Optical Allusion – 30th January 2025

What’s given a name is created
To make and to use in mind
What it means may not be stated
Yet meaning arose for us to find

And near the name now used
It can be twisted by all means
Remove the magic confused
Now sure, arose from its dreams

Shared with dVerse Tuesday Poetics

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Today I’m feeling:

Not too bad after another long sleep. Throat still sore and not quite at full brain capacity but at least I’m not feeling grim. I double dosed my anti inflammatory medicine this morning hoping that I can kill off whatever it is I have.

Health:

Physical: 7
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

Amy and the sun. Both combined to get our clothes washed and dried today after a build-up over the past ten days of either being too busy or too cloudy.

The best thing about today was:

Nothing that stands out in particular. Just another good day all round and a slight improvement of my sore throat by the time I got home from work.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

With two hours left after my last class before I could go home, I went to TLC to pick up the paperwork for my visa application and then spent a little while doing my grading files and then chatting with some students before finally being able to clock out and head home.

Something I learned today?

I learned the things that Amy told me yesterday again, as she forgot that she had drunkenly told me them already! Haha.

Baipad had this picture taken as I asked for a picture of her in her traditional village clothes as she is there for Chinese New Year for a couple of days. I joked with her about how thrilled and excited she looks in this. She, like myself in the past, doesn’t particularly like having her picture taken and never does selfies as about 90% of kids do theses days.