Bizarre
I’ve just come off the phone to a friend of mine, Kenn. We speak weekly, mosty to have a good whinge at the government’s reaction to the current crisis. He, politely, asked me what I’d been up to over the past week. It was a difficult question to answer. What had we been up to?
Well, we buried my brother on Thursday. I say we. I wasn’t there. His poor girls put the whole thing together – a 30 minute, very warm and reflective cremation. It was one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever experienced. Moving, but in a wholly divorced way. I was
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I got this lovely pressy from a guy I’ve been coaching at the MoD.
working Thursday (my last day with the MoD) and had purposefully arranged calls either side of the funeral. Which helped, I think. Anyway, that deed is now done. And I am grateful. As I think Mum is.
Apart from that? Well, nothing of substance, really. My run this morning was longer than usual – probably about 6 km. I have managed 1,500 words a day on the new book; I’m already up at 6,000. If I manage to continue at this pace I should have it done by the end of July. Whether or not it’s any good, I’m not sure. I am excited … but I have no idea whether it’s going to work. I’ve tried to add some humour, whilst also adding my usual gritty realism. We’ll see.
Oh. I went to Tesco on Friday, the usual beanfeast. I was one of four – of about 100 shoppers, who Tesco staff allow in the store – who was wearing a mask. I know you know, but I’m completely unconvinced that not wearing a mask is the way ahead. We’ll see what His Borisness tells us tomorrow. And, as they’re now looking to impose a mandatory 14-day lockdown on people arriving in the UK (better late than never), I’m guessing we’re going to follow suit on masks soon. Catching up as always.
My Motorola phone broke yesterday. It’s the second time it wouldn’t take a charge. The first time was soon after I’d bought it, they asked me to send it back and they returned it straight away. It’s now out of warranty – and has a cracked screen – so I gave up. I was all for not buying another Motorola, but at £99 for the G7 – which is a really talented phone – you can’t argue with where it falls on the cost-effective graph. So I have one of those now. Hurrah?
And next? Well we have the family quiz again tomorrow. With the weather turning colder we will probably have to wear more clothes (I’m sat outside in shorts and t-shirt typing this), but the West looks set to keep Mrs Sun for a while. That’s good news. C is planning our trip to Scotland in Doris – whenever that is. We both feel that crossing the channel won’t be on the cards for a while, but Scotland is probably a goer. Let’s hope we get further than Gretna this time.
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New purchase in prep for Scotland. No comments please.
Keep safe everyone!
