On Becoming a Hermit, Sort of ... Day 4

Day-4 (Friday, 20th March 2020)

More philosophical thoughts were circulating this morning when I awoke. Now I can't remember what they were, you'll probably be very happy to hear!

The first distraction that laid these thoughts to rest, was when I realised we'd better book an online food shop because of long lead times - the earliest delivery was 20th April! It may only be slightly interesting that Barbara had the same light bulb moment only twenty minutes after and logged in to discover a very full trolly! We need to talk more

Is it me, or is this a very boring opening to a blog post. No, don’t answer that!

Following a trawl through the terms of our travel insurance, to see if there is any chance of claiming for the cancellation of our rare holiday next week and a few requisite communications to provider, insurer and credit card company, the second distraction came from our neighbour. He invited us to meet outside with a chap who'd come to cost the relaying of their driveway with what was described as a SuDS compliant 'porous resin'. He was asking whether we'd like to get a quote too, since our drives blend into each other and are therefore shared. Anyway, neither of us were particular taken by the design patterns, but even less impressed with the price ... £5,500! So that wasted another hour!

You are no doubt beginning to realise that this has been an ordinary day, as days go. Not necessarily the material for astounding blog posts. But I have already said that this is an attempt at a journal and, as such it is bound to be a little parochial. Ho-hum. 

One thing that strikes us both is that, even though retirement can do this to some people, we have never lost that 'weekend feeling'. We know what day of the week it is because of our schedule of activities, most of which usually occur regularly on certain days of the week, with regular but occasional variations, including weekends, particularly for my singing activities. In the past week, we have suddenly lost those activities. All of them. So differentiating between weekdays and the weekend has concomitantly become more difficult, not to mention the loss of those important deadline dates, weeks and probably months ahead. Things to aim for. 

However, today is Friday. We often throw a pizza in the oven to celebrate the start of the weekend and have some green stuff to go with it, and maybe treat ourselves to a G&T! Ooof I hear you gasp! But we have neither pizza nor salad (we ate the last one on Tuesday ... or was it Wednesday?). But I'm not going (and don't need), to whip down to the Coop to get one. We'll have something to eat in the freezer, so here we go.

The moral (if that's the right word) of today's post, is clearly that we need to adjust our routines, set some goals. To this end I made a reminder list this morning with five tasks on it. When I've posted this blog (the fifth on the list) shortly, I will have achieved three and half of them. Tomorrow: must do better. 

I may not post on the weekend because ... well, it is the weekend after all.

For now, here's a couple of photos of our Guide Dog Puppy, Taz ... 

January 2019

February 2020

Today's Music Choice from Clemency Burton-Hill's "Year of Wonder" is Zefiro tornadoes e di soave accenti - Return, O Zephyr by Claudio Monteverdi : https://youtu.be/qns0zAPZ0ts 

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