2025-07-19
• weeknotes • 500 words
My weeknotes for the week 2025-07-14 to 2025-07-20.
The holiday continued for the first half of the week, until Thursday. It has been really good fun and a well needed break from work.
We went to St Evals go karting track and did some go karting. I was initially terrified, but once doing it I realised it was actually great fun. I did hit someone once (not badly), also crashed into the side once when I got a bit too confident and span out a few times on some of the turns. Frankly, I wasn't very good, but I had a great time still.
We had a chill one, as the weather was very stormy and not safe conditions to do the white water rafting in. So, we stayed at home and I read. About six in the evening, I had about sixty pages left of the book (1Q84) and so wanted to go to the beach - I asked about and in total four of us went. I finished the book, then went down to the beach to check out the water from up close. I ended up getting a bit mesmerised by the water and going further and further in, until eventually a massive wave (which I saw coming, but wanted to try take) knocked me down. After I was covered in water, I realised I still had my phone, wallet and bag on me, all of which were now soaked!
The phone is broken now, so I'll have to look into getting a new one. There is not a lot on this one thankfully, so mostly all I have lost is my notes that I take, and maybe my phone number if the SIM is broken. I'm not worried though, in fact, I am happy in a way (I really dislike phones).
We went to Healey's cyder farm, which was great (we got to sample the different types of alcohol and also the jams) and in the afternoon did the white water rafting, which was great fun and far less scary than I thought it would be - it was mostly in fairly shallow waters.
It really makes me want to get into surfing, honestly.
In the morning, we did a bit of touristing and got stuff for home. I got a nice shirt, a fat Buddha for my mum (she likes these) and some fudge. After we got all the stuff, we spent the entire day more or less on the drive home.
In the morning I went on a walk to get some eggs (about two hours there and back) and did my washing, tidied my room up, etc. I ended up staying up too late though, watching a Veritasium video about PFAS, which wasn't good of me.
I spent the day at home, largely doing good things, sorting things out. I signed up one year of tithe, donating 10% of my income each month for the next year. Maybe I'll write more on it at some point.