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After another fortnight I think I've finally finished my epilogue, on the note of Hertha trying to make the best of things:
(Except that, looking back at my former post, I now remember that I *still* haven't sorted out the Beauvais travel issue; my feeling is that Hertha's obstetrics appointments at least ought to take place by train...)
( Potential title change )
It occurs to me that this means I now have *two* novel-length manuscripts to type up and edit, and no writing to procrastinate the process with :-p
I suppose I now have the option to switch to cycle-based exercise in place of deliberately walking places so that I can oblige myself to write en route, but I'm very worried about my bicycle; I've had three rounds of repairs since December, and yet the last time I used it the gears were going wrong yet again. I did a lot of fiddling with the adjustment and managed to get it into a position where the middle gear could successfully be selected, but it started making disturbing noises after that, and I wonder if all I actually managed to do was to pull the wheel sideways in the forks. Unfortunately it's very hard to be certain what you are hearing when you are surrounded by heavy traffic and/or have an icy head-wind blowing past your ears...
I was horrified to discover by chance that the Royal Mail is telling people current 1st and 2nd-class stamps are going to be made obsolete in favour of 'bar-coding'; on further investigation, it's not as bad as my original impression. Stamp booklets are not going to be phased out altogether in favour of smartphone app/JavaScript-driven print-it-out-yourself labels -- they are simply bringing in a new stamp design for sale and invalidating further use of the old ones as of next year. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/02/anyone-with-stacks-of-stamps-at-home-has-less-than-one-year-to-u/
Although I'm a bit worried about the idea of the two elements being "connected using the Royal Mail app" -- presumably that doesn't mean you need to run compulsory software to be able to post a letter?( Read more... )
Sun was still streaming into the room. I smiled brightly at Raoul and dropped a kiss on top of the baby's head, tired and sore and bracing myself for the future. "We'll manage, I'm sure."
(Except that, looking back at my former post, I now remember that I *still* haven't sorted out the Beauvais travel issue; my feeling is that Hertha's obstetrics appointments at least ought to take place by train...)
( Potential title change )
It occurs to me that this means I now have *two* novel-length manuscripts to type up and edit, and no writing to procrastinate the process with :-p
I suppose I now have the option to switch to cycle-based exercise in place of deliberately walking places so that I can oblige myself to write en route, but I'm very worried about my bicycle; I've had three rounds of repairs since December, and yet the last time I used it the gears were going wrong yet again. I did a lot of fiddling with the adjustment and managed to get it into a position where the middle gear could successfully be selected, but it started making disturbing noises after that, and I wonder if all I actually managed to do was to pull the wheel sideways in the forks. Unfortunately it's very hard to be certain what you are hearing when you are surrounded by heavy traffic and/or have an icy head-wind blowing past your ears...
I was horrified to discover by chance that the Royal Mail is telling people current 1st and 2nd-class stamps are going to be made obsolete in favour of 'bar-coding'; on further investigation, it's not as bad as my original impression. Stamp booklets are not going to be phased out altogether in favour of smartphone app/JavaScript-driven print-it-out-yourself labels -- they are simply bringing in a new stamp design for sale and invalidating further use of the old ones as of next year. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/02/anyone-with-stacks-of-stamps-at-home-has-less-than-one-year-to-u/
Although I'm a bit worried about the idea of the two elements being "connected using the Royal Mail app" -- presumably that doesn't mean you need to run compulsory software to be able to post a letter?( Read more... )
