Self-improvement Goals

Tuesday 31st March

I’ve never really got the hang of selfies and webcam and Skype and all that moving pictures of yourself stuff. Back in the day when I was working, those dreaded video conferences always used to go wrong – people ended up sitting in a room bored witless, while the person in Whangarei or somewhere tried to get their end of the connection to work. I have it on good authority it’s all a lot better nowadays and in these Covid days, it’s a basic tool for working. The eye-rolling and wandering out to go and get a coffee that used to happen are glitches that have long been dispensed with.

So I rarely, if ever, use Facetime, the scary old lady with enormous nostrils who looms out at me is far too disconcerting. But right nowI need a face to talk to so have been Facetiming Laura. I get to see her eye-rolling as well as all that touching of her face which is a Covid no no. As a mother, I can’t help but tell her off – causing more eye-rolling!!

 But of course, I’m not really looking at Laura because all I’m really watching is that scary old lady in the box at the top of the screen. So I’m walking round the house, looking for better light and trying out various angles. I can’t actually look like that?? Surely?? If I turn my head this way will it be a bit better? Look up –look down- nothing seems to work. I can’t imagine why anyone would take that strange old person seriously. It’s a conversation with myself after all.

One of my isolation self-improvement goals is to learn how to curl my hair. To most of you, this will seem a weird idea but I have the straightest hair ever and in my whole life I’ve never had a successful curly style. So I bought these curling tongs and I’ve been trying out different styles- perfect while no one can see me. I’m hoping for youthful and sassy - so far, I’ve only managed to achieve the “just electrocuted” look – a startled old person with a Goldilocks on their head!!

I’d include a photo but I think it would scare you all too much, so instead this photo has absolutely nothing to do with any of it. It’s Laura in London wearing a skirt that Kate Middleton was photographed also
wearing the other day- Laura truly is a Princess.