Just being….

It’s good to have the ol’ man home again. He’s delighted with the new work surfaces, which have brought a smile to his face, so that’s nice.

“What are you going to do today, then?” he asked this morning. “Not a lot,” I replied, “Yoga this morning, watch tennis this afternoon and chat to the college crew this evening. What about you?” He said he thought he’d fit the large cupboards that we’d had to take down to accommodate the work surfaces in the kitchen. I thought it might be a bit much, the day after coming out of hospital, but he was keen.

Well, he was keen this morning. However, as the day wore on the idea of doing that particular job receded into the distance. I was pleased about that on the one hand – I don’t want him to overdo it too soon, but disappointed on the other – I’d like to get cupboard back together again and I am not sure I know what to do.

Instead, John listened to a story in bed this morning; then he watched a bit of TV across lunchtime; then he inspected the back of his eyelids for a while this afternoon, before he realised it was now tea-time. He did go out and fill up the green bin with some of the moss that had been raked from the lawn, ready for collection tomorrow, but that was it. Good. Don’t want him to be unwell again just yet, thank you very much.

I don’t know whether it’s the anti-climax effect of John now being home, but I have felt like a wet week all day. No energy whatsoever, and nothing much done at all. I was glad the tennis was on – it gave me an excuse to sit on my bum all afternoon and avoid all the chores begging to be done. I couldn’t even be bothered to think what to prepare for our evening meal and ended up with fish fingers from the freezer. A great paleo meal, that……I don’t think.

Never mind, no doubt I’ll have found some energy from somewhere tomorrow. Let’s hope anyway. I need to find some energy from somewhere, to start thinking creatively again, as we are definitely not opening up on the 19 July in our household.

Lots of people have tested positive for the virus today: 32,551 – this means that in the last seven days, the numbers are up by 35%; 35 people have died in the last 24 hours and this contributes to a total which is up by 52% in the last seven days; the latest data on hospitals admissions was on 4 July, when 456 people were admitted to hospital – an increase of 50% over the last week. The figures in two weeks’ time are going to be interesting aren’t they?

However, the good news is that 86.6% of the adult population have had their first dose of the vaccine and almost 65% have had both doses.

In other news, all my friends from college were on top form this evening, including Linda, who had been unwell with the virus last week. Lovely to see everyone – although we were reminded from our various comments and actions that we are now aging fast….. I mean, who can work technology these days? Not us, it seems.

Also in other news, Thomas is much better than he was; Paul is still holding out and his lateral-flow tests are still proving negative; and Gail, if I’ve got it right, is on the last few stints of chemo and mostly feeling not too bad. At times like these, you want to just be with your loved ones, don’t you? Ah, well, WhatsApp and Skype will have to be good substitutes for now.

Take care everyone. God bless.