Today the village is celebrating VE Day. Flags and bunting are everywhere. I’m going to see Dad a bit earlier than normal so I can sit out in my garden and celebrate with the neighbours over the wall
After that, might join the translators on Zoom for a quiz. Tomorrow’s my birthday and I’ve got another Zoom session planned with family and friends. This is what passes for a social life these days.
With some kind of announcement about easing the lockdown imminent on Sunday, have been giving a bit of thought as to whether or not to wear masks. A friend of a friend in Italy is making them.
I looked up instructions online. You need to make them out of tightly woven cotton, like bedsheets, and interface them with a layer or two of unwoven material like a vacuum cleaner HEPA filter. They should incorporate something like a metal paperclip so you can make them fit snugly over the nose. Might be pressing Mum’s sewing machine into service…
Dad is OK this morning. He got up, had a shower and then felt exhausted and went back to bed until 9. Then he got up again, the 9:30 carer made him a cup of tea and he was just making breakfast when I called at 10:00. Considering I calculate that he’s at Day 8 after the start of symptoms, I think he’s doing well because this is the point where covid-19 can turn into the severe form.
2022 and all that 