#259 - TEA?!?!?!

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Macritchie the last day I was there

It has been probably about a week since I have had any black tea. I have had more coffee than black tea since I've returned. I've probably had less than five cups of black tea. Well. last night, while doing school prep I decided to have not one but TWO cups of tea and I didn't sleep for most of the night. I stayed awake till around 12 dozing and drifting and then I slept a teeny weeny bit... it was stupid. Really really stupid. But tea has never had an effect like that on me.

The weight loss continues. Day by day. Bit by bit. It feels great. By the end of the month I will almost be there. It has taken a lot less time than thought it would. At this rate, IF I continue this healthy routine I'll be there by January I'd say and if I keep going I'll be totally fit by the time June comes round. Which was my goal. When I run in the mornings, I run through the Greenway and it has the last of birdsong in the air. The rabbits hop about sweetly and a cyclist zips by now and then. I attack the hill. My lungs fill with possibility. Everything is new, the day is a beach swept clean, I am the first to walk on it.

Many things buzz in my head.

I got all my devices charged last night which is what I will do every night. I will charge everything. I need only three charge points. I also broke out the Logitech keyboard which was bought by someone years ago and was never used. So I have taken it and it will revolutionise my life. It is so cool. It still feels like living in the future when I break it out even if it is totally old hat.

Teaching in the school with chalk and paper now feels so old times. But I also know it is important for children to be without tech for a short time. I recently had a digital detox at our house in Donegal and while it was discomforting, it was also such a relief. Like drinking a glass of water. OK, time to do some REAL writing.

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