Lockdown 2020 and on

The weather can best be described as a tad warm!! Andy is currently melting on the other side of the living room. Mikey is upstairs attempting to put some clothes on whilst playing with his x box and I am feeling sorry for myself as my back is still agony and any movement just intensifies the pain. Over the last few nights sleep has been challenmging and as a result my brain has been in overdrive. Unfortunaltely the main occupation has been remembering all the ways the bitch known as my mother in law has shown that she detests me over many years. I have no idea what i did to deserve her hatred, I only wish I did as hopefully I enjoyed it! I should have realised what a problem she would be as far back as my hen night. At Andy's request she was invited and a friend agreed to pick her up as it was over in Maidstone (I was living there...) all she had to do was phone the friend to arrange a time. She couldn't be bothered to make one phone call or even tell me she wasn't coming.

An exciting day!! I got a call quite early this morning when I was waiting for the GP to call me from the dealership to tell me that my cat was ready for me to pick up! So a quick COV done with Hastings and I dragged Mikey off at 1.30 to collect it....driving home was easier than I expected, although I did keep trying to move the gear stick! But I was wonderfully amazed by how smooth the drive was. I test drove an automatic several years ago and hated it; the car seemed to jerk whenever it changed gear, this I only noticed when the gear number changed on the screen! The biggest issue was working out how to move the gear stick! Once I'm used to it I need to test what the sport mode is like!! Mikey and I got it started with no problems, and once I worked out how to move it into D from N driving was lovely! Even with the sniff monster sniffing loudly from the back! I'm currently watching a documentary about Covid, Andy came home to find me crying . I know it is silly, but I still

Last night is officially classed as a nightmare. The pain around my right kidney was horrific and it really felt as though there was something stabbing it. This morning my whole lower back is agony and I know full well that paracetamol will do nothing and I can't be bothered to take any. At the moment Mikey is still wandering around in a completely naked state! Both of us have asked him to at least put a pair of pants on but so far he is refusing point blank to even consider it! The last time I saw him he was busy buying new cars on Forza...taking after Mum it seems! But Citroen is not an option so he is buying Aston Martins and Ferrarris!! Can I take this as a proud Mum Moment??? I'm also waiting for Sainsburys to deliver as we have no bread etc for lunch until they do! Although I'm seriously thinking of just sticking to water to try to hydrate as much as I can before the heat hits on Thursday - but then I may follow Mikey's example and stay naked and in my bedroom all

Another tough night - mainly as just as I went up to bed Andy got called from work...I came down at 1am and he was still working on the problem and he finally made it to bed at around 2.30... Mikey was not impressed when his laptop was playing up and he was expressing his displeasure with it; but the noise from the junior bedroom soon stopped and when I looked in there was just a heap of duvet and some hair sticking out of it! His only moan so far today is a lack of chocolate to snack on...I would offer him an apple but the result of that kind of thing is one hell of a noise!! Luckily Andy is finishing work early today - but that will result in him wanting to sleep; I may try to convince him to go up to bed if Mikey is down here which may make the rest of my day easier! Not really got much planned for today as I am still pretty much dead on my feet and still terrified of going out unless there is no other option! I know I am going to have to get used to all this - but I see no reason t

Officially lockdown finished for all of us shielded people yesterday!! I still have not been anywhere and to be honest I am still far too scared to just go out for the sake of it! I will go out next week as I need to get a new battery put into my watch; so I have the excitement of a trip to Sainsbury's for the first time since March!!! On Friday the heat was crazy; I think it got to me a bit and so I bought a new car! Andy should really keep me under better control - he should know what I'm like by now! In my defence I do need a car with an automatic gearbox now. It will give me more chance to watch the traffic around me rather than worrying what gear I've put the car into by mistake! I have also developed a habit of trying to go from 5th to reverse which, surprisingly, the car really is not keen on!! During this week I had to have more blood tests done. The results have filtered through quite slowly. But my iron levels are down, ny cell count is down, as is my kidney funct

Well I have made it!!! Today is officially the last day of Lockdown. Some restrictions are being re-introduced, but shielding is not one of them!! Looking back to March 2020, there are not many stand out moments... My favourite is probably Rory breaking the sound barrier as a firework was set off during the clap for carers. If you blinked you missed the black and white streak heading towards our garden. I honestly had no clue he could move that fast - his paws didn't seem to actually touch the ground and it took a while to find him again! But at least the daft boy headed for home rather than anywhere else!! Other than that I have pretty much stuck where I was meant to be. Mikey and I have escaped a couple of times to the Co-op for essentials (aka sweets!!) but other than that, 1 trip to see my Mum on Mikey's birthday, I have only been at home or in hospital. My Christmas trip has finally got closer to an end with my colonoscopy which proved there is, at this point, no cancer in