Day One Hundred and Fifty-Five - 53rd Blog Post

Today my dear friend was admitted to hospital to have her cancer surgery. At this stage I don't know whether she's had whole or part of the kidney removed. Her partner and daughter have been told they can ring the ward after 5 pm this afternoon so it's been a day of waiting and worrying. She wanted us to continue playing Popmaster so we did but our hearts weren't really in it. She set up a WhatsApp group for us to record our scores so that she can see how we're doing! She's also set up a WhatsApp group so that we can be kept up-to-date with her progress. But her daughter will do the updating on that.

The threat of thunderstorms still looms. We did have one yesterday with some pretty close lightning strikes but so far I am unscathed thankfully. It's a relief to have some cooler weather. I did some gardening outside today to celebrate being able to move comfortably outdoors. And then what did I do? Caught my foot on some exposed root, managed to avoid falling but I've got a swollen and bruised pinky toe! I've buddy wrapped it with the one next to it and slathered it with arnica but I doubt I'll be able to go for my walk tomorrow, dammit. I picked a handful of blackberries today but I think that, sensibly, it is the last of them. I must've had a pound or two so I'm not complaining.

And in wider COVID-19 news one tabloid has decided that the second wave has already started because of the continued increase of cases in the UK. There are concerns that some of the people taking calls on the NHS virus hotline are giving incorrect and possibly dangerous advice. And in good old Wuhan where this whole thing was supposed to have started  a photograph shows  the water park full of non-socially distanced people! And we thought it was just the UK!?