Not content with just dreaming about Ragdale Hall yesterday, I decided to full-on embrace the vibe today. I may not have a swimming pool or a spa area, but I do have a bath. In went the special salts to remind me of the Volcano Salts room, and I breathed in their aroma and the steam. I took myself to the ‘beautician’ where I treated myself to a face mask and lay quietly while it did its work, contemplating what might be whenever we’re allowed out. I sat and flicked through a magazine, imagining that I was in the Atrium awaiting the next treatment. At the ‘hairdressers’ I had a makeover and a hair colour. I took in a pedicure and manicure. I drank freshly-drawn and filtered water as a rehydrator. And I wished for my friends to join in. Some did, in the form of playing interactive puzzles – and it felt very nice, thank you. I do hope we can do it for real again one day. In the meantime, I might take myself off to ‘Ragdale-at-home’ again in the not-too-distant future to lift my spirits up until we can. DIY with a difference, eh?
John, on the other hand, has had a busy day. He was up and sorting out all his medications in good time this morning, because he was going out to play. Bryan called for him and they took a socially-distanced walk around the village. He thoroughly enjoyed it, although it’s probably the furthest he’s walked for a long time. It’s amazing what you can do when you’re motivated, isn’t it?
Once he was home, he sat and recovered, savouring a cup of coffee and a sandwich, but not for long. He was keen to get the long radiator cover finally put together, which involved joining two medium-sized covers. He has beavered away at the job really well and done a good job – you can hardly see the join. And it does look smart.
I’d post a photo except that my phone is still objecting to sharing its photos. This may have something to do with the fact that I’ve got too many on there, but I can’t, for the life of me, work out how to save the blooming things on the computer and take them off my phone. Up until about a year ago, I used to just plug my phone in and transfer the pictures across. However, I suspect an ‘upgrade’ changed all that and I can no longer do the simple exchange. Might have to phone Mr Apple up and see if he can help…..
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, the radiator covers…. there is a down-side to the new covers. I now have another job. I will have to shorten two lots of curtains…..God, it’s never-ending……
After we’d eaten our evening meal, I was looking forward to having a natter with the old school ‘gang’ on Zoom. I thoroughly enjoyed the chat – it was great, but only half of us could make it. Rob had texted to let us know that Kaye wasn’t feeling well, and Dave and Chris didn’t log on. When I texted them, they replied to apologise and say they couldn’t make it. Ah well, next time, I hope.
The rest of us did have a good natter. It was nice to see Richard for a change and, of course, George and Sue, who are always great company. Mind you, we repeated ourselves a bit – the others were aware of what we’d been up to, because they’d read the blog, and Richard had phoned John on Sunday, so they’d already talked about the issues with the Lotus. It was lovely to hear everyone’s news – especially George’s tale of how he had his shed installed. Made us giggle a bit at that. I am not sure that we had a great deal of news, but that didn’t stop us doing a lot of the talking! I do so love my friends – I am so thankful for them being there for us. It’s wonderful. More Zoom-ins, I think.
On a more mundane note, there was no phone call or text message today to tell John he would be attended to for his vaccination. So I phoned the Community Nurses up to see what was what. They only hadn’t got his name on their list, so it wasn’t going to happen any time soon! I was glad I phoned. Apparently, the surgery had failed to tell the nurses to put him on the list. Anyway, he is on the list now and someone should be calling within the next week. John was hoping they’d say the next day but clearly not. Fingers crossed they are true to their word.
- 16,840 people tested positive for the virus today
- 1,449 people died in the community in the last 24 hours, including Captain Sir Tom Moore who, at 100 years old, had walked 100 laps of his garden to raise money for the NHS
- 386 people died in hospitals on 31 January & 1 February
It’s a month – 28 days – since we started Lockdown 3. And it’s 320 days since we began this sad and sorry state of affairs. But there is hope on the horizon, despite the fact that we’ve a way to go in the lockdown stakes. And, on a positive note – all our new ways of behaving have reduced the incidence of, and deaths from flu, too. So it can’t all be bad, can it? Just got to keep our chins up.
Take care everyone. God bless……