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#SoCS Feb. 6, 2021

06 Feb 2021 16 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flag, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt for this week:

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “flag.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

I’m flagging.

We have a week left before half term is welcomed with open arms by teachers and parents alike.

Usually, the thought of having the kids at home can be a drag for some parents, but this time, it will be a welcome break, as, though the kids have been home since mid-December, they have been remote learning for the last five weeks, and parents have had to become supervisors of their children’s learning, or even the teacher, for the younger ones who can’t access remote learning independently.

They won’t be juggling devices, and ensuring that teens are logged in, instead of being asleep while their lessons are playing. No more phonics, and numbers, either. Just simple family time.

And for teachers, and school staff it will be similar. Instead of juggling the remote learning, marking and feedback as well as researching and recording lessons, and trying to teach the children who are still in school simultaneously, we can, hopefully, take our school hats off for a week, or a few days, at least, and recharge batteries.

Because, as I said, I am flagging. It has been a long half term. You’d think with not many kids in it was an easy ride… the mental strain of dealing with offering online learning, as well as ensuring it is being accessed by all, with coming to terms with new technology to deliver it… never ending.

I’ve been falling asleep before 10pm again the last few days. I’m already yawning, before midday…

Roll on, this week!

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb. 6, 2021

#SoCS Jan. 30th – The Beginning/The End

30 Jan 2021 26 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt this week…

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “the beginning, the end.” Write about the beginning of something and the end of something. Bonus points if your first sentence contains “the end” and your last sentence contains “the beginning.” <– Read that again. Have fun!

At the end of the day, it all comes down to common sense, doesn’t it?

There are so many decisions that politicians have taken for us, over the last year, and they have, for the most part, shown us just how inept they are at thinking of logical solutions, which require common sense.

There’s a virus, get people to wear masks. Oh, no, that isn’t very effective… roll on a few months. Everyone wear masks, unless you are at home, or outside… or in school, because school is a magical safe place where no one gets ill. Um, maybe we should get older kids to wear masks, actually… oh, and maybe adults, in communal areas.

U turn!

Another one.

We’ll just make people stay at home for a while, when they come back from holiday. And create ‘travel corridors’ with other ‘safe’ countries. Oops… seems peopel are bringing the virus, and it’s bigger cousins, back with them. Let’s shut a few corridors down, then reopen them after a while. Months, and months,, later. Um, maybe we should stop all travel…

Common sense, I told you!

There are so many areas of the handling of this pandemic, that could have possibly been better, if there was just a little common sense used, right at the beginning, don’t you think?

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2021 Daily Prompt – Jan. 30th

#SoCS – Jan. 23rd – Blank Sliding Off

23 Jan 2021 31 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, Blank, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Thhis confusing post was brought to you, thanks to Linda’s #SoCS Prompt this week:

Your prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “close eyes and point.” When you’re ready to write your post, open a book, a newspaper, or whatever is handy and close your eyes and point. Whatever word or picture your finger lands on, make that the basis of your SoCS/JusJoJan post. Enjoy!

I looked to the right and the book next to me was Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal. The music was playing and I closed my eyes, and danced around with the book, as my daughter watched, laughing at her strange mother.

I opened it at a page and pointed, then opened my eyes and looked and I had chosen a blank page.

Blank.

Does that mean I get a blank canvas? I get to choose whatever I want to write about! I danced about again in exhileration, then the joy killer, aka Lil Princess, said “That’s cheating!”, and she made me do it again.

So the second time I closed my eyes, danced around and opened my book, my finger landed on the phrase ‘slide off‘. She then proceeded to giggle as my face took on a confused expression.

What am I supposed to write about?

I can’t even separate the words, as my finger was slap bang in the middle of them, and we have to play this by the rules. (Though if that is the case, I should stick with blank...)

So maybe I’ll think about the weather and all the rain we’ve had here in the UK, recently. I’ve had a few days where I have sat in the car and watch the raindrops race down the outside of the car, gather, and gently slide off the edge of the wing mirror…

Oh, my, Ritu. What on earth are you typing?

I haven’t a clue. My mind is blank.

I think I should just slide off, right now, slip away, quietly, whilst you, my reader Peeps, scratch your head and wonder what on earth I’m on about…

Til next time!

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2021 Daily Prompt – Jan. 23rd

#SoCS – Jan. 9th

09 Jan 2021 20 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, BBlog Post, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Sky's The Limit, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt, this week:

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “sky’s the limit.” Write about something that has or seems to have no end. Enjoy!

Oh, what a wicked woman you are, Linda!

The sky’s the limit…

I can think of rather a lot of things, right now that seem to have no end…

This virus has the numbers constantly climbing.

The lockdown feels neverending.

The time kids are sat at home, and we have to do homeschooling… I honestly don’t know it I see the end in sight, at all!

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2021 Daily Prompt – Jan. 9th

#SoCS 2nd Jan. – In The Corner

02 Jan 2021 41 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, In the Corner, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS Prompt this week:

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “in the corner.” Write about whatever the image or thought of “in the corner” brings to mind. Have fun!

As soon as I read the prompt, the first thing that came to mind was Dirty Dancing, and that like “Noboby puts Baby in a corner!” line, spoken by Johnny Castle, played by the late, great Patarick Swyze.

A film I absolutely loved when it came out, and it’s still up there, as one I could watch again and again.

In fact, I’m of a mind to go and watch it right now!