Day Ninety One - Playlists and Unlockdowns

I'd like to say normal service is resumed but what the hell does that even mean? I did get some sleep last night and I did get out for a walk this morning and it always makes me feel better. Even sat outside for breakfast and finished a book. That's always the best part of my day. Everything seems to go downhill from there on. I dug up some plants for my friend and I messaged her to see if she was going to do the gardening today because that's what she's implied when I saw her on Friday. But I got no reply and the icons on the app I was using indicated the message hadn't even reached her phone. Of course I was worried. And my overactive imagination went into overdrive. I was convinced she'd received some dreadful news from the hospital and was too upset to even turn her phone on because  she didn't wanna talk to people. In fact what actually happened was that she dropped her phone down the loo! She won't be getting a new one till tomorrow and she texted me on her partner's phone and said I was to use his number if I needed to contact her. I was very relieved to learn that she was okay.

Brief update on my cousin. She can't text but she was thanking us for our text messages via her daughter who she spoke to on the phone. It looks as if she will be discharged next week. I've just spoken to my brother. My sister emailed him with the news but he's not got the email. So I filled him in and he's going to phone my cousin's partner in a moment. They get on quite well and my brother probably sees more of them than either my sister and I do put together. That's locational I think, we're all very, very fond of her.

I did some laundry this morning.I've pottered in the garden. I do enjoy it. The old me, by which I mean the younger me, would've spent all day out there pottering. But the old me now just can't do it. My friend has asked me to prepare some vegetarian meals for her daughter when she comes over from Portugal. So I sat outside and made a plan to see what I need to buy and to create meals that are freezeable. The only problem is I have this horrible fear that I'll buy all these ingredients, make all this food only to be told she's quarantining elsewhere. But no matter it's all vegetarian. At some point it will get eaten. I'm not very good at many things but I am extremely good at eating. 😉

I'm steering completely clear of the news at the moment, the protests and aggression because of the #blacklivesmatter issue just upset me. I can't imagine much will happen as regards coronavirus now. Interesting to consider whether it's time to wind this blog down? It's become a part of my day. Maybe that's a good thing? But the whole point of it was to see what affects lockdown might have on an individual. And all I seem to have done is moan and groan about accidents and illnesses.

Oh, and I have gone on a lot about music! Which brings me to my next topic today. What have I been listening to on my walk? Several years ago when I got my first Mac, when I first had broadband I was very naughty and I downloaded music illegally. I hope there'll be no repercussions from my admitting that. I don't do it anymore, I will stress. I realised the error of my ways. But at the time that I was doing it it seemed like sharing mix tapes online with people you didn't know instead of your friends. I believe it was called peer-to-peer file sharing. And other peoples tastes and choices of music always interested me. So this week I've been listening to one of these illegal downloads. It's called the "Frou-Frou Matinal Playlist". I think the person that compiled it was French because there are some French songs on there but it's a nice eclectic mix of music, it's very pleasant to walk along to.

I think I'm caught in between two households who have  effectively stopped lock downing. My neighbours one side have people there, in the house, in the garden, with some social distancing. My neighbours the other side seem to have stopped insisting people come round the side and they seem to be going into the house now. They set up some chairs which look as if they're socially distancing but then everybody seems to move closer together. I suppose it's inevitable. It's all slowly falling apart. Not for me. Nothing has really changed for me since the early days except for my little trip on Friday, which caused me anxiety. And my friend today said she was dog sitting. Which means she's gone round to her son's house. Am I going to be the only one who can't go back to normal?