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Some good news <3
Jan. 24th, 2024 09:59 pmWe're going to be grandparents again! Of course, I'm hoping for a girl this time - but the most important thing is a healthy baby <3 New baby will be very close in age to grandson #2, which brings its own problems, but they'll have each other to play with. Daughter and SIL are going to have to find a bigger house pretty soon, too!
In other news, ChatGPT completely garbled the transcript from today's meeting, so I had to fall back on my own brain :O It may well be something to do with the prompt but I'm blaming the AI, so there! I've signed up to some AI info sessions, including one on writing prompts, so we'll see how that goes.
And I've started Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Still trying to work out what's going on! I got stuck on the very first task *blush* I made it to the objective but then couldn't work out what to do next. I tried jumping up and down, and I tried swinging my wrench but nothing happened. I looked it up and found I had to jump THEN hit. 'How am I supposed to KNOW that?' I demanded of the universe. Then I went into the settings because the subtitles I thought I'd turned on were off and checked the tutorial thingy... which I'd also managed to turn off... Double-doh!!! Yeah, old person in the room having a senior moment ROFL Anyway, I have it on the easiest settings and I'm somehow managing to move forward.
I read a bit of 'Always Coming Home' by Ursula Le Guin last night. It was a section with some actual stories, so that was nice.
I subscribe to an online local newspaper called The Post, which asked for recommendations for books set in Liverpool or written by locals, and I suggested 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker, which ticks both boxes! It has some absolutely gorgeous imagery, with a secret world hidden in the weave of a carpet - but it's by Barker, so there are some much less delightful things going on, too! I got a couple of likes and then someone replied that they had been about to recommend the same book. And I put in a shameless plug for my own modest venture into literature - The Curse of Mannerley Manor. Read it - it's good!
Today, my prayer times have all been pointing towards love. Love never fails, living good lives of defiant joy... I firmly believe living with a loving heart is a subversive act in this world. It's easy to be cynical - and sometimes I am! - but leaving ourselves open to beauty and delight keeps us from bitterness. There are times when I feel I'm getting younger not older, at least in terms of my outlook on life, in my capacity for simple joy. There are also times when I feel my mental and physical capacities have aged about 10 years in the last 15 months :D
But enough meandering. To bed, perchance to dream...
In other news, ChatGPT completely garbled the transcript from today's meeting, so I had to fall back on my own brain :O It may well be something to do with the prompt but I'm blaming the AI, so there! I've signed up to some AI info sessions, including one on writing prompts, so we'll see how that goes.
And I've started Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Still trying to work out what's going on! I got stuck on the very first task *blush* I made it to the objective but then couldn't work out what to do next. I tried jumping up and down, and I tried swinging my wrench but nothing happened. I looked it up and found I had to jump THEN hit. 'How am I supposed to KNOW that?' I demanded of the universe. Then I went into the settings because the subtitles I thought I'd turned on were off and checked the tutorial thingy... which I'd also managed to turn off... Double-doh!!! Yeah, old person in the room having a senior moment ROFL Anyway, I have it on the easiest settings and I'm somehow managing to move forward.
I read a bit of 'Always Coming Home' by Ursula Le Guin last night. It was a section with some actual stories, so that was nice.
I subscribe to an online local newspaper called The Post, which asked for recommendations for books set in Liverpool or written by locals, and I suggested 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker, which ticks both boxes! It has some absolutely gorgeous imagery, with a secret world hidden in the weave of a carpet - but it's by Barker, so there are some much less delightful things going on, too! I got a couple of likes and then someone replied that they had been about to recommend the same book. And I put in a shameless plug for my own modest venture into literature - The Curse of Mannerley Manor. Read it - it's good!
Today, my prayer times have all been pointing towards love. Love never fails, living good lives of defiant joy... I firmly believe living with a loving heart is a subversive act in this world. It's easy to be cynical - and sometimes I am! - but leaving ourselves open to beauty and delight keeps us from bitterness. There are times when I feel I'm getting younger not older, at least in terms of my outlook on life, in my capacity for simple joy. There are also times when I feel my mental and physical capacities have aged about 10 years in the last 15 months :D
But enough meandering. To bed, perchance to dream...
