(Wednesday) Another mild day but not particularly sunny. I can't think of a great deal to write on here at the moment, but I'm sure I will have something as the day progresses. Oh, I have something! I had one of those irritating telephone calls on my mobile. I'm more than certain that it was a scam. A woman who couldn't make up her mind to speak as soon as I picked up the call. She said I could buy a tablet or phone at a discount. I don't want either, as I already have an iPhone and iPad, so that's the end of that. What I want to know is, where do these people get my telephone number from? How do they know my name? Makes me wonder.
(Thursday) Yesterday I had a surprise. The cabinet I had ordered from Amazon actually arrived! Having contacted the company who sold the item via Amazon, I think they made an effort to get me the item quickly, which they did and I began constructing it yesterday evening and I finished it off this morning. I now have to remove the red IKEA coffee table which I have beside my armchair and put the new cabinet in it's place. It is taller and considerably higher than the table and has a drawer and shelf which means I can store things inside it. As I write this the cabinet awaits it's new position in the room.
(Friday) It's a bit difficult to either write or record at the moment as there are workmen in the adjacent flat making a noise, doing goodness knows what, but with power drills and something else which is making a din. It's not entirely conducive to writing and certainly not for recording, so I will hold off on both until it's quiet. A lot of heavy footsteps up and down the stairs which also doesn't help. I hope all this will finish soon so I can return to writing and recording (which I haven't done in a while, so I have packed up the microphone.)
The coronavirus restrictions are to be relaxed over he next few months, but it doesn't look like it will all be removed any day soon, even with infection rates and deaths declining from what they were a few months ago. I think the issue is that we've been stuck in this 'limbo,' (for want of a term to describe it, but in a sense that's exactly what it is.) for so long, will people prefer the 'safety' of being in isolation in favour of being able to lead a 'normal' life (ie: as lead pre covid pandemic lockdown.)
11.15p.m. Just come back from taking Alfie out. Very insistent that he gets his walk. Staring at me again as I attempt to read. We go out through the door directly into Strudwick Drive. I have put some WD-40 on the lock and other moving pars of the door. (For those who don't know what WD-40 is, it is a light oily substance which comes in a spray can and can be used to ease metal objects such as seized-up locks and protects from damp in your car. I used it on the electric cables on my old cars, from the spark plugs etc, especially when it's cold or damp weather. I believe it's made in Milton Keynes, so if so it's a very local product.) Noticeably considerably colder, but still clear and dry. As we walked along the path towards Oldbrook Green, I saw a pair of horses, the riders in bright day-glow green jackets, also, the horses had similarly coloured coats on. As I got closer I realised they were police horses. They crossed over from the Green and went along Strudwick Drive. I think they must have been going back to their paddock which is along Chaffron Way and can be seen as you drive past.
Intrigued by a red sign on a tree as we came back round to re-cross Oldbrook Boulevard. I went to read it and saw it said 'Keep away: Rodent poison.' I could see within the bushes one of the rodent boxes which are set up to poison rats. I have seen one or two as they scuttle past us on our walk around the Green. They always say that you're always no more than six feet from a rat, which I can well believe.
(Saturday) Just another weekend. Going to have to just let it flow free and watch the world go by . . .it's another mild and relatively sunny day. Not more I can say on the weather at the moment.
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