Woop-de-Ay!!

Well, it just looks and probably sounds silly and really crazy. The word I used as a title for this blog post. Do I care what people think? No. It might describe me, Silly and crazy? The effect of being incarcerated for well over a year. Boris, don't you even think of reinstating lockdown. I think it infringes our human rights if you ask me. Wear a mask over your nose and mouth is awful and, because I wear glasses, it steams them up. I don't think breathing in your own hot breath is good for you. It's like having your face in a sauna.

Monday 5.20 p.m. Having been to get my arm stabbed at Central Milton Keynes Medical Centre (oh, come on! My arm wasn't STABBED! It was done really carefully and very delicately. It did sting slightly, but that's all. At least the nurse managed to take some blood. No, please don't say 'almost an arm-full, from the Hancock episode, The Blood Donor. Can reporters on television and elsewhere in the media not say 'jab' when they refer to a vaccination? It suggests something quite unpleasant and, frankly, violent and might put some people off. Just say 'vaccination.') I walked out of the surgery with bits of cotton wool stuck to my arms where the various attempts at drawing blood were taken. I thought it best to remove these pieces because I was about to drive to Aldi, which is just opposite the doctor's surgery.

I did some shopping in Aldi. It's similar to Lidl, much smaller than Tesco at Kingston or Sainsbury's where I usually shop. There's not the selection that you get in the bigger supermarkets, so you don't have to stand and decide on, say, which brand of probably six or more instant coffees you should put in your trolley. There's less time spent at the till as they whisk your items through, straight into your trolley and then you pack into your reusable bags on a shelf. Nothing is arranged tidily on shelves, usually just left in the boxes and pallets it arrives in the store. I imagine this is how they can cut down on costs. No fancy packaging, advertising, etc. The staff has to work harder than at the big supermarkets, stack shelves, and operate tills. 

I got home and put the items I had bought in Aldi away. It had been clouding over when I left the flat and by the time I finished with the shopping and had sat down to have something to eat, the rain started. Quite violent and heavy. I didn't think Alfie would appreciate the rain, but by about 2.15 it was relatively dry so we went out once again.