Post Comment Love 25-27 September

September 25, 2020

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love.

Another week, and new rules from the government. And a new app, which we’ve already downloaded here, and which I hope will help in the fight against Covid. Though, if I’m honest I think we’ve some way to go yet, though I’m hoping we’ll start to see changes from these latest changes soon, and before other more tighter rules are needed.

Earlier in the year I booked some leave, random blocks of days, and so this week I’ve had three much needed days off. The first very much a home day, catching up on all sorts of things and yesterday we headed down to Whitstable for a change of scene. And much needed. We haven’t been to Whitstable for a while, and it’s such a pretty town, it was good to visit again.

We were lucky with the weather too, for most of the day. The sun had warmth, even though there were clouds in the sky, some of them much darker than we’d have liked. But we were able to have some al-fresco fish and chips on the edge of the beach, so a lot of typical English seaside town behaviour. We spotted beach huts, browsed shops, bought local goods and then got soaked after a sudden downpour which caught us out.

But even so, a really good day out, and one that (face coverings apart) felt the most ‘normal’ for a while.

Post Comment Love 18-20 September

September 18, 2020

Thank you for all your good wishes last week. I’ve been trying to take things easy, but still trying to do what needs to be done. Work has been busy, but also very good to me ‘forcing’ me to take some time on Wednesday, and that was much appreciated. It gave the opportunity to walk into the village to pick something up for dinner, as getting some food out of the freezer had slipped me by again.

We’d also been hoping for some barbecues, however while its sunny during the day, the temperatures drop quite quickly, and it’s dark much sooner than I’d like too. Or too dark for barbecuing, and eating outdoors - but then again we’re not mega-early eaters.

There’s been very few photos of any interest, so I’m including this one from our recent visit to Standen. It caught my eye and made me smile.

Post Comment Love 11-13 September

September 11, 2020

It’s been a quiet blog week for me, in fact I’ve not posted since last week’s linky. So therefore unusually I’ve no post to add this week. I’m still finding that I’m having too much screen time for work, rather than fun, so need to have a serious word with myself.

Like many people, I’m sure, the most recent government changes have meant more work, reviewing arrangements and plans that we’ve been working on for a while. Clearly a pandemic isn’t too concerned about that, and seeing the number of infections rise is worrying - as is the media’s coverage of young people right now. It’s hardly the way to encourage people, of any age, to do the right thing is it? Calling students going, or returning to university, a migration really doesn’t sit well with me, but let’s not go there.

In other ways this week has been a busy week. A doctor’s appointment for a regular blood test, as it turned out the first in rather a long while (and not just for Covid reasons) which meant rather more attention than I expected, some new tablets and what seems to be the obligatory bruise following a blood test.

I’m fine, if not a little perplexed by all the attention, let alone navigating the doctor’s surgery and its rules in this strange new world of ours. In the past week I’ve had an actual appointment (it’s hard to take blood remotely), two telephone consultations and another booked for next week. And next week’s appointment was booked in by the doctor while he was on the phone to me, so it’s been a little overwhelming too in some ways.

The new tablets come in a fancy bronze strip, which clearly makes them much more effective… or I hope it does at least. I also think the crook of my arm is going to need to toughen up as there’s promises of further blood tests for monitoring purposes, that or we’ll have to make the bruised look, the look to have right now.

Seriously I’m fine, I’m doing my best to follow the advice, and true to form have reverted to a good old spreadsheet to record pretty much everything. I know that once it’s in there, it’s stored and therefore ok to let go of from the active part of my brain, so that should also help too.