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Last night I fell asleep trying to catch-up on the Apple keynote. I woke very refreshed today. It’s either that or all the parsnips I ate. I did watch the rest of the keynote. I thought the behind the scenes video was interesting.

I ran the stand-up today: it is my first go. Basically, I called out people’s names and they said technical things (only some of which I understood). But it lead to a discussion on some of the issues raised yesterday so I am happy that was a first experience. I don’t think Scrum Managers or Delivery Managers have anything to fear from my capabilities in that space.

A few month’s ago I got a pair of glasses specifically made for when I am working at my desk. I find my regular pair are not a sharp with the distances I have the screens at home (although they are fine for the screen in the office which are a bit closer). The trouble is, I haven’t been wearing them because I have to remember to swap my glasses when I sit down and when I get up and move away from the screens (I need my regular glasses for normal day-to-day). Today I have decided to force myself to wear them and I already noticed how much better everything on the screen felt. I am hoping that I will remember to do this each day. It’s just another habit I have to form.

The night’s are definitely drawing it. It’s dark. I made it out to my Tai Chi class. A group of students finished the short form this week and so did the demonstration. They were all great. I never did the demo because I finished in the early stages of COVID lockdowns and it was another year before we made it back into a class and, by then, nobody else who started with me was still around. 

When I was home I saw my first Christmas TV ad. It was for M&S. Too early? I am certainly not thinking about that stuff yet. I recognised Hannah Waddingham, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Tan France. I believe there were others.

There were lots of weather warnings about travelling tomorrow because of the approaching storm. We’re due to head to The Island tomorrow. We’ll wait and see.