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The covid has cleared but the ENT irritation is ongoing. Everything tastes of metal and I'd like to drill through my ears. On the plus side, I've been invited for the double vaccine this time round so I'll be getting that as soon as I can.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Is "permanently clammy" a peri symptom? I'm just always too warm. I cannot wait for winter so I can freeze at night. I've always run a tad warm but this is stupid. I've lived in vests and big scarves since my late 20's. How can I wear even less now?

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The heating is on. Not because it's cold, to kick start the hot water and make sure the radiators are working before we need them to. The actual heating won't be on for weeks yet. It's amazing how resourceful you become once you're on oil and can see it dropping by the hour.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been quarantining so my partner and cat don't catch this. Came down for something to eat and the cat LOVES me. Lasted two minutes of course but it was nice to be wanted for a moment. Back to bed now with #therestishistory podcast to get me through the night.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eugh. I have COVID. WFH means I've not been ill for months but someone at the funeral must have had it. I feel dreadful. It's come on exactly the same as the first time I had it. Sore throat niggling for a day then suddenly everything aches- even my hair. Bed calls.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Logged into the work chat as part of my return to work set up for tomorrow. Message from bestest colleague begging me to come back so she can bitch at someone. I am *really* good at being the teams light relief and general cheerleader. Plus I make them all feel young. They are young.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Went for lunch with an old-friend today. Put the world to rights for 4 hours and yet barely scratched the surface. What would we be without our people?

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leaving tomorrow for funeral duties so tonight is empty the fridge onto a plate dinner. Cold pie with 3 kinds of mustard. Pickled onions (the good ones). A piece of sausage roll. Later will be houmous and cheese. Related - can I freeze burrata and halloumi?

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm cringing in advance. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I very rarely watch TV but I've just seen a Tampax advert. "Last week a Tampax saved my day"??? Oh fuck off. Periods are fucking awful and annoying. Don't give us glam and glitz. Just give us shit that works. Your product deals with one facet of the whole horror, stop pretending it fixes it.

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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I've organised what I think is a great programme of food-related events for this year's @burylitfest.bsky.social. We have a special offer running on tickets right now and I'd so love you to attend. www.burylitfest.co.uk/food-programme

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why is it so humid? I feel grim.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Country life is weird. I can hear someone training her dog, or horse. Thing is, that field is HALF A MILE away! It's wonderful how still and quiet it is.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This lazy girl didn't wake up until after 11. Sleep is more fun than breakfast especially in a sunbeam.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There is an Apache doing circuits over my house. Can they at least 'do' something? A flare, jump or even a wiggle?

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rupert Murdoch is 95

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did so much good in the world, which means we all have to do a little more to make up for her loss and honor her memory 🫡

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 25/08/2026

if infrastructure is what connects people, holds them together, serves, supports, and endures, then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Went to one of the local pubs. As usual, the tiny sports car had a flock of attractive young women around it.... I lie, it was middle aged men. It is always middle aged men. My job is to stand and comiserate with the other WAGS while the men exchange car photos.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Wisteria is just jumped-up, middle-class ivy with better PR.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Looking at replacing a car. Unless there is a nice lottery win in my future I'm not allowed to suggest anything fun.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We are at the V.E.T for a check up. Suki decided what I really needed was a dirty protest on the way there in the car. Vet nurses are angels and took her in the back to clean her up. My dog would have NEVER. Cats are such drama queens.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And your point is, caller?

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Breakfast of champions this morning. Big bowl of greek yogurt with just a spoonful of curd stirred through. Utterly delicious! Thanks to @kavey.bsky.social for the delicious breakfast treat!

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I just pushed my sunglasses up onto my head because my face was getting sweaty then realised it was my actual glasses that I never wear and now they are tangled in my hair. I'm only wearing bloody glasses because I had 4 hours sleep last night and my eyeballs are like sticky dots. Ewwww

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nearing the Severn and I can already see and smell the smoke over Wales. This is just insane. Such extreme weather and so dangerous.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Is there a sleep upgrade I can buy? It's not the heat, it's the hormones. I'm exhausted and wide awake since 4. I could cry for lack of sleep. #peri #exhausted.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I remember watching the last eclipse standing next to a burger van on an industrial estate in Fife. What's your least glamorous eclipse story?

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My bestie got married yesterday. I cried. More than once. But don't tell her, I'm meant to be the strong one. It was a wonderful day with our chosen families and I hope the hangover wears off soon. I did make enough food to feed an army but that was expected.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The morning after the night before.... I slept in. How is this possible? I wake up sweating at 5am every day, how can I actually have slept through that and my alarms? I don't have hangxiety. However, I am going to be very late for work as I am currently still 120 miles from home charging the car

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm on a works night out. We are in a bar with a live band. My culture is not your costume. Why are you all singing along to Blink-182 "ironically?" Fuck I'm old.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

In the absence of Lanner, tonight I made a chicken pot pie fuck up. I don't know if I left the pastry out too long or it was just poor quality but it stuck to the paper and tore. So I lined a shallow tin with foil, mulched the pastry strands into it. Added the filling and folded over the top.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This is the worst time of the year for some veg imo. No fresh sprouts, the new potatoes are all old and take an age to cook because they are massive. Yes, first world problems but I'm HUNGRY. I want to eat.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Speaking as a woman, why the fuck is my back still hurting today. This is not fair. I've done my allotted back pain for the month. I mean, apart from the chronic back pain. This is new. It better not be permanent. I'll be needing two new hips at this rate.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As an adult, what is the most boring thing you do when your partner is away? I'm making chicken stock. He hates the smell of it but loves the pie it will produce. I freeze all the chicken carcasses then once he's away I boil them all up and reduce into tasty stock cubes and freeze those too.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Right now, his only redeeming value is that he is older than me. When the PM is younger than me I'll start to worry. I would like to see some sort of manifesto though. The beginning of the idea of a plan would be nice. Right now I have no Idea what he stands for.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Had a blistering complaint email yesterday from a surgeon. I get the impression he is not used to women saying no to him. I did not respond.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Never in my life thought I'd want England to win but this is shocking.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Well I am absolutely in love with this. So much so that it's made me realise how to renovate our place. Just needs a couple of millions on the lottery first and that drawbridge is mine.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If anyone wants a red kite there are 6 outside my window right now.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Verify your age" I had a mobile phone number that didn't start with 07.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Seems I've accidentally formed a committee to show the next game in the village hall if the team I don't even support win tonight. Such is country life. Any excuse for a get together.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The great courgette glut of 2026 is coming over the horizon. Place your orders now. I am planning on baking a lot of courgette cakes and freezing them for village events.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My (definitely on the spectrum) brother described archeology students as "autistic dirt nerds". Takes one to know one I assume. Mind you, they were talking to girls so they are already one up on him.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Tasks that require ZERO cats: 🔬👓🖥️ Cats: 💃🏼🦷🕺🏼⚡

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As a non-football fan who works in hospitality, this is going to be a crap fest. Far too late to schedule additional staff or make menu changes. Far too late to actually even order in stock. I am relieved I'm not on the front line of this weekend. Be nice to your bartender on Sunday please.

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I was running late to meet my parents. And I got stuck behind some asshole doing 37 in a 60. But since that asshole was my dad, they were running late too....

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JP @jenpot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Debating doing the big shop while the second half is on. Is the Big Shop even open right now? I could get round it so fast.

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