Saturday, 31st January, 2026

This sounds weird, but I never sit in our lounge. Of course I do sit in it but rarely do I sit, on my own, and just look around the room. I realise that it’s one of my favourite rooms. It’s quite small, has a sofa and three random arm chairs (two from granny’s on either side of the family) and one we found cheap somewhere. It has a bookcase with photo albums, my “technical” books and other books too big to go in the office, cookbooks, photography books, teacher books, and board games. Kids board games and ones we all play regularly. There’s a carved elephant side table that I got as a present when I was about 8. A big coffee table for playing board games on, currently has more board games and some sewing projects. There is a TV in here. And finally, about eight house plants, including some gigantic palm thing some friends gave us when they moved back to Canada. It’s so big it overhangs the sofa. All the plants are in here as the cats aren’t allowed in here - they always scratch the chairs - and they always want to dig in the soil in the pot.

It’s currently raining, everyone else is busy and I’m just sat here with a cup of tea looking out the window and enjoying the quiet.

I’m trying not to take my phone out my pocket but here we are. I should go and get my kindle but fear if I’m seen, then I’ll be required to do something.

It’s hard not to go on the internet and look up things. Like lipo/lifepo4 battery chargers - which is best, which can also do NiCd or random other chemistries. What connector does it have, does it do balanced. Could I replace all the other chargers I have with it. Right now each battery I have has its own charger and I fear using another with it. Then I find a good one but it’s USA specific, so time to start again.

Maybe if I had a remarkable or similar, I could sit here and read and write. (What would I be writing? I don’t know…)

Should I sell that HT I bought just to get a SOTA badge via a digital voice QSO. (And other radio gibberish).

I should buy a Mac; I should install Linux; I should use the computer less; I should sell it all; I should buy it all; I should delete it all. I should play Stardew Valley on the switch, I should play any of the Pokemon games I’ve bought in the last 10 years (and never played).

This lady makes nice art work.

Less is more. Less does so much more than I realised. Plus that one guy has been maintaining it for over 40 years.