Another Monday

They come round so quickly don’t they? Mondays? I mean, it was only a week ago that we had one before!! Mind you, I didn’t mind today, because we had no plans other than a bit of pottering about round the house and garden. And, I was awake early, so got up at a reasonable time and found the day rolled by quite pleasantly.

John, on the other hand, has got on with several jobs, but his eyes are bothering him so he’s had a miserable day really. However, (hopefully) we are due to attend the eye clinic tomorrow so we’ll see what’s what. I say ‘hopefully’ because, you know, these things have a habit of not happening when we get there….. A letter arrived with an appointment for last week, however it was changed to this week. But there’s been no follow-up letter, so fingers crossed it’s not cancelled or we’ll be in trouble.

We paced ourselves though, today. John’s main plan for the day was to clean the quad bike and sort it ready to advertise for sale. He did that pretty well, and it’s all raring to go (well, once it’s been serviced and tidied up a bit) and he took photos of it ready to upload to the computer.

Only the computer say ‘no’. The photos wouldn’t upload and he wasn’t sure where he was saving them, so he went for the Dropbox option, which entailed him setting up an account. All in all, it was a great big faff and nothing went quite right. I think, in the end, he sorted it out, but by the time he’d done that, he’d had enough and didn’t get to the bit about advertising…….maybe tomorrow. Looks pretty, though, don’t you think?

Me, on the other hand, I was grubbing about under the sink in the kitchen. I had two jobs today – one was to clear the shelves under the sink because I was convinced there was a dead mouse in there, as well as get it ready for when the new work surfaces arrive in two weeks time. Nothing like being prepared early, is there? Anyway, there was no mouse. But I cleaned it all and it looks OK. I put all the contents of the cupboard into zillions of boxes which are now under the stairs. We’ll never find anything ever again….

The second job was to spray the roses. I promised Livia, who helped with the pruning, that I’d spray them last week but time ran away and then it rained. All done now, so I am hoping that the little bugs munching on them will breathe their last, the black spot will, in the words of Bridget Jones, ‘bu**er off!, the mildew will wither and die and the bushes will all be as happy as Larry in a week or two.

Having completed the two scheduled jobs, I moved onto the unscheduled ones which involved a bit of vacuuming, wet-wiping, polishing and box-emptying – all in a good cause, as I prepare a few things of Mum’s to advertise for sale.

Selling things always gives me the collywobbles though. Mad, isn’t t? It’s the fear of rejection, you know. I have this item; I offer it to a potential customer for a price; no-one wants it – rejection looms big and I never want to offer anything for sale ever again. Something like that anyway. However, I am determined to do it. The items are things that Mum no longer wants or needs; Graham has said he doesn’t want any of Mum’s things; and we don’t want these bits I’ve identified for sale either, so let’s see if someone else does.

This afternoon, unexpectedly, it was yoga. With a hospital appointment for tomorrow morning, Jaime suggested I attend this afternoon/evening’s class instead. I am glad I went. I always feel better for having practiced – as Jaime says, ‘Yoga days are good days!’.

When I got home, I prepped some food for a late supper. “Do you anything to eat, John?” I asked. No, was the reply. He’d started on the wine and was planning on a ‘liquid lunch’, only not lunch, if you know what I mean!

With regards to the current health of the nation, I note that there were 5,683 positive cases of the virus reported today, one death in the community and, in theory, no deaths in hospitals. However, the spreadsheet reporting hospital deaths looks proper poorly itself, with no reported deaths for any day at all since the beginning of the year. Methinks that may be a mistake.

Take care everyone. God bless.