Feest Isolation Days – 5 January 2021
The Christmas Tree is down. The festive decorations have been put away for another year. The golden boughs in the amaryllis are now tucked away until the end of 2021. The wreath is off the door and the house is sparkly and clean and no longer festive. I thought I’d offer a tip for those of you who haven’t taken down your trees yet. I’ve been storing the lights for many years now on empty wrapping paper rolls. You wind them round and round and next time you want them unwind and voila! The lights are not a mess and the tree trimming is easy peasy.
While I’m on top tips, here’s another one for cleaning days. We have invested in a new broom that is rubber and is magic on carpets. I suspect if you have a dog, you probably already know about these sort of brooms, but as we are poochless, it’s not something I knew about. They are totally effective. Sweep your carpet and then hoover and you won’t believe the gunk that they remove. The house is sparkling. Shame nobody can come and visit us.
We are back in full lockdown. Boris Johnson spoke to the nation last night and told us what we already knew. The R rate is escalating at such a pace that the NHS will soon be overwhelmed. Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are struggling to keep up with the number of patients that the new variant has created. While the festivities are now over, the result of many people mixing into households is beginning to be felt across the country.
Idiots who seem to think that partying and mixing together is fine for them, have not helped. We are getting closer to the end but we are not there yet. The next few months are going to be tough for the NHS and tough for those with this disease.
Lockdown is required and Scotland beat England to it…again. Wales is on Lockdown and now, from midnight last night, so is England. Schools will not be back again until at least after the February half term. Home schooling, remote distance learning once more.
In New Zealand, six cases of the new variant have been diagnosed at the border but no community transmission. Please be careful friends! You are unlocked and we want you to stay that way!
I’m not feeling particularly humorous today so you’ll have to excuse my lack of jokes. Tomorrow is bound to be better!
Roll on vaccinators! Another three months of this will make it a year… Enough!
Be careful and stay safe.
With love
Kathy x