Sue is working today so I have a “me day”. I have chosen not to relax! I scrubbed the floor in the downstairs toilet. Sue does her hair in there and hairspray gets on everything at the sink and mirror end of the room.

The diffuser was delivered for the kitchen light. I wasn’t expecting a twin pack but that’s what was delivered. Unfortunately both of them were damaged! One of them could have been used. There were 3 or 4 cracks on one side. I put the cracks towards the far end of the kitchen. You could hardly see them. I emailed the supplier with photos of the damage. I figured if they offered a refund I would accept it and tell them I’d buy some locally. I would then just leave this one in place. They are sending me a replacement tomorrow. Other than that it was a damn fine plan.

It’s Sue’s birthday tomorrow. I’m cooking. She has requested tuna in my mustard sauce. I went shopping this afternoon for everything I needed. Tesco got rid of their fresh fish counter a few months ago. They still have a pre-pack section. I thought I was out of luck. They had a whole cabinet full of salmon. No way will they sell all that in the next couple of days! Hidden behind some of the salmon I found some packs of tuna. The steaks aren’t all that big so I got 3 packs.

I have done a bit more housework and wrapped Sue’s presents. Now it’s 4 pm and I am having a sit down! Another rock n roll day.

It will be interesting to see if the BLM protests spark an increase in coronavirus cases. I have read on Twitter a lot of people justifying the lack of social distancing by claiming that the virus is a scam. They obviously don’t have a relative working on a coronavirus ward. I’ll be sure to let Sue know that the victims who have died a painful death right in front of her were faking it.

Despite growing up in Bradford in the 70’s and 80’s I have seen little racism first hand. I can remember a few occasions when I have stepped in. Usually on night’s out when taxi drivers were getting abused by pissed up mongs. My social circle was very diverse as a kid. I genuinely just see people rather than seeing a black person or white. Everyone gets my respect until they prove that they don’t deserve it. The colour of their skin has never been a factor.

America is clearly a very different matter. I don’t know if any amount of protesting will greatly change anything over there. I struggle to see why looting and destruction will change anyone’s opinion on anything.

Stay safe.

 

The front garden needed some attention. The grass needed cutting and especially the edges badly needed strimming. Both my lawnmower and my strimmer are ancient. I bought the lawnmower in 1997 when I bought my house in Bradford. I got the strimmer at the same time but it was old before I got it. It had belonged to a great Uncle. The strimmer works fine but I have never mastered the art of replacing the strimmer wire. I can re-thread is so it’s usable but when the wire snaps you’re supposed to just tap the strimmer head on the floor and it releases more wire. It never does. I’m sure I can find a youtube video but have obviously never cared enough to look.

I managed to get the lawn done as well as some weeding before the rain started. The forecast had been pretty accurate. It said the rain was due around 12 and it started at 11:45.

We had facetimed the grandkids earlier. Ella is 6 and she takes control of the I-pad. Ivy (4) ends up getting pushed out. She often then sulks and/or cries. Ella is back at school on Tuesday which is also Sue’s birthday. Our daughter is bringing Ivy over to see us when they have dropped Ella off at school. Ella won’t be happy! It will be the first time we have seen our daughter and Ivy since lockdown started. The meeting will be in the front garden.

I went to Tesco in the afternoon. It seemed like every prick in Worcester was in there. I’m not a huge fan of this Tesco store but to be fair they have handled the social distancing pretty well. I have heard stories about Morrisons and Asda being really weak about making people stick to the rules. Maybe 60% of people in there today seemed to be ignoring social distancing, the one way system and rather than queuing down the last aisle to be allocated a checkout they were just picking a checkout (jumping the queue).

No trading today.

Stay safe.