Thursday and its day two of cycle 5, I wake up and my first thoughts are about my new grandson who was last night in a side room of a children’s ward with his parents diagnosed with COVID. I send a WhatsApp message and later get one back telling me that they are all home, but everyone is feeling poorly. Before I can get up a friend rings me on her way to getting her flu jab and we chat for a while trying to catch up with how we are and what is going on in our lives. Her world is packed with returning to work after a prolonged period of long COVID and trying to keep everything going with her lively young family. After out call I get up have a simple breakfast and shower in readiness to go to the dentist. I’m just about done when its time to go and collect my new crown. I’m very quickly in the chair of pain having the temporary cap taken of and my new 3D printed crown being glued into place. Its a really good job, well done and my mouth feels so much better for it. I pass reception and pay for my new mouth jewel.
On the way home I get cash from the local co-op but have to walk the village to get the paper I want, which provides me with crosswords to once I am home. Lunch comes and goes and I settle down to read more David Sedaris until I feel moved to do to do the recycling and clear the kitchen. Chores done I draft the blog before going off to the chiropodist, which will make my feet sing with joy. As I remarked to my partner, by the end of the day my mouth and feet will feel great it just the rest of my body in between which feels such crap at the moment.
All goes well at the chiropodist and on retuning home I find my latest book has been delivered. I settle down to start reading the new book and I am not disappointed, I immediately feel the familiar voice of the author and recognise the deftness of touch. There is definitely a distinctive way Japanese writers express issues around feelings and the wordless experiences of people.
The evening proceeds with dinner and moves on to doing yet more paper work for the solicitors read for signing and sending tomorrow. Finally I have done as much as I can and return to drafting the blog and reading to a background of TV stuff that I take little notice of. I take my night meds and go to bed with my book and a new to do list for tomorrow.
