Weeknotes #40: back, back, back

Week commencing Monday, 23 October 2023

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This week: Stand 7/7; Exercise 3/7 and Move 6/7. (76%, Good). Morning walks: 1/4 (days in the office don’t count). Office days 1/5. Total steps: 57,976

This week, back 4 times: back home (I’m noticing the cold); back dieting (gotta lose those holiday kgs); back gyming (not convinced about the refurbishment) and back at work.
Related, back at work after a holiday has advantages when you work form home. It’s not as jarring. My ex-colleague, Duncan, has written about recent headlines encouraging people ‘back to the office’. I agree with everything written.
Unexpectedly attended the office halloween party. I didn’t have a costume. Ravi found a green wig for me. Obviously, I didn’t win for best costume. Apparently, the punch was excellent (which I interpreted as ‘strong’) but I didn’t even notice there was a punch bowl.
There’s an impressive witch above the bar at The White Swan. On Thursday, we watched from round the side of the pub, as a crew were putting up the Carnaby Street Christmas lights.
The answer to the question posed in Weeknotes #33 is that, yes, they do.
I got a flu jab but it cost me. No side-effects to report, which is good, as we went for a lovely lunch with family in Woking.
Related, Centre Court Shopping Centre in Wimbledon is morphing into Wimbledon Quarter as the boards hiding the redevelopment come down and they open the roof.
Sunday, I did some cleaning and it really boosted my mood. And then I cheered up even more by going to see people sing Cher songs.

The Ty Benitll show on Apple Music: Celebrating Thomas Rhett’s 20 number ones. Really interesting and makes me want to discover more of his music.
Festive Fizzy Pop is back for 2023 so I have started an Apple Music playlist to capture the ones I want to remember.