Day Fifty-Nine - Phone Calls, Sort Outs and Vegetable Casseroles

Oooops, no walk this morning. I slept poorly and the gardening I did yesterday, such as it was, took its toll. I did the grown up thing and stayed home. Instead I did a chair yoga session in the lounge. I then had a sort out day. As it was refuse collection day I sorted out a whole load of magazines that I'd been hanging on to knowing full well I probably wouldn't look at them again. It's cleared a good space in the cupboard. I then sorted through a plastic bag of receipts that I'd been 'keeping for your records' as instructed! I don't want to be one of those old ladies who, when they die, are found to have carrier bags full of old receipts going back donkey's years. To be fair I generally do it at least annually. It never ceases to surprise me how they mount up. I kept all this years and shredded the rest.
I sorted through a whole load of miscellaneous bits I'd saved for reasons that I'm sure made perfect sense at the time but I can't for the life of me think why, now! I'm quite pleased with the tidiness and order it's brought me. Here's the silly thing. I could and should have down this any time. I don't actually need lockdown for a rampant virus to give me the go ahead. and yet it somehow seems all tied up with it.

It was my organic fruit and veg delivery day today, too. Wednesdays are a hive of activity! I made a vegetable casserole with lots of today's produce. I had a portion for lunch and there's a great big pot of it left that looks like it'll last me for the rest of my life! But, as my brother said, knowing my appetite it'll do me for couple of days! He phoned me this afternoon. He is a victim of Boris's confusing lockdown easing instructions. He thinks he can go out as much as he likes now. I did emphasise that he can go out for unlimited EXERCISE only.

I also had a phone call from one of my old school friends. I had to chuckle because she made an appointment to phone me earlier in the week. She thought it would be nice if we had a phone chat and was I free Wednesday at 12.00 or 2.00. I said 2.00. I'll put it on the calendar, which I thought was hilarious since there's little to put on a calendar. when you're in lockdown. But it is a sign of our digital age and how we communicate, that rather than pick up the phone on the off chance and call, it becomes an arranged event. Maybe it's me but there's something kinda sad about that? Different if it's an international call and you're juggling time zones but time was when you just gave someone a ring.

Since I was in 'phone mood' I plucked up the courage to give my author friend a call. We had discussed it vaguely when messaging. She said I was welcome to call. I worry about disturbing her so it's taken me a long time to summon the nerve. But when I finally did it went straight to voice mail!! I'll take that as a sign.

Sometimes I think this virus originates from a higher plane. The world has seen floods, fires, swarms of locusts and now a deadly plague - it all sounds very biblical. I also wonder if it is nature's way of controlling population?

Good news? Yes. My uncle, Pat's twin brother, also in a care home as he has dementia has tested negative for coronavirus.

I've noticed a stange thing that has happened recently with both my blogs and I'm not sure how  to cure it. When I load the blog on iPad the posts diminish in size gradually until it is very small and hard to read. It seems to be to do with the twitter feed I embedded into the blogs a few weeks ago. It doesn't happen when I open them on my lap top and or view the mobile edition on my iPhone. I apologise if it has affected anyone who reads it. There aren't many people now and I hope that isn't why they've stopped reading. Common sense says it has to be to do with the device rather than the blogger software or the lap top would be similarly affected? Unless it's a browser issue? If it continues I guess I'll try deleting the twitter feed.