It’s my fourth week of working from home, and I now have a fixed routine each day.
Get up, have breakfast, check emails, and try to work out from my Twitter feed what is truth and what is misleading!
As a character in one of my favourite TV comedy shows “The Big Bang Theory” once said, “There is no room for the truth on the Internet!”
After breakfast, a quick two-mile round walk to the office where Andy is self-isolated from all the other members of the team who are working from home.
One of my more considerable skills is my ability to make good cups of tea and coffee (even though I never drink the latter) and I know if I don’t make one for Andy, she will go the whole day at work (typically 8.00 – 6.30/7.00pm) on just one cup!
Back home, I return to my laptop and deal with any report or letter sign-offs that the team have sent to me.
I cannot remember a time in the 26 years of Informed Choice’s existence when we have not been busy and working our way through this pandemic is no different.
What is pleasing to report is that our productivity has increased.
At some point during the day, there will be a meeting to attend. Of course, these are online meetings using Zoom or WhatsApp (or in the case of two of my grandsons, FaceTime).
It isn’t as good as actually being in the same room, but it’s a reasonably good substitute.
I can’t possibly write a post without mentioning my friends The Robins.
There is no doubt that the eggs have hatched because the parents are non-stop back and forward to the next box with suitably sized grubs and spiders.
I don’t know how many are in the box because the Climbing Hydrangea shields it and the leaves are getting quite substantial. That’s a good thing of course because the garden has plenty of predators, Jackdaws, Magpies and Jays who would enjoy a tasty fledgeling snack.
But as well as routine there are plenty of things I miss.
Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings are football dominated for me with coaching the Cranleigh Football Club U9s.
Tuesday evenings are about training usually under the floodlights at Cranleigh School and Saturday mornings during the season are matches against other local clubs in the South Surrey Youth Football League.
All training and matches are ended now, and I suspect we will not be back together until probably late summer or early autumn. I won’t be wearing this for some time!
I guess the one good thing about cancelling the football season is Bristol Rovers won’t be losing yet another game!
Another gap in my life is not being able to have cuddles with my grandchildren. Instead, we have resorted to “virtual cuddles” holding our arms around ourselves at the required social distancing or online.
I can’t wait for normality (whatever that is going to mean) to be resumed.
Tell us about your routine and do send us photos.
Best wishes, and stay safe.
