giving him dinner and entertainment every Sunday that I'm actually in town (see below), plus having him stay for a couple extra weekends when G. is in Seattle/northern New Hampshire/wheretheheckeverIcan'tkeeptrack.

- Practically every OTHER weekend for the last month, and for about a month after this, I've been out of town, or had some similar commitment that ate the weekend. Last weekend, was up in Maine to see Squig. and partner. Partner was off at a friend's birthday LAN party for a chunk of the time. Squig and I went on adventures, which mostly turned out to involve osprey/castle hunting (on the Maine coast as a sort of late birthday present to her.

(These factors combined mean that trying to do any extra socializing/house-type projects, or even cook anything elaborate, has been HAHAHA NO.)

- And the big announcement: G. and Peter are moving to Montreal. EXACTLY what this is gonna mean for the whole seeing Peter business is unclear. I have a lot of feels about it, but I'm going to save that for a separate post.