I know HRH Donald wants to loosen the controls for Easter, but I have set my goal as early May for the first relaxation of the controls. Why? Well the government has said they will review every three weeks, and the warning of potentially tougher controls today tells me the review next week is not likely to be positive – so the earliest they will relax things would be early May.
This isn’t a prediction of the end of restrictions, it is just my way of managing the isolation. One of the things that gets to people is not having any idea of an end date, setting one for yourself can help because it gives a sense of stability, it helps you plan. And just like the government I’ll review the date every few weeks.
So today I had a series of Zoom meetings. I invited groups with a mixture of people – some knew each other and some didn’t. One of the things I got out of it was the idea that we are experiencing the same things in different parts of the world. I heard that San Francisco had to close parks because of too many people gathering in them. I guess stupidity is a global phenomenon.
It was really good to see some people that I have not seen for many years (some over 20 years). It does make you re-evaluate the things in life that have got in the way of more regular meetings. Were they really that important?
I think I have found a solution to my toilet paper storage. And they can deliver IT in three days! It should be good enough. I almost had a disaster on the toilet paper front last night. I would normally store spares under my sink. I discovered a pool of water on the shelf they normally sat on – good job I had hidden them elsewhere. No idea where the water came from, all the pipes were bone dry. Wondering if it was left by somebody that was using a cunning hydraulic attachment that was leaking – trying to search under my sink for toilet paper.