Twenty things I did yesterday

Thank you Billy Collins for this suggestion.


  1. I cried a lot
  2. I spent too long on the Mac
  3. I didn't eat any lunch
  4. I painted my teaching room for a while
  5. I listened to Billy Collins' Masterclass
  6. I stayed home all day
  7. I didn't read the newspapers
  8. I watched the Rolling Stones Live from the Fonda theatre ( recorded ) 
  9. I cooked cod for dinner
  10. I got bitten by mosquitos
  11. I took an anti histamine tablet
  12. I washed shelves
  13. I threw out maths books
  14. I cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast but didn't enjoy eating it 
  15. I sent a text to Hedy thanking her for the previous evening
  16. I had a hangover
  17. I weighed myself
  18. I sat staring at the bees on the lavender
  19. I drew chalk lines on my teaching room floor
  20. I lay on the bed staring out of the window and let the tears fall

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