Day 22 - Thursday 9th April

I wake up at around 8 and listen to the radio for a while before getting up. My eyes have sorted themselves out but I have a very sore shoulder; I get random aches and pains due to fibromyalgia so I just grab some ibuprofen and do my best to ignore it. I make myself a coffee and notice that the kettle is still warm, so my son has presumably not been in bed long. I can tell what he's eaten while we were asleep as the debris is scattered over the kitchen - student life has followed him home. At breakfast I receive a thank you message from my nephew - it's his 30th birthday today and luckily both his card and the care package (ie case of beer) I sent him have arrived on time. I reply saying that we'll have the biggest ever party at the end of all this, and celebrate properly all the birthdays and anniversaries that we missed.

My veg and salad order arrives, together with the cheese I added yesterday, and prompts me to do a larder and fridge inventory so that I can refine the Morrisons order. I have only just finished when my son appears - he hasn't managed to get to sleep and has decided to power through. This is excellent news, as it means we can have a barbeque for lunch - something we talked about yesterday dependent on everybody being awake in time; we can't be sure it will be warm enough at dinner-time and it still gets dark quite early.

Lunch is delayed somewhat by the realisation that the barbeque wasn't cleaned at the end of last season, so needs to be deep-cleaned before we can cook. It's worth it though - it's a glorious day and I really enjoy cooking and eating outside. It's tempting to stay out all afternoon, but I check my computer for messages and see one from my sick friend which includes a photo of the very-much-alive bird her cat brought in this morning. She's managed to get it out again but says she is due a phone call from the doctor so clearly not feeling much better. She messages later to say she's spoken to the doctor and he's sure she has COVID-19; he thinks she turned a corner last week but has prescribed antibiotics in case she develops an infection. She has a friend locally who can pick them up for her but I still wish I could go over and keep her company.

I catch up on some admin and then prepare dinner before my online yoga classes. I'm doing more yoga than usual and my body appreciates it. Tonight hubby is having coq au vin and the veggies are having a traybake. After dinner we watch the semi-final of MasterChef and marvel at how people are shown celebrating with high fives and embracing … it all seems pretty alien in our new reality.

Today I am grateful for our garden.

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