Doing my last pre-brew sanitisation routine on Scottish soil, tomorrow I’ll pack some of my kit away for transit.. bittersweet.. though hopefully the beer will be neither overly bitter nor overly sweet.

We contacted the airline to ask them to confirm that the travel kennel that we found meets their guidelines and they replied with a link to approved kennels.. all manufactured by the same company and handily available to pre-order and pay for at Schiphol airport..

.. I say handily but of course we are flying from Edinburgh, so… Is our dog meant to swim to Amsterdam?

Flights to Japan tentatively booked, can’t book for unborn children (fairly obvious) so will need adding later and need to call back in a day or two to see if they are going to permit my dog in the hold.

Of course what Japan seems to require in pre-flight covid testing doesn’t seem to align with what is in offer at the airport’s here so will need to search for somewhere that presumably still uses a fax machine..

Just asked my daughter if I could remove some of the nine love heart stickers she put on my phone some weeks ago.. now I have ten.. lesson learned.

My wife is on maternity leave now and removal boxes have already arrived (ahead of mid-April removal..) so packing has already begun and soon she will sell everything not for packing from under our feet.

Meanwhile, I’m teaching my daughter to Pas-de-basque so that I’ve a wee helper when we bring ceilidh dancing to rural Japan! Also need to try and find some DRM-free ceilidh music at some point.

Just had a selection of draft logos (for future brewery) sent to me from our graphic designer friend and they are awesome! I might be 3 years or so out from establishing the brewery but it’s really exciting to have the logo almost done! Especially since I threw together the base design idea in October 2019 :)

Once the logo is done I can work on developing the website whilst I continue my studies and work on building industry experience once in Japan.

Just realised that cactus comments could be used for guestbook (or slow chat) purposes (not a self-realisation, prompted by comments in their matrix room)..

.. does my website need a guestbook that pretty much no-one will ever sign? Probably not.. am I going to add one anyway? Almost certainly!

I’ve finally met my match! A replacement watch strap which just refuses to align the pin correctly.. I am near defeated..

Anytime my daughter sees the hay-haired fuckwit in the UK’s prime ministerial seat appear on my phone she asks who it is (presumably due to his cartoon-esque appearance).. I always give the same answer..

She is at her granny’s house and just saw a photo of him on the computer and asked “Is that the clown? 🤡” .. bursting with pride 😆

I need to write up my 2022 plans blog post as per my tradition of the past few years, probably with a separate but linked sustainability related post this time.. but feeling very sleep deprived so doubt it will be done today. Even a quadruple espresso has failed to boost my levels.