No rushing about, just taking it leisurely today, following a delightful start to the day with a phone call from Australia. Gail was ringing to say ‘thank you’ for a parcel we’d sent. She’s been having such a rough time of things that we thought a few goodies wouldn’t go amiss. Had a lovely long chat and heard all the latest on Gail’s treatment, and how stalwart Graham is being in supporting her. Smashing.
Having said goodbye to Gail, I left John in bed while I went round to Dawn’s for a morning of chatting about weddings. Lucy is getting married next year and Dawn is thinking about her outfit, so we had a good old natter to the seamstress, Jackie, who is going to make it for her.
For anyone who knows how to sew, I am sure it doesn’t come as a shock to you that making a wedding outfit is very complicated. What shape should the jacket be? How about the neckline on the blouse? And the sleeves? How long/short should they be? And how about the fastenings? Goodness me, but the list goes on……
Fortunately, Dawn had refined her ideas very well, and Jackie understood exactly what she was after. A very successful morning and Jackie breezed out with her laptop full of ideas. I stayed on for another hour (not sure if I outstayed my welcome, but there we are) and had a bit of chat before coming home to winkle John out of bed.
Meanwhile, I thought I’d give the dentist a ring. I have a toothache. My own fault, of course. I should have had something done months ago when I had the chance, but I baulked and got cold feet, so now I’m in pain.
I phoned yesterday to make an emergency appointment. Ha! Ha! “Dr Danjal can see you next Tuesday.….” Right….OK, well, I’ll have to go for that then, and hope I can hold out for a week. “But you could phone up and see if there any cancellations each day?” Good idea, so that’s what I did.
No cancellations, however, so I wondered if I could maybe have a ‘quick’ appointment to check whether an antibiotic is needed before any drilling takes place. “Erm… I can book you in for a telephone appointment this afternoon – and then, if an antibiotic is needed the dentist can prescribe it over the phone.” But did I get a phone call? No. Try again tomorrow. Wish me luck.
This afternoon we swanned about. Dozing, watching TV, reading – and John faffed about on the computer what seemed like hours on business-related stuff. And so passed a very pleasant few hours – for me, anyway. I think John was increasingly frustrated in what he was trying to do – with no success yet.
After our evening meal, I went out while John caught up on all the programmes he’s recorded. It’s been a while since I last went to my little prayer/bible study group but I finally made it tonight. I was made very welcome but I felt foolish because a) I’d forgotten the little book we’re studying from, and b) I forgot my bible. Never mind, I listened instead and a glass of prosecco from the host eased the sense of foolishness.
COVID-wise, Gail said they’d had about 250 cases in New South Wales and 2,500 in the whole country yesterday. And they were in lockdown. Ha! We have had 43,738 cases today and yesterday, we were world beating….. but no recommendations for mask-wearing, keeping your distance etc etc…… it continues to baffle me as to why we are accepting this and not doing something about it………
- Monday 18 October 2021: New cases around the world
- UK: 49,156
- Russia: 34,325
- Turkey: 29,240
- USA: 16,260
- India: 12,242
- Iran: 11,844
- Romania: 10,141
- Thailand: 10,141
But anyway, perhaps I ought to shut up as well, just like everyone else?
‘The Party told you to reject the evidence of your ears and eyes. It was their final, most essential command.‘ George Orwell, 1984
Take care everyone. God bless.