The morning after the night before

We were tired this morning. All the excitement of yesterday came home to roost. We lay in bed, therefore, until ten o’clock, lazing the morning away. Fortunately, there were no thick heads and no hangovers……

We may have got up, but Andrew was still a-snoozing until lunchtime. It’s not a great life, is it, to work 120 hours and then sleep away your days off? Apparently they are short-staffed at the restaurant and so double/triple shifts are in order….fingers crossed that it improves and a few more reasonable shifts are to be had soon.

John and I took advantage of the warmth and the sunshine, and breakfasted out on the patio. Very nice it was too. I then pootled about in the garden for a little while, trimming the edges with a newly sharpened set of shears. Now that was quite satisfying. Meanwhile, John took himself back indoors for the medication hour.

A final tidy-up before I winkled Andrew out of bed and then we shot over to Michael and Danielle’s to drop in some essential items that they’d left behind yesterday. We only stayed just over an hour or so, but it was very pleasant to be sitting outside on their decking and relaxing with a cup of tea.

Thomas entertained us as only he can, with his lop-sided grin, sparkly eyes and an out-stretched hand holding his cup aloft for a ‘cheers’. Made us laugh though – even though it was a sad moment – when the peanut butter on toast that he was eating became a casualty of family life.

He was well into the toast, just savouring the last piece, when he held his hand out to Chester. Chester didn’t need to be asked twice – thank you very much, I’ll have that nice piece of toast – and he wolfed it down. Thomas took a minute or two to register what had happened and then wailed his head off. I mean was sad for Thomas, but there was something very amusing about it…..

William came home from nursery and enjoyed the surprise of us all being there. He was delighted and ran headlong into my arms before going round every single one of us for tight, tight, tight hugs. We had a few minutes playing before it was time to go.

Once we were back home, John detailed Andrew to do a job before he set off back to Cambridge – unwind the trailer tent. The tent hasn’t been used nor opened for years. John thought it would be well and truly mouldering inside by now. However, we were pleasantly surprised to find that, although there was a little bit of mould in one corner where there was a bit of damp, it wasn’t too bad at all, really. Not sure what the next steps are – watch this space, folks.

That was us today. A very convivial and easy day today. No rush, no pressure – just a gentle stroll.

• And the figures for today…
  • 7,742 people tested positive for the virus today
  • 3 people died in hospitals with the virus in the last 24 hours
  • 187 people were admitted to hospital – an increase of 15%
  • 2 people died in hospitals on 12/13 June.

I’m aiming to make the most of the next couple of days weather-wise – how about you? There’s rain on the way from Thursday! Well, it’ll be nice not to have to water the garden, won’t it?

Look after yourselves, everyone. We are precious cargo in these choppy seas. God bless.