Day 44 - Friday 1st May
Another month begins, and I awake feeling drained after a mostly sleepless night. I go to bed tired and at a sensible time (around 11) but I just can't quiet my mind and my normal tricks of talking books and meditations aren't working.I have a scratchy throat as a result, which normally happens when I'm sleep deprived but under current circumstances unsettles me. I discovered a new blog last night by Louis Theroux which I will enjoy following, though, and I also had a breakthrough on the name for our pop-up WOMAD susbstitute - NOMAD.
I'm up and out by 10.20, for an appointment with the practice nurse for an MMR vaccination. I've registered with the NHS skill bank for office and admin work and it's compulsory. She also recommends I have the pneumonia vaccination - I'm due back in one month for the MMR booster and then a further month for the pneumonia. I drop off a letter to HMRC about the discrepancies in my PAYE info and pop through a friend's letterbox a book that I offered to lend her, then return home to catch up on social media and grab some lunch. I finally claim the refund for my WOMAD tickets, which causes a twinge of sadness.
A couple more job applications this afternoon, and then a call with an agency about a previous application. I haven't been longlisted but the feedback is encouraging; it was close and they were apparently impressed by the thoughtfulness of my personal statement. As a result, there may be other opportunities in the same organisation and others. What I should be doing for the rest of the afternoon is following up my PPI claims, as my friend just got a payout of almost £10k for hers. What I do instead is work on the graphics for our mini pop-up festival. It's lovely to have something to look forward to.
My son and I have Imam Bayaldi for dinner, using an aubergine that is beginning to turn - hubby has a pork tenderloin and pasta dish he found on the internet. After dinner he shows me a video of our grandson saying "Grandad" and we watch our usual Friday TV shows - Have I Got News for You and Graham Norton.
I'm becoming quite unsettled by the conversations we have about the coronavirus and the one that started over dinner tonight illustrates why. We disagreed about how well the UK is doing in keeping the virus at bay - I feel that they responded too slowly and are feeding us propaganda instead of being honest and transparent about the challenges on PPE and testing. Today it was reported that we are past the peak, which is encouraging, but there's clearly a long way to go before life returns to anything like normal and by failing to acknowledge when mistakes have been made I think the government undermines our trust which could compromise the public's willingness to co-operate with long-term measures to defeat the virus. I cited as an example the initial pursuit of a herd immunity policy which was later abandoned after willingly exposing people to infection at massive public events. I remember hubby was previously adamant that the herd immunity was sound science and dismissed my fears as uninformed because he has a biology degree and I don't. Tonight he was equally adamant that the government had never even suggested pursuing a herd immunity policy.
Tonight I am grateful to have a project to work on.
I'm up and out by 10.20, for an appointment with the practice nurse for an MMR vaccination. I've registered with the NHS skill bank for office and admin work and it's compulsory. She also recommends I have the pneumonia vaccination - I'm due back in one month for the MMR booster and then a further month for the pneumonia. I drop off a letter to HMRC about the discrepancies in my PAYE info and pop through a friend's letterbox a book that I offered to lend her, then return home to catch up on social media and grab some lunch. I finally claim the refund for my WOMAD tickets, which causes a twinge of sadness.
A couple more job applications this afternoon, and then a call with an agency about a previous application. I haven't been longlisted but the feedback is encouraging; it was close and they were apparently impressed by the thoughtfulness of my personal statement. As a result, there may be other opportunities in the same organisation and others. What I should be doing for the rest of the afternoon is following up my PPI claims, as my friend just got a payout of almost £10k for hers. What I do instead is work on the graphics for our mini pop-up festival. It's lovely to have something to look forward to.
My son and I have Imam Bayaldi for dinner, using an aubergine that is beginning to turn - hubby has a pork tenderloin and pasta dish he found on the internet. After dinner he shows me a video of our grandson saying "Grandad" and we watch our usual Friday TV shows - Have I Got News for You and Graham Norton.
I'm becoming quite unsettled by the conversations we have about the coronavirus and the one that started over dinner tonight illustrates why. We disagreed about how well the UK is doing in keeping the virus at bay - I feel that they responded too slowly and are feeding us propaganda instead of being honest and transparent about the challenges on PPE and testing. Today it was reported that we are past the peak, which is encouraging, but there's clearly a long way to go before life returns to anything like normal and by failing to acknowledge when mistakes have been made I think the government undermines our trust which could compromise the public's willingness to co-operate with long-term measures to defeat the virus. I cited as an example the initial pursuit of a herd immunity policy which was later abandoned after willingly exposing people to infection at massive public events. I remember hubby was previously adamant that the herd immunity was sound science and dismissed my fears as uninformed because he has a biology degree and I don't. Tonight he was equally adamant that the government had never even suggested pursuing a herd immunity policy.
Tonight I am grateful to have a project to work on.
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