Some weeks fly by and leave you feeling that nothing has been done. Unfortunately, this is one of those weeks. While I'm sure that if I looked back through my calendar and plotted the meetings I've had and the places I've been, I would feel like the days had been packed, without doing that, I'm left with the thought that nothing much happened.
Work-wise, that's not true: I spent two days this week in extensive workshops on a couple of projects. The travel involved (both were early starts up in Peterborough, a two-and-a-half-hour journey from home) also knocked out a lot of my spare time. Even if you're getting home on time and the travelling is easy (it is), it's wearing. Even quiet reading becomes a chore if you're mentally exhausted.
June and July always feel like the sluggish months of the year for me, when the heat of the day saps my energy. Unfortunately, my Indian DNA doesn't give me the gift of coping well in hot weather: instead, my father's midlands genes kick in, and I feel like I'm wading through treacle. And apart from the absolute soaking I got cycling down to the station on Thursday morning, the warm weather doesn't offer much relief.
Writing has been minimal, reading also, but we finished watching Danny Boyle's Pistol. Unfortunately, the last couple of episodes lost their way a bit. Having focused on humour and fun in the first few, it was hard to turn it around when things got darker later. The murder of Nancy by Sid and Sid's subsequent death just don't lend themselves to lightness. Looking at the series as a whole, the episode which focuses on the back story to the song "Bodies" is the pivot: things got a bit scary for the Pistols, and the series reflects that. All that said, the performances are great: no one looks like their character physically, but absolutely nails the characteristics.
