Monday, 15 February 2021
Cleaning?
Another dark morning looks very dull. Ive been up for half an hour and am listening to the radio trying to feel as though all is well. Within our present situation all is fine if not actually well. So why do I feel so miserable? Because in this lockdown situation I am miserable. This is not my usual way of looking out at the world. But it is now. Theres not much to look forward to and its just a question of surviving as best I can. One good thing is that every morning my ipad produces pics and blogs from years ago. It is always interesting to see what was happening back then but emphasises how little we have now in contrast. The virus has a lot to answer for. This solitary life is not normal. We cope because we have to. This morning I am expecting my cleaner but am I? She turned up last week and we had a good natter...I hope for the same again......Forget the cleaning..
So we shall see...
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Hello Jean, I hope the day improved and that if your cleaner came you were able to have a good chat.
My 90 yr old mother looks forward to her cleaner coming weekly as it’s someone to talk to. She lives around 150 miles from me so I’m not able to visit her currently.
The vaccine rollout is a glimmer of light in these dark days.
Over here in the east the sun came out this afternoon so that was also encouraging! ☀️
Late to the party again, so yesterday you were hoping that your Cleaner would come to break your isolation. I hope that she did and you got to put the world to rights with a natter.
Feeling miserable during this extended lockdown isn't unusual, you are in the company of hundreds of thousands whose only respite in a year has been going out to have their vaccination, and all that I have seen on TV are seeing this as a freedom pass, after the 2nd dose to meeting family and friends once again.
I have to admit, that despite my being able to go shopping and to church for services is a break from it. My spouse is going to have to go to a dentist soon as she has a tooth playing up, but it is likely that she will be sent to hospital as her stroke might prove to much of a hurdle for routine dental treatment. Something she will resist because she spent so long in hospital last year after her stroke.
I have a medical appointment coming up, with a diabetes Nurse, probably on the phone. But will need a face to face appointment for the physical checks they need to make.
It all feels so miserable, nothing in terms of access to services is normal, and sometimes we feel fobbed of with a zoom encounter or video call. I realise that the GP's are under pressure, but our practice with around 10 receptionists took 15 days to respond to my request for my blood test results and diabetes review. There is no excuse for such tardiness. People waiting for results suffer further anxiety because of it.
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