Lazy Day

Today was a day for doin’ nothin’. We had nowhere to go and nothing really to do. I mean, I know there are always jobs to do, but I was mentally set up for a day off thank you very much, given that the Community Nurse was going to come here instead of us having to charge about the country to some hospital or other.

And so we just meandered about really. John spent some time on his poker and a bit of TV, while I did a bit of poking about in cupboards to see what I might be able throw away. I had come away from Paul’s yesterday with a proper realisation that we ought not to leave it much longer before we have a real clear-out, or the kids’ll be lumbered with such a lot of work when we snuff it. The only trouble was that the cupboard I started poking about in was full of their stuff…. and they were really very little help. When I texted them as to whether I should ‘keep’ or ‘chuck’ the stuff, I got some non-committal answers and then they started messing about, making jokes…… made me laugh though, even if I still don’t know what to do with half the stuff.

And so a short blog today with not a lot to tell. The nurse did arrive this afternoon, just as John was getting anxious as to whether anyone would turn up, and the whole process took just as long as it does at the hospital. John was hooked up to the infusion hung from a coat-hanger, hooked onto the drinks cabinet, there being no formal equipment available to get the height on the bag of fluid. He sat and fiddled about with a jigsaw that I’d taken possession of recently and so the time passed relatively pleasantly.

Being trapped and strapped for a couple of hours doesn’t make for feeling good though, and John was a bit down in the dumps after the nurse had left. I was also feeling blue, having rummaged through the children’s teenage years via their possessions in the cupboard, and I’d reminisced, looking into the now ever-receding past. A past I loved and have no regrets over, but wish I could experience all over again.

Just as the blues threatened to overtake us, William phoned. That cheered us up. Whatever story he has to tell, it’s always interesting and we always get a tour of one room or another, or the garden, or something. His little voice, Thomas’ smiling face and Michael’s direct gaze, which asks us without words if we’re OK, broke the bad spell that had settled on us and the evening wasn’t such a wistful time as we thought it might be. I watched trash on TV and John honed his poker skills. Then he went to bed and I dozed off on the sofa…..

With regard to the general situation we find ourselves in, I am still pleased to report that the COVID figures remain stable, and the experts are still hopeful the dreaded lurgy will be contained if we continue to follow the guidance offered. So, this is the latest:

  • 3,402 people tested positive for the virus today
  • 52 people died with the virus in the community in the last 24 hours
  • 24 people died in hospitals with the virus on 30 & 31 March
  • And it’s Day 5 of the lifting of Lockdown 3; Day 375 since Lockdown 1; Day 380 since our self-imposed Lockdown 1

Today may be the blackest day in the Christian calendar, but it ain’t over yet…….Easter is on its way!!

Take care everyone. God bless.