Martin W Smith

It was my turn to get up with the youngest this morning while Hailey had a lie in. We’re both really lucky because our kids aren’t early risers, so most people would consider my wake up time of 9.30 a lie in too. I was actually up before Lucie, probably because of the clocks going forward.

I made Lucie breakfast and we played a few games of Barbie UNO that she got for her birthday. Then while she was watching on her ipad I did some more courses on Datacamp.

In the afternoon, I went to our local shop to get a few bits we needed and managed to get some loo roll finally. We were starting to run out. Hailey and my eldest Nat went for a jog. They are doing Couch to 10k too, but are about 6 weeks ahead of me. They’re out for about an hour. While they were out I did some exercise in the house. I’ve been doing push ups, using an app that supposed to build you up to doing 100. Today I did 64, not in one go, but in sets of between 14 and 16. I mixed in some speed rope skipping and kettle bells.

In the evening we watched the new version of Lady and the Tramp on Disney+. I didn’t enjoy it at all, but my wife and girls did. I can’t say I like the original that much. This one was much the same, but somehow they managed to add nearly 40 minutes to the runtime. Way too long for a kids film at nearly 2 hours.

Once the kids went to bed Hailey and I continued to binge watch Friday Night Dinner, it’s nice to actually watch something together for a change.

Summary of Week 1

One week in lockdown and we’re all still alive and well. It hasn’t been too bad to be fair. The kids have done well to keep up with their school work and Hailey has done well to keep the kids on schedule.

I worked from home fairly regularly before all this so it hasn’t been too much of an issue for me. I have a desk setup in a spare bedroom where I do my work. It can be quite challenging at times to communicate with colleagues when you can’t see them face to face. It’s something we’re just going to have to get used to.

I’ve done some form of exercise everyday this week and plan to do the same next week. Apart from on Friday, I’ve managed to stick to my diet pretty well. I’m aiming to lose 2 lbs this week.

Plan for Week 2

My plan for next week is mostly more of the same, work, exercise, online Python/Data Science training and reading. I still haven’t finished the book I’ve been reading, but I’ve only got about 40 pages left. I want to have that book finished on Monday and start something new. I think I need to do something a bit creative next week as well. I might try and take some photos or maybe have a go at drawing again or something.

Stay tedious, stay safe.