UPDATE: had a short trip to A&E - steri-strips, glue, and waterproof dressing. Gash was quite deep (incredible amount of blood all over the kitchen floor for the cut itself). I’ve got a concussion & whiplash as well. My whole body took a hit. Told to “do nothing for two days”. I’ll have a scar.

There’s something so satisfying about a bowl of 0% fat Greek yoghurt with walnuts and honey. And it’s guilt-free, mostly.

I can highly recommend sliced orange segments, 0% fat Greek yoghurt, chopped walnuts, and Greek ‘forest’ honey. A fresh and clean dessert.

Urgh, the new students next door are horrible. So loud that I can hear them word for word. I guess I can say this because I live the Cambridge cliché, but they are not one of us.

With a single side glance, Queen Camilla owns the day.

Rock and Roll house band seems to have no cut-off. It’s so loud I can’t concentrate on my Kindle.

Well, I’m in Rhodes. Same hotel as last year. This time they’ve labelled all the food with allergy advice. Every single dessert has gluten and nuts in them. Apart from the bananas and pineapple chunks. I had a salad and a banana. I’m now tired and grumpy.

Ray Winstone is a terrible actor. Or rather his varied and weird accents are.

Well. Chocolate Matcha Fuel is disgusting.

There are loads of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 flags strung up on lampposts in Milton Keynes, where my parents live. Particularly gammony in Newport Pagnell. I’ve not seen any up in Cambridge.

Lovely hairdresser came to the house. He’s really understanding about my head-touching phobia since ECT-gate. And also my stupid costochondritis makes it difficult to move about.

Got to be gutting to lose two slams in a row. Sabalenka was super, particularly in the tie-break. Anisimova showed up today and did not tank in a double bagel. It was much closer than Wimbledon.

I love my friends, but dear god - stop with all the doorstep first day of school photos. I genuinely care nothing for your children. I’m sure they’re all lovely, but ENOUGH.

Despite having a shower, clean clothes, now sitting in another house, I can still smell Addenbrooke’s on me.

Episode 5 of Alien Earth was outstanding!

So glad I was allowed to go home early. Things were still bonkers, but I just cut myself out of the drama and said goodbye. I cannot abide incompetence.

I must say we dealt with the *most* compassionate and professional police officers today. They were exceptional. #police #Ely

Such a stressful day at work. Supposed to have left at 9pm. Didn’t leave until nearly 11pm due to various very complicated issues. Got to work at 12.15 and left at 22.55. It was one hell of a shift.

I’ve got DASH training tomorrow (Domestic Abuse Stalking and Honour Based Violence). Mum is driving me up to Huntingdon. It’s important that I do it, but I’m cross that this is yet another thing I’m doing on a non-working day.

In my head, this was every swimming pool when I was a kid.

Ilford in the news again. My home, never notable for its lovely parks. Glad I live in Cambridge now.

“Kryptonite gives him MAGICAL POWERS” according to my dad.

My fuzzy buddy was brilliant at the V.E.T. He likes a fuss and purred and rolled around. He’s still a little heavy, but has not gained any weight since last year (actually he’s a little less, but he still needs to shift a bit).

'Insufficiently statistically signifiant for a joke'

To add to my dreadful health day, FB reminds me that today in 2023 I was in A&E after taking an overdose.

My HomePod is listening in to The Lost Boys. During a particularly dramatic scene Siri pops us and says “uh huh, I’m glad to hear that”. I can only conclude that she is a creature of the night.

MSc is good to go. Start in Sept with the OU. It will confer BPS registration/conversion. Step one on my journey to becoming a clinical psychologist. It’ll be a long road but I’m motivated.

Grease 2 is probably one of the worst films ever made. So I’m going to forget it even happened.

Who do I know with access to a car and time on their hands? Can you get to the Cotswolds for a bit of casual mischief? To ruin JD Vance’s holiday, ideally.

Edit: I genuinely have no idea why anyone would turn to God. It disappoints me that more young people are becoming religious. Meaning is gained through life and experience. I don’t fret a single moment thinking about a deity.

Trump said he ended his friendship with Epstein because he "crossed a line," but it's not the one you think

Genius! open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...

I’d forgotten how good the lineup for Ozzfest 2001 (MK Bowl) was. Me and my best friend had a great day. Alcohol-free, but doughnut heavy.

Who saved the world from Galactus? Yes, you’ve guessed it - Trump.

If you want children, but you don’t believe in vaccines - don’t have children.

We did the Shakespeares.

Hotel room has AC, but sorry…here are two fans because the AC doesn’t work. Fans that move warm air around the room. Curtains and window open, which is not optimal for sleep. I need quiet and darkness.

So I did the neuroscience and somehow got a postgrad qualification. Not bad for someone who hated chemistry at school.

Statement from PM Starmer just now on Gaza

Banana 🍌, cranberry, and matcha powder smoothie. Dash of oat milk and spoon of Activia gut health yogurt. This time I got the right amount of 🍵 powder so that it added depth not bitterness.

Guys, I’m all peer supported out. I’m exhausted. It was one thing after another today (peer after peer) and there really wasn’t a point where I could slink off to have a break. Got home later than usual because I had a tonne of notes to write. Maybe I didn’t prioritise well enough?

I’ve just read an article about a man who did one yoga class and was magically cured of his depression. 🙄

Everyone I know (well, a lot) texted me to tell me that Ozzy had died. As a thorough metalhead, I live streamed his farewell gig and it was awesome. He will be missed by so many.

I’m unsure as to whether I enjoyed my matcha, banana, and blueberry smoothie. I added oat milk to loosen it up a bit. It’s healthy and vegan. I might have to learn to love matcha. Could be good in a carrot cake.

I’m not entirely sure what happened at the end of 28 Years Later. Utter madness.

Oh joy, it’s not even started yet and I’ve already spilt water over my jeans trying to pop the lid off my bottle.

Just about to see 28 Years Later. It’s in a very small screen as it’s been out a while. I really loved 28 Days Later (Weeks was *OK*). Friends have given it the thumbs up.👍🏻 🧟😵

Going to make myself a matcha, banana, and blueberry smoothie. Recipe calls for oat milk and gluten free oats, but I’m going to add just the oat milk. I just want of fresh drink.

Despite my conviction that I have loads of grey now, the clipper shavings for my hair cut didn’t show much at all. Still very dark brown with only flecks of grey.