Tl;dr: Recovering from the flu has been so slow.
For Monday 19th October – Sunday 25th October 2026.
At work:
Missed some meetings early this week because of feeling terrible with flu still. Thursday / Friday I started feeling recovered in terms of symptoms, but still so tired that I ran out of brain power about 2/3 through the day.
- Strategy co-design project: getting materials out to people and inviting 121s
- Deep listening project: lots of setup meetings and development time
- Board away day: building in more opportunities to gather service user insights that will feed into the strategic away day
- Co-production workshop: started the development for a workshop I’m doing in a few weeks as part of a dementia conference
Deliverables this week:
- No external delivery, but in my little catchup push at the end of the week I whacked a couple of posts onto the blog – mainly some reading notes, but also some workshop reflections: siloed vs seamless | what would make you feel safe | the thing that creates value | overengineering seating plans
Development this week:
- Been approached to facilitate a team reflection and learning day – having a scoping meeting next week to get more details
- Starting to do some bits of governance for a new non-exec role I’ll be taking on in the near future (watch this space)
At home:
- Missed Welsh again, I was so tired I was in bed before the class started. That’s 2 I’ve missed, and next week is half term (no class), so that’s a big break before I get to another session, but on the other hand it should give me a chance to catch up on the lessons.
- No HIIT as it was pilates week (I’m alternating weeks), but no Monday or Wednesday pilates because of being infectious and weak from flu. Finally went back on Friday and it was an excellent slow, strong and stretchy session.
- No swim at the weekend because it was stormy and windy and maybe dangerous, but no-one fancied getting up and going outdoors to go and see what the sea was actually like!
- Went bouldering (indoors, on a climbing wall) for the first time on Sunday and it was really fun and afterwards my shoulders ached in a good way and I want to go back. It was awesome.
- And finally it’s official as of this week: the foster cattos are going to stay with me. Sadly their lady isn’t going to be well enough to have them back, so we’ve started the transfer and adoption process. Adventure Banana and Quiet Loaf are here to stay. (Not their real names. Although…)
Hwb – defnyddio fy Nghymraeg (hub – using my Welsh):
Weekly Welsh homework to find something to talk about in class (in Welsh ofc).
- I can talk about the foster cats (I already know how to say “fostering”!) next time, but that’s not for another 2 weeks, so in the meantime I’ll tidy up my padlet and add my draft notes.
