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my cousin came back from holiday and brought me some fermented shark as joke/delicacy gift. It's rotting shark flesh steeped in ammonia, and smells and tastes like piss. Deciding I couldn't stomach it raw, I thought frying it would improve the flavour.

Big mistake. The ammonia steamed off the frying pan and soaked into the kitchen ceiling. The smell just spread everywhere. My kitchen currently smells like a nursing home, and I have the window open 24/7 in these freezing temps just to get rid of the smell.

Really decent weekend after a pretty stressful week. We went trick or treating on Saturday with some other parents and got invited back for tea after. Felt very refreshing to be around adults and socialise for a change. I tend to be a little isolated in recent years, didn't realise how much I missed being able to just sit and chat, pet a dog, be myself for a while.

I hope we made a decent impression, it'd be great to finally know some parents who can hold up their end of a conversation.

A bit stressful.

The company I work for is running out of money and I think it's likely we're going to get split and sold off. I think I'll have a job, but I've got no clue what the future is for all the people I've hired and work with. I also expect it's unlikely I'll enjoy the next company as much as this one.

All I can do is wait and see what happens, and that sucks. I'm not high enough to be involved in any of it (unless somebody has questions about what we actually do).

It’s been nice to finally get a brief holiday. We came to North Wales on Thursday and will stay also for this week. We did a day trip today to Baddgelert on the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways. Steam locomotive and all! I recommend you travel with them if you get the opportunity.

Not bad as I had a 4 day week... trouble is, I'm now facing a 5-day week... with an extra day of work to catch up on.

And clock's going back... nice in the morning, but night comes too soon

Yeah alright cheers mate, how was yours?

Nipped up to Dundee to check out the new V&A Museum, the kids loved it. Spent .ost of the week in Cumbria with work, getting blown about like a burst bag. Just got in from a cheeky 5k in the pissing rain with the eldest lad, just so I can pre-emptively burn the calories for a bottle of wine this evening.

How's your running going?