Recovery
After falling asleep at about 11pm last night I woke at 3am and discovered my other half had been to bed at some point, and then gone downstairs. I also figured out I was partially deaf, and had perhaps the driest mouth in the known universe. Snoring. I must have been snoring.
I pulled my clothes on, and quietly made my way downstairs in the dark - almost scaring myself in the hallway mirror en-route - I looked a proper mess.
My other half went up to bed, and I sat up for a couple of hours before taking her place on the sofa, wrapped in huge fleece blankets, and falling fast asleep. What I didn't count on was waking up again at perhaps 4am with my entire body shivering.
The first thought that went through my head? Covid. Been here before. Got the t-shirt.
I made myself a hot drink, grabbed another blanket, tucked myself in even more tightly, and slept through until one of my daughters started crashing around in the kitchen. My other half appeared downstairs a little later, and I told her about my covid suspicions.
The miraculous thing? After a shower, a shave, and putting some warm clothes on, my body appeared to have re-booted itself.
The rest of today has been spent putting Christmas decorations away, and washing the windows at the back of the house. I still have a couple of trips up to the attic to complete, but most of it is already done.
I'm also waiting on a number of deliveries from Amazon. The replacement keyboard and mouse I wrote about recently. And a bullet journal. And a book.
While in the bookshop in town recently I spotted a book called "The Full Moon Coffee Shop" - about a little coffee shop run by cats where people's troubles are shared and somehow solved. I haven't read it yet (obviously), but I'll let you know when I do.
Oh - a new camera should be turning up too. I bought a small point-and-shoot camera for the family to use - my eldest daughter will be using it first during her trip to Kyoto in a couple of weeks time. The reason for having a small camera, and not using a smart phone? Battery life.
The more we rely on phones to do things - especially while away - the more we end up protecting their battery life during the day - and the more reason to not touch the phone if you don't have to. It's especially true while travelling - where your phone spends all day looking for networks and flattens itself in the process.
The little camera runs on AA batteries, and has a physical zoom lens - which mobile phones never do. Should be useful.
Right.
I better go take these last few boxes up to the attic.
Back to work tomorrow.