Well, what a day yesterday, with all the celebrations for John’s birthday. So successful, that even the jeans that Paul and Harriet bought him, and we were convinced would be several sizes too small, fitted.
Today, however, was a day of two halves. I got up reasonably early but left John to snooze on after all the exertions of his birthday. He spent the morning asleep while I took it easy with a leisurely breakfast before I ‘went to church’ and enjoyed a virtual coffee morning with a few of the congregation. It was lovely to see several people that I have been missing.
Once that was done, I decided to sit down on the sofa and catch up on some TV. John, meanwhile, had got up and was in the kitchen, still on cloud nine from such a great day yesterday. As I wandered in, I declared boldly (because I felt guilty that I wasn’t doing any jobs), “I am going to have a day of rest today.” He said that was fine as far as he was concerned, so I put my guilt back in my pocket to save for another day.
Well, the sitting down on the sofa was fatal. John lit a nice fire to keep us cosy and…… I then never left sofa all afternoon. In fact, I watched a couple of programmes before promptly falling asleep. That gave John a bit of a giggle. So much so, that he shared the photo of me, snoring my head off, with the rest of the family. He, on the other hand, got busy and pottered about, having a bit of a tidy-up of the aftermath of present-opening and cream cake ingesting, as well as delving into some of his parcels.
So the day ran away with me. I blearily opened my eyes when John came into the lounge to ask me if I was enjoying watching ‘The Dam Busters’. D’you know? I didn’t even know it was on….. And then it was mealtime. Oh, no…. got to start cooking again…. actually, John offered to cook instead, which was rather a bonus. Steak, and lovely vegetables. How very nice. Followed by cake…. yummy.
In the evening, I decided not to break the habit of just lounging on the sofa and I did more cosying up in a blanket and goggling at the TV. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea – it certainly isn’t John’s – but I love this time of year, when it’s Bake Off, Strictly and I’m a Celebrity, all on TV together. All reality, but it their different ways, and escapism at the same time.
So there we are, nothing else to report.
Apart from, of course, the latest stats on the COVID front. The last seven-day trend for infection is still up but today there have been very slightly fewer people infected – just the 24,962. Gosh, that’s still a lot isn’t it? 168 deaths in the community and 98 in hospitals over the last couple of days.
Take care everyone. God bless.
Glad you enjoyed a well earned rest xxx
I did indeed….