We’re on a roll….

Well, I am anyway! A roll of wallpaper, of course!

I was up early-ish to go over to the Kenilworth Newbies to get the wallpapering done. Most of the painting is in hand, so I thought regardless of spattering paint, I’d get started on the paper. It always makes you feel better doesn’t it, when the paper goes up?

I managed to do the wall in Thomas’s room and made a start on Michael and Danielle’s. Quite pleased with how it’s turning out, even if I say so myself!

I left John back at the ranch because he was keen to get a bit done on the car. This morning, however, he spent some of his time trying on new clothes that had arrived through the post. All that getting in and out of shirts, trousers and jumpers exhausted him, so he didn’t start on the car until this afternoon. He got a bit done, but is now puzzling over how best to fit the instrument console. More research required, I believe.

At tea-time, I went for a yoga class and left John to cook our evening meal – which he did very well, but we were neither of us overly keen on some of the ingredients I’d given him to work with. The chicken didn’t have that wonderful flavour we hoped for. I blame the coriander.

We continue to be distressed by the war in Ukraine and wonder how it will all end. World War 3, anyone? Thoughts and prayers are with all who are suffering at the hands of a madman.

In COVID news – not in italics as an afterthought today – the most junior Kenilworth Sleath and his Dad have both tested positive for the virus today. Freddie has a cough and a temperature. Not sure whether Paul has symptoms….. he’s not admitting to any yet.

Harriet contacted work to let them know she’d be off because of the situation, but they were not sympathetic. They told her she had to go in and keep the appointments with the people she had scheduled. Ha! You can imagine the reaction of those she had planned to visit? Erm… really? You want to visit us when there’s two lots of COVID in your household? Yes, yes, we understand that your lateral flow test is negative…. but seriously? No, thank you.

It’s bonkers, isn’t it? ‘Living with COVID’ means spreading it around/pretending it’s not infectious or serious/carrying on regardless of others, from what I hear and can see.

COVID is still a risk – even the government admits this – but I do hope the risk isn’t high for anyone I know and love.

The latest government figures show an increase of positive cases of the virus by just over 28% in the last 7 days, with 300,017 people infected. Deaths, however, have decreased by 5.5% and 711 people died in the last 7 days. Hospital admission have slightly increased – up 1.6% – in the same period and the figures show 8,143.

Do take care everyone.