Aaand…. breathe….

A quiet day today all in all, although there was a kerfuffle this morning when the blog went AWOL. Anything that goes wrong with the computer and I immediately go into a flap and mad panic. Fortunately, it was George who noticed that the blog wasn’t there, so I already had a guiding hand when he texted to ask what was up. As always, he was there to sort it all out for me – and as always, he hardly wanted any thanks for his help. But I couldn’t help myself and was grateful anyway.

I chose to work off the nervous energy by having a tidy up and a bit of a scrub round. Having had Chester here again yesterday, there were more dog hairs floating about, so it was a good excuse for the Hoover out and away you go.

I also felt the need to work off a second bout of nervous energy having had a text from Gail telling us that she’s neutropenic and in hospital. Oh, crumbs. What a bother. It’s not clear where the infection is, but John suspects it will be in the PICC line that she has in. That happened to him when he was geared up similarly, so he thought it the most likely explanation. She’s on my prayer list twice over now. As is Graham, of course, who must be anxious about her.

The therapeutic cleaning did the trick for me however, and I have felt pleasantly chilled all day. I still have a pile of ironing to do, but I decided it could wait until another day.

John, too, has been chilling all day. It took him all morning to breakfast and work through his various medicaments and procedures, but thereafter, he’s been inspecting the back of his eyelids for a while, and then researching new cars.

We think we’d like a new car, but we really don’t know what to get. We flip-flop from one style/brand/fuel-type to another, depending on which way the wind blows, so our final choice could be anybody’s guess. What we can’t come to terms with though, is what we may no longer need. Family car? Two-seater sports car? Towing car? Hmm…….

We spent the afternoon lounging about in the lounge, feet up and generally relaxing. I had thought I might take a walk, but having looked outside at the weather, I was disappointed to see it was still raining. Not that the rain should put one off, of course, as ‘there is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing’ but it was cosy indoors, so I opted to stay in and scroll through TV programmes until my eyes were square.

This evening has been somewhat similar, enhanced by a healthy-sized glass of Monkey Shoulder. Oooh, it is so delicious.

We caught up with the news during our little journey through the TV programmes and I found it all rather depressing again. There’s a worry about the Indian variant of COVID; the reports about the Israel/Palestine situation are extremely distressing; businesses are going to the wall with that retail institution, Debenhams, closing its doors for the last time today. I am sure there must be some good news but the broadcasters don’t seem to be able to find any, do they?

So I found good news for myself instead: Paul, having had his COVID jab, has now recovered from its side-effects; I met with an upholsterer and agreed that he will re-cover my kitchen chairs; we have arranged for Pete and Dawn to come into our house on Monday for a drink; and William was ‘Player of the Week’ at his football training this morning. Small, but beautiful wins……

The number of people infected with COVID however, remains stable (2,027). and people who died with COVID are just 7 in the community. The NHS has stopped publishing its figures over the weekend, so we have to wait and see what the situation is in hospitals on Monday.

Take care everyone. God bless.