Actually, it’s Sunday morning, but I needed a Saturday song to keep the series going. Initially I thought of Elton John, but Saturday night is not alright for fighting now that I have grown up and become sensible, so Whigfield gets the spot with Saturday Night.   It was a  good, cheery song, but hardly a heavyweight classic. A bit like me in fact. Well, apart from the weight, I am cheery and heavyweight. With time  I may become a classic.

Talking of weight, I had scones with marmalade tonight. It was OK, but I’d rather have had apricot jam. I am going to have to get my eyes tested, as those oranges really did look remarkably like apricots on the label.

I’ve recently been experimenting with writing multiple articles in one go. I was trying that last night, writing one that I intended using on the Numismatic Society of Nottinghamshire Facebook page and the website of the Peterborough Military History Group. They have two different memberships so I’ve often covered the same subject on both both sites. I thought it would save time to write a longer article (as required for the website), and to cut it down for the Facebook page, which requires less. I have often trimmed articles to do this, though it often surprises me how long it takes.

Anyway, I can confirm that the new approach doesn’t work. It took a long time and produced something that wasn’t right for either use. As I considered the wreck of two hours writing, I realised that I needed to get on with another project as I have promised to help with some minor editing on a book written by my ex-boss. That took two hours too. It may be minor but it needs to be good and accurate.

Then I realised I was supposed to be sorting books to be given away. I had instructions from Julia on this subject.

The moral is that you can’t do two things at the same time. I have difficulty listening to You Tube whilst I write – music distracts me and anything factual ends with me grinding to a halt as I listen. I can’t do two jobs in different rooms at the same time either, but I feel I should be doing both and focus on neither.

So I’m going to try and concentrate on one job at a time. Let’s see how it goes.