This week has been wild.
First, Littlest’s school was closed because they had a child with a positive test. Then it was open because the child hadn’t been in touch with anyone outside their bubble. Then it was closed because despite that they had a very high viral load.
You may mentally insert your favourite gif of an octopus flailing wildly here.
Next week though…she’ll be back at school from Monday. Talking Child will be going back on Thursday. Apparently they aren’t going to do very much the first week—children are going to have home covid tests twice a week, so they’ll show them how to do that. And presumably implement some sort of catch-and-tame program for the people who’ve gone feral during school closure and need to settle into a routine again.
Let us take a moment to pause and silently applaud all UK educators and send them our silent support. Or vocal support if you know any personally.
Here at Lester Towers this week though…spring is happening. We’ve got snowdrops and daffodils coming up well now; and the ridiculous pigeons are actually making a nest in the bush outside our bedroom window. If they carry on with it I’ll have a prime view of the whole process. They are ridiculously stupid creatures and their nest is more like a pancake of sticks they’ve just shoved in there than anything meant to nurture the next generation of pigeon-kind.
I’ve cracked on with quite a bit of admin type work…I’ve got the two audio books I’ve reclaimed from Audible up with Findaway, listed them on my Author Direct page and they are in the process of rolling out wide, as per my previous post. I’ve done a new cover for Inheritance of Shadows and started the update process for that and sorted out a new version of the paperback. I’ve done some pretty marketing images for both Inheritance and Eight Acts. I did the final proof of Eight Acts and sent out the ARCs.
So that’s quite a bit, really, despite feeling like I’ve spent waaaaay too much time in my pyjamas.