ff 3

• i still randomly and reflexly try to open the facebook app
• but having signed out and resolutely stayed out, my phone battery lasts a whole lot longer
• and my book is read a lot quicker

all the president's men - bernstein & woodward (1974)

a classic, people say. riveting reading. masterly investigative reporting.

this is all that and more. it pulses with action and connivance and plottings and maneuverings. although the sheer size of the cast of characters is enough to spin your head at first. at the end of it you feel like you just want to slap them idiot politicians. they really are the scum of the earth.

lunch

what shall we have for lunch? HOM asks. it's a joke of course. as if there was ever any question about it. protein style double-double! yeah!!

setting off

we pick up the car and start on the loooong drive to Ji and J2. we are apprehensive (a whole month in a support function!) excited (we meet E! and re-meet A!) low-grade anxious (loose ends at home and all over) glad (that J2 has traversed another eventful pregnancy) and thankful (how great is His faithfulness!).

a li'l bird tol' me

what i say is, if you are standing in line to clear the immigration controls, please do not also conduct a business meeting on your cellphone.

there is virtue in restraint and discretion and the peace is much appreciated.

ff d2

• many many occasions of accidentally trying to re-open the app
• twice asking myself if i can break the fast on weekends and special days
• read a whole chunk more of my book than usual
• played lots more squaredle

onwards!

facebook fast day 1

even i eventually reach my limit for doomscrolling. in the spirit of lent, i sign out of fb and fb messenger today and immediately notice:

• a series of cool posters on the pillars supporting the train tracks
• the abundance of greenery. we are really quite fortunate!
• i make good progress on my book
• yet my fingers reflexly open the app, randomly thru the day

on to another day tomorrow. i hope i do not accidentally sign back in.