A five-minute WordPress tweak took off and consumed my afternoon, but the fix clicked, and the site returned to life as if nothing had happened. A plugin conflict was found, the cache was cleared, permalinks were refreshed, and notes were scribbled for my future self. It’s not elegant, but it works. I’ll file it under ‘Hard-won lessons I’ll forget by Tuesday’.
Practical
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WordPress Wrestling
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Headache Diplomacy
My brain convened a percussion section behind my eyes. It demanded concessions, so even making tea became a project plan with milestones. Lights down, water up, quiet steps, no sudden moves. I parked the loud jobs and did the gentler ones, one shuffle at a time. By evening, we had a ceasefire, pending weather and sleep.
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Tech Gremlin
I ‘fixed’ a plugin by turning it off and on again; hero status unconfirmed, but the page loads and no one needs to know how thin the miracle was. I cleared the cache, whispered ‘please’, and promised not to update anything mid-afternoon. Notes for future me: write the steps down, pretend they were deliberate, and never click ‘experimental’ on a live site.
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First Drop-off, Week One Done
Maisie’s first day at infant school coincided with my first post on Shared. The morning was calm: both girls went to their classrooms without fuss. Back home, I went to write it up and realised I’d left my power lead. Luckily, my tablet has enough battery to see me through today.