Month: March 2020

Yes I know I’m writing this at night at the end of the eighth day but you’re reading it in the am. Now here’s the thing, you can stop worrying, yes really, I am delighted to inform you that I finished my toenails. Yes straight after my almost in the morning shower. I am looking spick and span and nowhere to go. It’s funny how everyone says the same about putting everything off till tomorrow, mañana, domani. Even going for a ‘good for you’ exercise walk, oh maybe I’ll go later. I’ve been thinking about learning something new. I’ve never been able to sing, no really, not a note in tune. So I’ve decided to log into YouTube and learn. There are many youtubers offering lessons and willing to teach me. I’m a little worried about the neighbours but I think it might make their lockdown more enjoyable, they won’t feel quite so isolated, will they? No housework today, no plants on the balcony and no painting. I did log into zoom, joined an online get together but it got hacked and suddenly there was porn in my living room 😱. Honestly we can learn something new every day even at my age. Night night campers 😴💤😴

My first phone call today was my dentist. ‘Just to let you know that your appointment is cancelled’. ‘Oh thank you, did I have one imminent?. ‘Yes, 15th May.’ ‘Oh’ I replied, ‘that’s quite a long way off’. ‘Well, it’s just two weeks away’ said the voice. Now, while I had eventually realised the clocks had jumped forward nobody mentioned a whole month 😫 best to ignore confusing people and make coffee. Next call my son, ‘are you ready to log onto BlueJeans?’ A new (to me) video chat line. I’m still not dressed and my pyjamas are not ready for a public performance. ‘Maybe later?’ Thank God for coffee. I also did some aerobics exercise in my pyjamas in the kitchen. You might not believe this but I did some housework. Not a lot but …. I also popped some more plants into pots. Petunias this week. I still have a tray of fuschias but we have to stretch the jobs out, don’t we? I pottered aimlessly for a while, chatting on the phone or to myself and then decided it was time to pick up my paintbrush. I did some watercolour tulips, just a practice but I hope to get serious tomorrow. And my toenails? Well, much like the unattractive bridesmaid, they’re still waiting. Bonne nuit you loners and others 😴💤😴

I jumped on the scales this morning after a lie in and breakfast. Spoilt my day before it started. Now I’m on a diet so if I run out of food I just might be grateful. I did a bit of exercise and had a few phone conversations. Walked around and exercised a bit more while talking. Found out that I’d forgotten about British summer time. It was already 3 o/c in the afternoon. What the hell had I been doing? Weather was quite windy here on the coast and forecast said it would be better later. They were lying. I went out later. It was cold and very windy. I was glad to get home and have a cup of tea. It’s very weird being in Bournemouth town centre and it’s completely empty. There were a couple of, I think, homeless guys on a bench in the square. ‘Hello darling’ one called out ‘you ok’. That’s not good, is it? Being homeless I mean. And I’ve forgotten to finish my toenails. Sweet dreams, if you can. This too shall pass. 😴💤😴

A little exercise session with Joe Wicks on YouTube. He’s rather cute and sounds like an Essex boy. Took a while to get started – you guessed it- phone calls. But don’t mind a bit of P.E. especially if I’ve had a coffee or two. Fortunately remembered I had to pay a bill and hadn’t managed to do it online a couple of days ago. Couldn’t do it today either. Kept getting locked out of my a/c as I got to the end. Phoned my bank, long wait there. Guy tried to talk me through it but no go. Made payment by phone and I’ll have to wait till next bill to see if it works. You’re all gonna be impressed because I cleared and tidied a wardrobe. Even put some things in the charity bag. As I needed some milk I drove to Lidl at 8.30 pm, wore my mask and latex gloves (and clothes). Usually ok that late but a few younger people around and not being careful with distancing. Still I growled loudly in their direction in a friendly sort of way and they soon moved away. Also bought ice cream and biscuits. Someone will have to roll me out when the time comes. Sleep tight don’t let the bug bite 💤😴💤

And I didn’t – go out that is. Neither did I start my day with wake up exercise. Result – low energy. Had a phone call before coffee, my brain finds this confusing. Then I pottered around in PJs drinking strong filter coffee. No idea what I did. Later I cut my toe nails but only on one foot. Tomorrow’s another day. I thought I might take an exercise walk but decided to make a start on my balcony instead. Good plan, I sorted my plants and got the primulas in pots, lovely and bright. I got rid of a whole lots of dead stuff from last year and felt a hell of a lot better for it. How do I feel now? To quote Scott & Bailey somewhere between fabulous and shit. Sleep well all you loners. 💤😘💤😴

Definitely better than yesterday. I started day 3 with 3 minutes and 3 seconds of wake up exercise. I bet you didn’t expect that 😮 Coffee in hand I got my first phone call, a blast from the past who had thought about me. This is starting nicely. I did a bit of tidying and dusting (housework?) while chatting, mainly about him. Alexa, play some disco music please. My To Do list was calling so I wrote a letter by hand – no, you’ll have to wait till the postman has been to find out if it’s for you. I danced on the balcony to I Believe in Miracles but, sadly no sexy thing came along 😢 then came Stayin Alive 🎶 Alexa has some weird sense of humour. You’ve seen the pics, I went for a walk to post my letters. It’s eerily quiet downtown. Good to be out though, more exercise. Back in time for BoJo but he didn’t appear and a phone call interrupted most of the update. 8.02 pm I remembered about clapping for our wonderful helpers. Back to the balcony but sadly it was just me 🤨. Maybe next time. Night night mañana is another day.

Almost too embarrassed to post today. My To Do list is even longer but sadly not even one item moved to the dones (another word I just made up). The trouble is the phone. My sister in Australia had a birthday today, 75 long years and she’s still younger than me. I phoned her and that set off a virtual avalanche of calls. I enjoyed most of them. Some video calls, grandchildren, step children, friends, calls from virus stricken Madrid and a hoax call that may have wished he hadn’t bothered. No walk, no painting and obviously no housework. I’ll try to do better tomorrow. Hope you all had a productive day.