We were just whiling our morning away in bed, browsing our phones and generally not getting up, when John reminded me that he was planning to drive into Coventry to hand over an item he’d sold on eBay to the purchaser in Coventry, and would I go with? Well, of course, I’d go with him.
But we were both reluctant to leave our cosy bed this morning and, in the end, it was all a rush to get out through the front door, minus breakfast. Never mind, we’d soon be back home and we’d have a nice brunch.
Harrumph….. maybe not. On our way back home, we called into B&Q to buy dingy beige paint to replace the Duck Egg Blue that doesn’t go with the tiles, and then a reminder buzzed on my phone. Oh, what’s this? I knew I was babysitting Freddie this afternoon, and I had it in my head that it was at 2 o’clock. As the reminder went at 11.30, I thought I’d better check with Harriet what time they were expecting me. Twelve o’clock, please. Their afternoon appointment was at one. Oh….brunch was on hold.
We had a good cup of tea when we got to Paul and Harriet’s and then John went home and said he’d collect me later. Freddie and I had a great time together and I also ate some food, for which my belly was calling. First, we played Minecraft on the TV – well, Freddie played – I just watched in amazement and learned that there were Creepers, Zombies, Spiders and Skeletons. And you could also knock or burn houses down if you wanted, or leave a stray cow down in the pit into which it had strayed and fallen…….hmmmm….. lovely.
After we’d had enough of that game we went outside to go on a ‘bug hunt’. It was great entertainment and I was surprised at just how many varieties of spiders there were in the garden, We were obliged to make a bug trap out of a yoghurt pot, of course, to put bugs into for further examination – wood lice, spiders (that didn’t stay) and a ladybird all went into the pot that had been lovingly furnished with pebbles, sticks, leaves and grass. It was very good fun.
John came back later, disguised as a JobSquad technician, bearing tools to mend the downstairs loo that I had inadvertently broken (twice). Freddie was fascinated to watch the ol’ man at work for a while before we went upstairs to his room.
All of Freddie’s books were in the spare room, following a decorating activity on his cupboards, so we slowly gathered up as many of them as we could, to put them back onto his shelves. It took us a very long time. We couldn’t help ourselves and stopped every few minutes to read a book that took our fancy.
Then the grown-ups came home to spoil our play and to show us what they had been out buying. Paul had bought himself a replacement watch for one which had been broken, and Harriet brought home a little necklace. All very, very nice to be able to treat yourself occasionally, isn’t it?
We said our goodbyes then and set off home, taking a detour via Waitrose to buy a few bits and pieces and their very delicious Thai ‘take-away’ kit, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Another day of un-paleo food. We’d better watch out…… don’t want the ol’ man to be ill again.
This evening we caught up on TV viewing, dipping and out of the footie, which proved to be interesting matches in many ways, but probably the right people won.
At the six o’clock news, there was no mention of a Hancock resignation, but by ten o’clock…. boom! There it was. Goodness me, what shenanigans among our ruling party, n’est-ce pas?
- 18,270 people tested positive for COVID today
- 23 people died in the community with it in the last 24 hours
- 227 people were admitted into hospitals as a result of the effects of the virus
- And, being the weekend, there are no figures for those who may have died in hospital
- Those who have been vaccinated with the first dose is nudging the 84% of the population now; and just over 61% having had both doses.
Be careful everyone. The horrid virus is still out to get us, so we must do everything we can to keep it at bay. God bless.