It was weird yesterday how important it had become to me to move my car into its usual position. I finally went out, started it and put it back to where it has been kept for years. And then I felt both relief but also a feeling of satisfaction stayed with me all day. It’s just daft but I think trying to stay "normal" has become important to most of us just now. Life isn’t normal in any way right now but we are getting used to it I think. I am told that after this next busy weekend most of our visitors will go home.....we shall see. But all my friends who are local have advised me not to go out just now..so I’m perfectly happy to stay put. If people pop in to see me that would be OK too, providing I don’t have to feed them...I can still pour them a drink. It’s amazing how quickly I’ve got into the habit of checking how much food and drink I have in the house daily. So I suppose staying safely alone has become the new normal for me anyway. It’s actually OK. The radio and TV have become friends which keep me in touch with the rest of the world and a very old friend will arrive in person next week. But the bottom line here is that my life now is not much different from my old life..so sorry if it’s getting dull...but the blog is about my daily life...and this is it.....dull!
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Somehow, this new normal has become habitual. My routine invariably, given Jen's increasing independence is doing the basics of feeding her and helping her when needed, but she has been out of the house to the garden, has met people on the street at a distance and has talked to people at work and when she might be returning.
I don't yet know how things will develop longer term, but given her determination to get as well as possible and to return to work and regain her independence, I think that some sort or nearly normal will persist in the future.
Retirement isn't on her agenda, improving our home is. Which is fine as long as we are not having to live through building work, I will be ok. Painting and Decorating, rearranging the furniture are all part of how home life changes, but radical stuff like taking out chimneys is off the agenda.
Finding the right trades people is definitely an issue. We've been trying to get someone to redo our garden for several years, but without much success. They come and look and say, we will let you have a quote, and that is the last we see of them.
As for visitors, we've had a revolving door for them for the past 3.5 weeks, now all stopped as therapy, apart from speech is deemed unnecessary. Now speech therapy continues for four weeks with 4 home visits and 4 telephone consultations.
Much less pressure for Jen to be up and dressed by 8 am for a while. Respite for me as well.
It's good to hear that life for you and Jen is improving. You've been through quite a trying time.
Let's hope that the world too will begin to return to something like what we had before the virus.
It is not good for us to have to live in fear all the time.
Jean has her normal, yop and Jen have yours and I have mine, none of them what we would wish for, but at least we are all still here.
I’m one of many who didn’t mind lockdown. With plenty of food in the cupboards the enjoyment of home life and no pressure to have to go anywhere has been quite a relaxing time.
We have started going out a bit more lately (we can’t stay indoors forever) going to different villages and taking a stroll..as long as you’re mindful I don’t feel there’s a problem.
Marleen ...thank you so much.
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