Day One Hundred and One - Plans and Arrangements

I estimate that my daily walk now is in excess of 2 miles. Unless I have the right equipment it is impossible to calculate it exactly. But I was interested to consider the distance I cover. So I checked on the house numbers towards the end of the walk and looked up the postcode. I did a Google search from my postcode to that postcode to get the distance. (2.2m) But of course I do walk further because I go round all my little paths and markers and I do some of the walking in a different direction which of course a postcode search like that wouldn't calculate. So on the whole I'm pretty pleased.

My friend is coming round on Monday at 2 pm. She is my friend but she's also my chiropodist. She's going to do my feet in the garden. She said she has an extension lead and she's treated several patients this way. It all seems to have gone very well. She'll  wear a mask. And she always wears gloves. So I think I'll be okay. She's somebody I trust to do the right thing.

And, on Sunday, I think my sister may come down! There are a number of variables at play. I've left it entirely up to her. I'm in lockdown. I'm going nowhere. I'll be here whatever she decides to do. She said she'll bring a snack and a flask. I'm hoping it won't be quite as hot as it can be quite uncomfortable trying to find the shade. And trying to move the chairs into the shade! She's also keen to see the sea. So I don't know whether we'd actually go out maybe she'll just drive by the sea.

So after all this time I now have a couple of plans on the horizon. I know they're not much but it's really kind of weird to make arrangements after so long without any.

The daily briefings by the government have now stopped apparently. I don't know if they're going to do them on a weekly basis or what. I need to look that up. I suppose it's inevitable. What is there to say day after day after day?  Infection and death rates appear to be dropping at the moment. May I stress at the moment. I just looked it up. There will be briefings on an ad hoc basis. The news today seems to focus on the risk of a second wave. And how the changes in the lockdown may affect the country's ability to deal with it.

If there is a second wave  an attempted second lockdown might not be successful. In fact I wonder if they would even attempt another lockdown if there is a second wave. People have had the virus will be thinking I'm okay, I won't get it again. And people who didn't get the virus the first time around might be thinking, I'm okay, I didn't social distance, I didn't lock down much, I'll be fine. Hey presto. It will be interesting but I really really hope it won't come to that.