DVT DAY 39

Its been a full-on day that went from breakfast to meeting in a blink of an eye. The morning meeting went on for a while as we sorted out who was going to do what and when. So, I and my colleagues all left with tasks for the coming weeks. A further meeting between three of us to do the fine detail took me towards lunchtime and the next meeting. In fact, it was an open forum for service managers. By the time we had done a brief review of the session and I had written up my notes I was well into the afternoon so I retreated to the garden shed to review some work done by a colleague. Before I knew it I was clearing the kitchen and cooking dinner. A concoction of vegetable rice and chicken in a sweet and sharp sauce. No time for relaxation as my partner needs the Skype to work for her singing lesson. Of course, it did not work, I’ve just about had it with Microsoft. Too late to sort it so it had to happen over WhatsApp. Another few hours will go to sorting that one out.

I retreat to the back bedroom to write the blog and indulge in a coffee and seven jelly beans. Tomorrow we have an early Sainsbury’s delivery and I have a meeting at 9 o’clock with a researcher who is investigating what people who retire do and why they keep on doing things. After that I’ve got a pile of work to do.

I am beginning to miss not going out, the village café bacon rolls, the mildly snotty village shop assistant and the pleasure of popping a letter into the post box. I am missing my friends, it’s beginning to feel desert like again, long shadows, sandy distances and mirages.