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1SE for April 2025

( May. 4th, 2025 01:34 pm)


I rather missed the boat on this one, apologies for its lateness. In my defence, we've mostly not been in the UK for the past two weeks.

April starts off quite domestic with lots of cat clips, and finishes in central Europe with lots of adventure clips. We travelled from [home] to Vienna, Austria via nine different trains, one of which morphed into a German rail replacement bus services which turned out to be terribly civilised.
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1SE for March 2025

( Apr. 1st, 2025 09:32 am)


Contains the usual round of cats, kids, a little bit more work than usual because I spent a lot of time in the lab, and a quick trip to Cornwall.
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1SE for February 2025

( Mar. 2nd, 2025 07:38 pm)


A short but busy month, with trips to Wales and the USA. My face makes an appearance in there.
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The Friday Five on a Monday

( Jan. 13th, 2025 10:41 pm)
  1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?


    2. I’m probably supposed to say something about kids here, but if I’m being honest it would be the day Sputnik and Telstar arrived in our lives as tiny kittens. It was such a joyous afternoon (and also I wasn't in pain and exhausted).

  2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?


    3. Just a random day in the time when there were dinosaurs and giant insects. I'd want to be in a protective bubble though, so I'd be safe whilst wandering around gawping at stuff.

  3. f you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?


    4. I'd visit me while my maternal grandparents were alive and I lived with them, and tell me to write in my diary every day. I have strong individual memories of that period in my life but Older!Me wishes I had a more complete record.

  4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?


    5. Becoming a full professor. I’d be happy if it happened any time now, although obviously I have to have enough evidence to make it plausible and then write my promotion case. I won't be too happy if it takes more than five years, though.

  5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?


    6. As a child I'm likely to have buried a pretty shell or a shark's tooth that I found on the beach. As a young adult, probably a graduation photo. As a middle-aged adult, something both my kids wore, like the NASA astronaut costume I brought Humuhumu from the Smithsonian when she was about three.
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1SE for August 2024

( Aug. 31st, 2024 06:29 pm)


This 1SE starts off in California, then goes back home (and to work), has a jaunt to Wales for some surfing and paddle-boarding, and ends up back home again. Also, spot the new Birkenstocks!
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Milestone: To sandal or not to sandal

( Aug. 11th, 2024 08:59 pm)
Humuhumu now wears the same size shoes as I do.

Shoe theft has occurred. My Birkenstocks. Argh.

The bloke thinks she will be taller than I am, because she's only 11, and this will therefore only be a phase so eventually I'll get them back.

I face a burning question: do I go six months without Birkenstocks, and thus unable to wear the complete standard-issue academic scientist uniform, or do I purchase a new pair?

Poll #31720 To sandal or not to sandal
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 67

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Do I buy a new pair of Birkenstocks?

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Yes, you should buy them in a different style (that one with the toe loop you were hankering after).
44 (65.7%)

No, you should wait until they return to you because Humuhumu has outgrown them.
2 (3.0%)

I think you should go with what you prefer and can afford.
33 (49.3%)

I like ticking boxes.
27 (40.3%)

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1SE for July 2024

( Aug. 1st, 2024 04:53 am)


I don't entirely understand how this year is passing so quickly, but it's time for the monthly 1SE video again already. We're on holiday now until 10th August.
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1SE for June 2024

( Jul. 1st, 2024 09:42 pm)


Somehow I have failed to post since 10th June, despite having posts written after the last weekly roundup. Life has been a bit stressful lately for a number of reasons but it is getting a little better now. The summer holidays are less than a month away, for both the children and for us.
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1SE for April 2024

( May. 5th, 2024 08:39 pm)


April has the usual dose of cats and children, plus a glimpse of the new car (Bogdan the Duster) and a conference in Vienna.
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1SE for January 2024

( Feb. 4th, 2024 06:39 am)


I made this and then forgot to post it. Features a lot of canal walks and cats.
It's taken me more than an hour to catch up with four days of entries from you all, across DW and LJ. I'm definitely not complaining. I love spending time here reading. It certainly feels more rewarding than, say, trawling through FB trying to find actual updates from friends in between relentless adverts and algorithm-generated memes.
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