This is Omar’s blog

More dad stuff.

From the b3ta newsletter this week was their QOTW (frequently funny/amazing). This week it was family codes/rituals - it starts with you cut I choose, which we used to do.

I was reminded today when I was watching tv today what dad did. Whenever there’s a clock on the screen, when that clock had disappeared he would always, always say “what was the time on the clock?”. So now whenever there’s a clock on the screen I subconsciously remember the time, you know, just in case!

I sincerely believe that, if I had to choose a single t.v. clip to watch until I was dead, it would most likely be this one. It gets me everytime. Every. Single. Time.

Big Office (US) fans in this household.

(I’m aware that you might not think so, but then it is very much about context.)

Things I mean to write about

• My new classroom layout
• Courses, ideas and the lesson I observed on Wednesday

Things I still haven’t, but mean to

• Parent’s evening
• OFSTED

It’s Friday and I’m tidying, I am truly my father’s son. Ha!

They have three challenges at the gym. Easy, moderate and hard. Tonight for circuits we did all three…

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We did it for an hour but I choose to finish.

The hard bits were - the 50 shoulder presses, in the end I was doing them singularly, the second seated row (this close to being sick) and the final run.
The easy(er) bits - the 50 press ups weren’t too bad, the rowing was tolerable, the sit ups were good.

Edit: Also, the person who normally does circuits at GL1 is leaving next week - bigger and better things. Which is a bit disappointing, as in some regards it’s the highlight of my week, as that class is the reason that I’m cancelled my gym membership at Riverside. Always the way, I just get bored of going to the gym. Whereas I’m still not bored of circuits, I just liked that it was more focused on Sundays and not just random exercises you went round.

As is the way with these things, I’ve just started talking to people. Pah.

I am undecided how I feel today. If I had to answer, I’d whisper “both”.

There was a bit in the story (it’s not high-literature by any means but I could read them forever, I like the characters and I’ve got a soft spot for magic. It’s the fact that it has elements of real life in but also a bit of the arcane.) where they were discussing that to keep your skill in something you need to keep practicing the basics. The things that you take for granted, in whatever you do. That it is important to do so. It grounds you, reminds you where you started from and benefits the high level skills you’re now capable of. For me it’s my writing. I mean I can use a full stop and capital letters, but it doesn’t hurt to think about using conjunctions or punctuation every now and again.

(I kind of know I don’t write so good, my problem is that I tend to lose interest in what I’m writing about. I don’t like getting bogged down in too much detail. Short, brief, that’s me.)

I’m not that social, I never have been. I’ve always tended to get on with most people, I’m easy going and have a high tolerance of ‘annoying’ people, a low threshold for forgiveness and a high threshold for getting angry. It’s just I get on really well with a relatively small number of people. I think that I’m just not someone who has lots of friends, I mean I do. For example I’m in touch with a very small group of people mostly and rarely go out in groups. Which has it’s benefits and it’s not-benefits.

Facebook puts me in the position of suddenly being in touch with lots of people I know and it’s the complete opposite of my everyday life. It makes me uncomfortable I think. I’m fine with having a small group of friends, I’m jealous of people who have bigger groups of friends. Opposite, but it just depends on how I’m feeling.

Things I keep meaning to write about.

• My merino from Howies - worth every penny
• OFSTED - ‘light touch’, it’s not
• Parent’s evening - Not so bad, some issues
• Facebook - love/hate

Quick install. Seems to just work. Well.