Day 66 - Sunday 24th May

A day of mostly chores - finishing clearing up the laundry room, doing some laundry, a little weeding, going through the Tupperware cupboard and matching everything so I can throw away the tops and bottoms that don't match, and listing some items on Facebook Marketplace to try and clear the clutter. My son messages me to say he hasn't managed to sleep and can he be woken at 5pm.

I get a call from my friend who wants a footstool she has bought picked up from the seller - I'm happy to, but I have to go with wet hair as my hairdryer overheats when I try to dry it. The stool is massive, and my friend's house is quite small. It takes up almost the entire back seat of my car. She's going to come over for drinks on the veranda tomorrow so she can decide what to do with it. For now, it's in my office, but I'll have to move it for yoga.

Some brilliant news arrives … my second cousin who was brought up in Canada and lives in America is expecting a second baby! A girl, due at the beginning of December. It's reassuring and unsettling at the same time. A quick calculation reveals that she was probably conceived just before the extent of the pandemic became apparent and I wonder what the uncertainty of our current situation will do for birth-dates - will they increase due to the enforced togetherness of couples, or decrease due to fear for their future?

We have home-made pizza for dinner - my son gets up just in time - and then finalise our online grocery order. Today I am grateful to have achieved some decluttering.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 107 - Saturday 4th July

So tired after a night of very interrupted sleep - I can get to sleep okay but I wake up every couple of hours and I don't feel rested. I have a lot to do today, though, as we have guests coming over. First my niece, and then she will be joined by my daughter and her family. Indoors, like regular people. Today is the first day since lockdown that we have been officially allowed to have another household indoors with us. It's also the day that bars and restaurants re-open to the public. Some have been open since 6am ... I dread to think what state people will be in, and the quality of their social distancing after several hours on the booze. My first priority today is to ensure I have sufficient provisions to make fajitas (veggie and chicken) for 7 people; it turns out that I do. The guacamole I make from scratch, taking care that it's not too spicy for my grandson. Then I prepare brunch for the family; we'd agreed to eat at 11 to accommodate an earlier dinner due to t...
Read more

Day 53 - Monday 11th May

I wake to the nagging pain in my quad and wonder about phoning my GP, but I have a number of calls scheduled today so I decide to ignore it. It's the start of the online sustainability festival at which I've been invited to join a panel on Thursday. I set up a post in its marketplace and attend the first session at 9am. Mid-morning I have a call with the climate change partnership, then I'm due a call at noon that doesn't happen. I drop her a voicemail, grab some lunch and then attend a webinar on Doughnut Economics at city level. Hubby's anniversary gift needs picking up, and when I get back around 3pm our son is still in bed - we started trying to get him up at noon, at his request. He arrives at my office door a while later looking dazed and confused, and I have to give him a hug. He accepts the offer of a mocha and a cheese toastie and disappears into the games room where his PC is set up. I really hope he's ok. Hubby got up earlier today and has started...
Read more

Day 5 - Monday 23rd March

They say routine is important, so I'm back at my desk as usual this morning. I work from home anyway, but there's not much in my inbox so I spend the morning looking for local suppliers I can order from to get groceries delivered. I have found sources for fresh meat, fruit and veg but when I start to run out of store-cupboard staples I'd prefer to buy them from independent businesses who are more vulnerable in these challenging times. First port of call is the local Gossip Girls group - what would we do without Facebook in times like this? I volunteer each year as a judge for the Young Enterprise programme, where sixth-form students are able to set up a young enterprise company and run it for an academic year to learn business skills. Our final event has been cancelled for obvious reasons, but we are all still marking the business plans the young people have written and there is an online showcase planned in place of the usual trade fair. I'm so glad we are still goin...
Read more