DVT DAY 121

A slow day with intermittent aggravation, mostly work and one of those days when I wonder if I need it, but always conclude in the calmer moments that I do. The highlight was my partners brother bringing me a birthday present and the exciting bit was he came in for a cup of socially distanced tea. Its the first time someone has been in the house for months. He described going for a COVID test and the process he had to go through, by his account its quite an interesting process with a lot of non verbals and some obvious ommissions in the instructions. At the crucial part of putting the swab into the tube to retain the sample it was a challenge given that the swab stick is four times longer than the retaining sample tube. What is ommited in the instructions is to snap off the swab stick to fit in the tube. Apparently it took two goes before he got the hang of it.

This is the sort of fun and adventue I am missing out on while I shield. On the up side I do at least have time to read the books that I recieved for my birthday. Pleasingly many of them have spectacular picures or are very entertaining. I am rapidly concluding that I need a holiday from work, I have lots of art to create, poems to finish, books to read, home improvement projects to organise, letters to write and friends to cherish. I might retire for a fortnight.