Thursday, up early to move the car so my partner can go to the physio first thing. Me, a 9am work meeting. Its a work meeting and goes its merry way until we all sign off. I have a quick chat with a colleague about tonight’s football and our weekend plans. We are both going away and both of us are wondering how storm Eunice will affect us if it does. The post arrives and I am thrilled that I am to be offered a Motorway Awareness course instead of a £100 fine and 3 points on my driving licence. I am happy with this and read the accompanying letter that informs me that there are no face to face courses but I can do it on line. Oh yes folks in this day and age there is a virtual option.

I get onto the online portal and book myself into my course in May at a cost of £91 I get a conformation from the organisers with instructions. The irony that amused me is that the Motorway awareness Course is to be held on Zoom! So I have something to look forward to in May. Before lunch I clean the shower head and renew the filtration beads in the head. I lunch and continue to drink pints of water prior to going for my blood tests tomorrow morning. My nephew and his wife with new baby come to visit to talk about setting up as an independent counsellor. We drink and nibble chocolate biscuits as we chat. Its a good conversation and is punctuated by my young grand niece chipping in, in her own inimitable way. Our guests leave and tidy up some admin tasks before my favourite Thursday tea of tuna pasta. I immediately drive my eldest daughter to her circus skills session and return home to watch football.

We are due to go to London tomorrow on a planned trip to the theatre and on checking my emails there is one from EMR telling me not to travel tomorrow. I’m just demoralised. The consequences of not traveling tomorrow means huge amounts of rearranging travel, hotels and taxis. Its the aggravation that is so sapping and the fact that it has fallen on the one weekend that was meant to be a well earned time of relaxation and rest. So tonight I am gearing up for an early morning blood test and then some juggling and decision making all based on the bloody weather and a train service that seems to be taken by surprise when its windy.