Weekly Round-Up 13 - 19 April

Sunday, April 20, 2025

That was the week that was … after what seems like an eternity of not posting, and not doing a weekly round-up, I thought why not get back on the horse, into the saddle, off the fence and any other cliche you can think of, and write one today. Especially as we’re into our third day of a long weekend and, it being Easter Sunday, and all the shops are closed, what’s better than watching the telly?

What? Oh, okay, I tease.

Not that I ever have that much to say these days when it comes to what happened during the week. But at least this month, having joined up with a bunch of eager ladies, I’m tracking my daily walks and, would you believe, since the beginning of the year, have managed to lose another 7 pounds in weight. So yes, I guess I do have something to shout about and celebrate.

Friday saw the opening of early voting so other than hitting the mall to buy up our monthly supplies, we thought to go vote early but, didn’t count on the fact that 2 million others were going to do the same thing. There were hundreds queuing to vote at our polling station, which was within our own building complex (so no need to go far, or, out in awful weather). And once there, we decided a 30 minute wait wasn’t so bad … except, that 30 minutes morphed into almost an hour before we got in the teeny tiny room where there were only two stations processing people.

Each staffed by two ancient ladies who moved slower than glacial decay. It. Was. Torturous. Two tables, two ladies per table, two ballot boxes, two private booths. And several hundred people. I can’t say the whole things was very well organised or well thought out. It wasn’t.

Still, we did our civic duty and voted.

Steps walked this week:

For a grand total of: 46,200 steps / 33.35 km

As seen in the park earlier this week …

Weeknotes