{"id":2896,"date":"2021-01-31T17:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T17:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2021-01-31T17:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T17:51:54","slug":"goodbye-january-im-heading-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, January &#8211; I&#8217;m heading downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s finally January 31st &#8211; and I am still standing. Things continue to be bleak, and whilst I am lucky that COVID hasn&#8217;t killed me and neither has boredom&#8230; work continues to feel like it&#8217;s busier than ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In cheering news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So&#8230; it&#8217;s time to celebrate the positives of this month, starting with the best musical moment of the month: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Off downtown with the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/debbaff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@debbaff<\/a> what a fab voice and a fabulous song <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tunesforHawksey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tunesforHawksey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/altc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#altc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a736exyokM\">pic.twitter.com\/a736exyokM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Teresa MacKinnon (@WarwickLanguage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarwickLanguage\/status\/1354866070381879296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My colleague Debs singing &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0\">Downtown<\/a>&#8216; by Petula Clark on Thursday night at a virtual karaoke leaving do was super life affirming and joyous! The tune has been in my head ever since and it was SO MUCH FUN! Thanks to Jim Groom&#8217;s inimitable hosting, this was one online staff celebration with heart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">over to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimgroom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jimgroom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tunesforHawksey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tunesforHawksey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/altc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#altc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LcXkT5THGx\">pic.twitter.com\/LcXkT5THGx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Teresa MacKinnon (@WarwickLanguage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarwickLanguage\/status\/1354868182385885190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim&#8217;s work inspired another highlight of my month, sharing the opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReclaimArcade\">Reclaim Arcade<\/a> on Twitter and beyond, lighting up social media in HUGE VHS TAPES and neon. I am so much looking forward to visiting the arcade in Fredericksburg, Virginia on day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to Jim and the whole crew on a wonderful new venture \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also&#8230; I have BLOGGED! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Including this one, I have already written 9 (nine!) blog posts this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote some &#8216;getting back into work&#8217; at the start of the month including <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2841\">this post<\/a> on feeling like I have a whole new job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, some <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?page_id=2070\">posts on virtual teams and leadership<\/a>, a highlight of which has been this post <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2888\">Celebrating 3 years as a virtual team \u2013 an #altc perspective<\/a><\/strong>: a joint post by the whole ALT staff team written as we celebrate our three year anniversary as home-workers, running the leading professional body for Learning Technology as a virtual organisation and successfully charting a way through the ups and downs that the last three years have brought for us as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And also writing about <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2871\">OERxDomains<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2864\">AmplifyFE<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small things have made a big difference this month:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It snowed and that transformed the world around me&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This weekend the usual lockdown walk looks a bit different <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/snow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#snow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Awz9NhakGS\">pic.twitter.com\/Awz9NhakGS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenDeepwell\/status\/1353316862344515586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My first blog post of 2021: getting ready to return to work <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/altc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#altc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edtech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#edtech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/leadership?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#leadership<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WrUxa2eT7o\">https:\/\/t.co\/WrUxa2eT7o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iOtKNAEk6A\">pic.twitter.com\/iOtKNAEk6A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenDeepwell\/status\/1346894665920999428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s finally January 31st &#8211; and I am still standing. Things continue to be bleak, and whilst I am lucky that COVID hasn&#8217;t killed me and neither has boredom&#8230; work continues to feel like it&#8217;s busier than ever! In cheering news So&#8230; it&#8217;s time to celebrate the positives of this month, starting with the best musical moment of the month: Off downtown with the wonderful @debbaff what a fab voice and a fabulous song #tunesforHawksey&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=2896\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goodbye, January &#8211; I&#8217;m heading downtown<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things-i-like","tag-ds106radio","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wa4N-KI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}