End of Term 2025

It feels like very bad form to post an entry saying “I went to the ER but every thing is fine”…and then not post for over two weeks. It was not intentional, I assure you. I had an entry all plotted out in my head last week, about my first crown, giving the dentist tips on which chocolate couverture to use in her baking before she performed some impressive violence on my back teeth and jaw…and I remembered on Saturday that I never actually wrote it. Which seems to sum up December so far: vague plans that are abandoned almost as soon as they’re formed.

But, family is all here, Maeryn spending all weekend in a constant burst of excitement over Christmas and having GRANDDAD¹ in the house. Also, her new bed, which should last her for a fair few years and stops me from saying “yes, she sleeps on a mattress on the floor…wait, I’m being told I have to refer to it as a Montessori Floor Bed”. Christmas dessert (and other savoury things, I guess) planning and making begins soon…

There will be more posting before the end of the year. I have the 2025 book list to post (this year featuring a script ported from Ruby to Python using Claude Code), and maybe a little tech thing, if it pans out. But otherwise, Happy Christmas!