birthday part 3
Beth made me a salted caramel birthday cake. :)
tags: life
permalink | posted by nathan on Sunday, the 4th of July, 2021, when he should have been getting ready for bed
birthday part 2
So for once I actually organised something for my birthday! Well, I say organised. I'll be honest, Tom hosted and Archie brought the food, so I did very little of the organisation. Still, it was a fun day. We sat in Tom's garden (under a shakily put up marquee) and chatted and played some games. Alex brought his "new" girlfriend - it's been a long time since I've seen him but I'm glad he's still coming to stuff. We inevitably ended up watching the England vs. Ukraine Euro 2020 match (running commentary of bad jokes, a podcast that should be named "Nerds watch Football").
Nice way to spend a birthday. It's nice when people make an effort for you - maybe I should try and do more for other people :)
tags: life
permalink | posted by nathan on Sunday, the 4th of July, 2021, at some point in the morning
birthday
Well it's my birthday! I'm 26 today.
One thing I always think about on my birthday is how bad I am at remembering other people's. It's nice to be remembered, so perhaps I should make more of an effort to do it for other people.
As we're moving pretty soon most of my gifts from Beth were either edible or usable, or things that I'd want to keep after we move. Chocolates and bath bombs for the former, Vancouver/Canada books and bib shorts for the latter.
Also: it's very sad how uncreative I feel when I'm working. It's been a busy couple of weeks (one of my reports is going for promo, 2 people are leaving and 2 people are joining the team, my intern is starting, new quarter is starting with big new projects...), but it's been frustrating that I haven't felt like I wanted to write anything. It's very obvious compared to holiday. I guess everyone needs to relax, but still.
permalink | posted by nathan on Saturday, the 3th of July, 2021, at some point in the morning
end of our holiday
We're finally on the way home after a 2 week holiday. I'm pretty sad it's over! Especially now our plans have changed, and I've got to go back to work properly (and not have another two week break in a couple of weeks).
The holiday itself was really great. The first week we spent in the lakes was really what I needed: a beautiful, relaxing part of the country, with a lot to do. We went on walks, scrambled over ghylls, and ran some fells.
We also met up with my cousin that I haven't seen in years. It was really great to see her, and explore some things about our family that I never really considered before. We also espoused mutual adoration for Cobb Court.
We then went to York for a few days, including our 6 year anniversary. By the time we got to York we were both pretty ready to chill out and read our books in the sun, which is what we did for a lot of it. I did enjoy learning about the layered history of York though, from the Romans to Medieval York, through to the Victorians ruining everything.
On our anniversary we had an hour to buy each other gifts and cards for £25. Beth and I both agreed it was fun but stressful trying to find something good in budget and in time! We also went to Pairings, a wine bar that does charcuterie and matches it with wine. I'm not a huge wine lover but when someone else picks me a good wine to drink with good food, I'm all ears.
We spent the last couple of days in Harrogate, mainly to go to the Turkish Baths. Harrogate itself isn't the nicest town, but the Turkish Baths were great, and we had a couple of good meals (and a great round of mini-golf, even if I did lose).
On the way home, we stopped to visit my Ba. I hadn't seen her in quite a while (I'm a bad grandchild), but it was really nice to see her. I'm becoming a lot more interested in my family history and so hearing some of her stories and seeing some old photos of my Dad as a child was actually really nice.
And that was it! Sad to be home. Don't want to go back to work tomorrow, or sort out the house for moving. Oh well, life goes on!
permalink | posted by nathan on Sunday, the 20th of June, 2021, during the most productive hours of the day
covid jab #1
I got my first coronavirus vaccine today! It was extremely well organised and smooth. Not really surprising, but it's nice that something actually seems to be working. Not that it's difficult when it's obviously the right course of action.
To recover we barbequed and watched the new Pixar movie, Luca. It was good! I'll write a post about it tomorrow. My shoulder does ache a little bit still though! No other side effects though, which is nice.
tags: life
permalink | posted by nathan on Saturday, the 19th of June, 2021, when he should have been getting ready for bed