The sun shone

Well, contrary to the way my thoughts were going yesterday, John said he feels fine today and no, there were no Monday blues. Ah, sorry if I lead anyone up the garden path. In fact, he’s been busy today and happily tackling those picky little jobs that have been hanging around for a while.

Bless him, he’s been creating a draught exclusion zone between the SnuGym and the garage, so one of the last things to do was to affix a piece of wood between two doors and paint it, which he did today. Not only that, but he’s been considering how best to send a piece of heavy equipment through the post to someone who bid for it on eBay, and doing research on that. And finally, he’s replaced a very noisy extractor fan in the shower room. Gosh, he’s done well.

I am not really sure what I have been doing today. I spent quite a bit of time fiddling about on the computer trying to re-order the supplements the nutritionist recommended for John. Unfortunately, the link she sent to us no longer works and you have to have an access code from your professional consultant now to get into the website. In the end, I ordered stuff from the USA which will take weeks to arrive.

I then paid a pile of bills and dealt with some of Mum’s monetary affairs, by which time, it was lunchtime. Heaven knows where the morning went.

After lunch we went out for a walk just in time to greet the sunshine. It had been overcast this morning but the sun was playing hide-and-seek by the time we went out, so it was really very pleasant and boosted our spirits no end. We had another walk-a-bit/stop-a-bit promenade but we really enjoyed it. Especially as we met one or two acquaintances along the way and stopped to chat, shouting at each other from a great distance. In one case, we were on opposite sides of the road and had to try to make ourselves heard over the trundle of traffic.

Once we were back home, we gratefully washed the shopping that dear Harriet had done for us and left in the porch, then put it away, before making ourselves a lovely hot chocolate to settle down with on the sofa.

The trouble is, once we sit with a mug of warming chocolate, we don’t want to get up again. So we had a bit of a repeat of yesterday afternoon, although we didn’t fall asleep this time. Well, I didn’t anyway. I think John may have snoozed a little bit…..

That’s been about it really today. An evening meal, which John cooked (thank you) and more TV this evening, catching up on programmes we’ve missed. So all good and sheltered and safe.

The only other exciting news today was from Andrew who said he heard the sonic boom of the aeroplane that was travelling across Cambridge. He said the sound shook his house and he thought someone had been shot! And I can see why when you watch the videos of people’s reactions.

The news has been harsh again with stories about apparent profiteering by large organisations at the poor’s expense – this time Chartwell, who has the contract to supply lunches for those eligible for free dinners in schools, only they have supplied meagre amounts. Another scandal waiting in the wings? Who knows? And, of course, the COVID situation, with hospitals at bursting point and the staff nearing breaking point. Lord give us strength.

  • 45,533 people tested positive for the virus today
  • 1,243 people died in the community today having recently tested positive for COVID
  • 422 people died in hospitals in the last couple of days having tested positive for the virus
  • And the latest data on hospital admissions is 5 days ago, on 7 January. There were 4,240 people admitted in one single day last week.

Numbing numbers, eh? Stay safe everyone. Look after yourselves. God bless.

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