Health: Covid

 

Covid has entered the building, again. We'd all got the bug, again. 

I was first by a day, then the Offspring, and a day later, the Beloved.

Four Weeks Since Last Infection

It's now 28 days since there was a case of Covid-19 identified. We seem to have survived quite lightly. If this horrible disease hadn't made it into one of our care homes it would have been very light indeed. 

The danger has passed (for now), and the  focus seems to be trying to help the economy. We are planning an on-island holiday this summer. We have come out of this in a strong financial position, and I think it is important for those of us who can to spend money in the local economy. We'll rent a holiday cottage for a week, and our holiday spending will be centred around local products and produce.

Food Shopping

I've just been on my first weekly food shop in almost three months. It felt weird, but at the same time so normal and good. 

The Beloved has done an absolutely fantastic job with the weekly shop. He has queued and queued waiting 2m away from his fellow shoppers, just to get into building. He has done this with almost no complaint. (He's not quite a saint.) 

Going shopping, selecting the foods on the shopping list, plus a few extras (watermelon, sugarsnap peas and baby corn) was good. 

Tomorrow, social distancing rules will be dropped. All of the tape on the floors in shops will be able to be removed. We will be able to eat in restaurants and cafés. We will be able to get back to "Shut Up and Write!".  If we were to hold quilting in a café we could return to quilting too. 

Slowly, surely, life is being resumed. It feels very good.

(sings) We're Coming Out of Lockdown

That's 22 days since last person on the Island was diagnosed with Covid-19 . There are no active cases. Even more restrictions are being lifted. On Monday, we will be able to eat in restaurants and cafes, and social distancing will be dropped, apart from in care homes and health care environments.

This little Island has to be one of the safest places to live on the planet.

I'm so looking forward to going out for a meal.

Good News!

There's some seriously good news in my little part of the world. There have been no new cases in the last 14 days, and we don't have a single confirmed active case of Covid-19. 

Our businesses and shops are gradually opening. Each week more and more restrictions are being lifted. Today, I was able to visit a friend, in her house. It was wonderful to be doing such a normal thing.

Covid-19 Update

We're now on our seventh day where there have been no new cases of Covid-19 identified, and only four in the last fifteen days. There's now no one in hospital with it, and only three recovering in the community. And, all of this despite quite a number of shops re-opening, tradespeople returning to work for non-emergencies, and all sorts of other things. I was worried the lifting of the various restrictions were happening too soon, but it seems to be working.

I'm currently feeling the safest I have since all of this started. I'm sure the virus is out in the community, bubbling along, but it's at a very low level, and it doesn't seem to be a problem.

There are some discussions about adding a few categories to people who can cross the border. Currently, it's only essential workers who have received written permission from the government, and Manx residents being repatriated. The suggestions are to allow people to travel to see those who are terminally/critically ill, and to attend funerals. On return to the island, these people would be required to self-quarantine. To be honest, I'd much rather the first group of people to be allowed off, and then back on, island are those in need of medical treatment.

First Day Back

I am so tired, SO tired!

Today was the first day back after the lockdown. We were allowing two customers in the shop at one time. There was a steady steam of customers, as well as several telephone orders. It was busy! Very busy.

I'll sleep well tonight!

Dining Room into Office

The dining room had morphed into a 'stuff it in there, and we'll put it away properly at some point room' as well as being the space where we store items being given to charity shops. It was the place where I sewed and quilted. Now, it's the Beloved's office during the week. At this moment, it's where he is putting together a wooden model.

It has a laminate floor, and his office chair was slipping. This morning I bought a rug to prevent 'wandering chair syndrome'. I had looked online, and checked stock levels regarding a particular run in a dark mottled teal. When I saw it in the shop it was very obvious the pile was far too long for an office chair to roll over it. However, the chosen rug has colours that tone in with the curtains, and the art in the room, as well as having a suitable pile for a chair to run over it.

After 2 months working from home, we've changed the room around to reflect its new purpose. Instead of the table being in the middle of the room, it's up against a wall. It means the clutter is now at his back, and he doesn't have it in his vision all day. It also gives more space. The dog has discovered the space, and the new rug, and has decided she should spend time there.

By creating space, I can more easily get in and perpetrate decluttering. It feels good to be back to decluttering. I like restoring order. If only I could get my head around maintaining order too!

I've just realised the rug is the first non-consumable I have bought in 2 months! (I'm counting wool as consumable though - it is consumed by the knitting/crochet process, and useful items pop out of the other end.)