Happy Easter!
- In South Africa, we have four four-day weeks in April and May due to Easter, Freedom Day and Workers Day. This year, those four weeks follow one another which means two things:
- long weekends!
- work is squished into four days instead of five!
(instead of 20 days to do the work, we now have 16!)
- I already felt this pressure this week but reminded myself that my self-imposed to-do list (#upholder) doesn’t make sense in a 4-day week and some things would just have to wait for next week.
- We have started loadshedding again which is never a problem if they keep to the scheduled times as we can then prepare. But with all the rains and cold, it is just not the best time. I always think of people who don’t have enough clothes or blankets and my heart breaks. If you’re local, throw a blanket or two, an old coat or jacket, scarf, cap into your car and be on the lookout for people who need extra warm clothes as you drive around your city.
- Have you seen the footage of the KZN floods? Devastating to think about all those people who have lost their lives and houses.
- We also had Parents Evening this week which was madness. Queues of parents wanting to speak to each teacher. Eventually we decided who we definitely wanted to see, saw those teachers and left without seeing the rest.
- This week I finished Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould, Never tell a lie by Gail Schimmel, and God spare the girls by Kelsey McKinney. They were all solid 4* and higher books, but I think Never tell a lie will have the most universal appeal. What are you reading?
Hope you have a lovely week!
I love this round up of the week 🙂 First time I’m seeing that you blog weekly, how did I miss this? I am reading The Surrogate but just haven’t had much time to read it although I think it’s one of those you can sit and read in a few days. And then painstakingly listening to the book club book!!