Ploughing on….

Despite our colds, both John and I ploughed on today, through sheer determination.

I had promised to go to the Kenilworth Newbies to hang some wallpaper in William’s room and was keen to do it. “Mum,” said Michael, “Don’t come if you’re poorly.” But I wanted to go, so go I did, putting my cold to one side – and working in a well-ventilated room (“Don’t come in, Danielle, I’ve just sneezed.”) – as I enjoyed the paper-measuring, paper-cutting and then paper-hanging.

I did wonder whether I would get it all done in the day given my sniffles, but knowing that the young man would come home from nursery at tea-time, I didn’t want him to find a job half-done. So I ploughed on – and was delighted to get it done.

I didn’t stay to see William’s reaction to his newly-decorated room because John was at home and I was keen to get back to him, but Michael sent me video of William going up the stairs and seeing his room for the first time. Suffice to say, he was thrilled. You would be too, wouldn’t you, if you had dinosaurs adorning the wall and window in your bedroom?

John, meanwhile, having sorted out the energy bill situation in his mind to his satisfaction, braved the phone call to the supplier. ‘Ah…… ummmm…. right…. well…..’ they said. ‘We’ll have to look into it…….’ Hahahaha. I wonder how long that will take and what fanciful response they will come up with? Anyone fancy hedging a bet?

Once John had done that bit of work, he took himself off for a walk along the Yellow Brick Road. Now this walk is about a mile and, depending on which way you go round, depends on whether it’s mostly uphill or mostly downhill. Hmmmm…….. did anyone notice just how windy it was today? It took John over the hour to do the walk. Not at all surprised – he has a cold, which is a bit on his chest and it was very windy which buffeted him about…… However, he was pleased for having done it.

Next up, he texted me to ask me to give him access to the shopping list we’d put on Alexa. Regrettably, I wasn’t able to do that because the connection on my phone was poor at Michael’s. “No worries we’ll sort it out when I get back, but you can get started and we’ll add things to the order later.” I said.

Well, the poor man spent what seemed like hours trying to sort out the shopping – and heaven knows if we’ve got everything we need. He found the shopping list on my computer and used his laptop to do the order. What a faff. It’s going to be exciting when we get the delivery tomorrow!

Take care everyone. God bless.