The week continued...
Fri 03 Apr 2020: As we had no Ocado delivery this week, I decided to brave the queues and do a Sainsbury’s shop with Rhys as my personal shopper and me with the list directing. The queue to get into Sainsbury’s was about a dozen people, all spaced out at 2 metre intervals via tape on the concrete. We thought we’d be there for a while, but it started to move after about 5 minutes, just as I stepped out of the line to go to a chemist for other items on our list. With me back in line, we all shuffled up with our trolleys, and kept going until it came to us. “Hold up,” the Sainsbury’s guy said. “Only one adult per household allowed in.” I thought I might try the high risk asthma route. My plea, and that I needed Rhys as my personal shopper so I didn’t have to touch anything, didn’t hold sway. He did say that I could come shopping between 08:00 and 09:00 and wouldn’t have to queue as I was high risk, but that defeated the object of not touching stuff! Next time I shop, gloves it is then. Rhys went in, list in hand, and I went to the chemist for other essentials.
I had time to kill, so went for a walk around town as my not-so-daily exercise. There were a few people milling about, keeping their distance from one another, but few shops open; food shops and chemists mostly. All the charity shops, cafes and clothes shops were dark and their doors shut. It harkened back to my childhood when shops were shut one day a week for stock take (pre-computer age). It was strange and sad to see. One bright spark in an otherwise slightly depressing morning’s outing was outside Specsavers, my local opticians, reading their Coronavirus notice (for lack of something better to do as I passed). The manager, Nicky, came to the door, grinning and waving a hello. It put a smile on my face as I waved madly back. They know me well in there as it takes a few tries to get my glasses right when I get new ones. Back at the car, I waited for Rhys in the windy sunshine. He took less than half an hour to shop!
Sat 04 Apr 2020: Saw my first bee of the season whilst putting the washing out. Those I don’t mind as we’ll all be scuppered if they die out and stop fertilising plants. Life would be a lot less sweet without honey. We finished watching two series: Altered Carbon Season 2 and Star Trek: Picard (both sci-fi). What to watch next? There’s a box set of Game of Thrones Season 8 calling to me…
Sun 05 Apr 2020: This was a very industrious, really warm day. I did two loads of bed linen washing and Rhys helped me put it on the carousel (interspersed with dog fussing), washing up and mended a ripped duvet button hole. You know when you keep looking at something that needs sewing and you keep putting it off? Today was not that day! We also repotted my two red flowering succulents. We did it last year and they went mental growing and doubled in size, so I bought larger clay pots and begged some compost from the landlady’s gardening shed. When I say shed, it’s a deluxe triple room aircraft hangar, so plenty of room to keep our distance!
More from my keyboard next week.
Laters.
Shel
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