It’s a snail’s pace

Although I woke up early this morning, I really didn’t get going very well today. Everything seems to take me such a long time to do these days! And then, when I’ve done something, I have to have a bit of a sit down afterwards. Do you reckon it’s my age? Might have to start thinking of retiring….

Anyway, despite the feeling of life crawling at a snail’s pace, the days seem to whizz by and, goodness me, it’s Friday again already! It was only yesterday that it was Tuesday, wasn’t it? And there’s only a couple of weeks to go before Christmas – and I still haven’t sent my cards out or done the Christmas shopping. John keeps telling me to chill out and not to worry about it all, but he doesn’t have to get everything bought, wrapped up and distributed, does he? Ah, well, I am sure it’ll all turn out OK in the end.

After finalising the decorating, I found myself in a position to actually do a bit of tidying up today. Which, in actual fact, was quite nice. We can get into the dining room without fighting anything now – although, to be fair, some of the clutter in there has been (and still is) the grandchildren’s birthday/Christmas presents which take up an inordinate amount of space. Not only that, but I managed to clear all the work surfaces in the kitchen of the papers and bits ‘n bobs that were littering the place. I have yet to sort the papers, mind. That’s a job for another day…..

One thing that John and I were both focussed on today was a mission to try and get John’s eye drops delivered. He has a specialist product for his eyes which comes from Liverpool. Normally, a good couple of weeks before he runs out, either he, or the company that makes the product, gets in touch to confirm the drops are on their way. Unfortunately, John didn’t do the confirmation and neither did the manufacturer, and so he has run out. That’s not the best thing when your eyes are already sore, is it?

Well, we have made phone call after phone call to try and get the delivery sorted but we are no further forward. Just waiting on the consultant to do a prescription, but we don’t know if the consultant knows he’s got to do it…… We’ve left messages with his secretary so we’re keeping our fingers crossed. Maybe Monday? In the meantime, John is in for a torrid time of it, I think, until they arrive.

I left John at home at lunchtime while I went to the local garden centre to see if I could pick up a few gifts for Christmas and had a great time browsing. But then there’s the realisation that buying a heavy bulky gift for a friend is probably not a great option as it’s going to have to be sent through the post. Dang!! That’s annoying, going to have to think again about gifts.

When I got back home, John had been having a wonderful time playing poker on the computer – his new hobby. He tells me it’s not costing him anything yet….. and he carried on playing his game while I had a sit down on the sofa after my shopping jaunt.

That was when I got cross with myself because I thought I should be getting on with something. It didn’t stop me sitting for a bit longer though….

Other than that, we’ve not done a great deal this evening. John did a little repair job on a set of lamps we’ve got, replacing the switch; and I did a little repair job on the tarpaulin cover of Michael and Danielle’s gazebo. Then we have both watched TV in separate rooms. I am not quite sure why or how that happened, but I was ensconced on the sofa watching the tribute to Barbara Windsor, and John settled in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and a thriller to watch. And there we are. The day is done and now it’s the weekend.

With the news being all doom and gloom in lots of ways, I think I may switch off and just focus on the good things this weekend. It’s Freddie’s birthday tomorrow and we’re going to go over and stand at the end of the path and wave at him in the morning. Can’t wait.

As we prepare to crash out of Europe with all that that entails, the figures on the COVID front don’t make pretty reading either:

• 21,672 people have been confirmed as infected with the virus today
• 424 people have died from the virus in the community today
• 192 people died from the virus in hospitals on 9 & 10 December
• Today is Day 10 of our Tier 3 since Lockdown 2 ended
• And today is Day 268 since we self-isolated in March.

It’s a long haul isn’t it? Is anyone feeling weary yet? Oh, I think that might be a rhetorical question.

Take care everyone. God bless.