Yesterday was a bit cooler again than previous days. It's been really nice being off while the weather has been good, been lovely walking and sitting out but this could be horrible if the weather doesn't stay good. Today looks bright enough, not been out yet though.
Yesterday mostly taken up by the Sainsburys trip, it took me about three hours. A big queue to get in, then inside it was hard work because of trying to do two shops at once. I did one complete shop, filling up a box, then did our shop after. If I'd had two paper lists that I could cross off I might have done it quicker, so next time I'll copy the lists out and put them in something more like aisle-order. There was a surprising amount missing from the shelves, particularly fresh fruit and veg. We think they just had not had a new delivery following the bank holiday.
Clare has gone back into work today. She has various extra tasks to do now including environmental checks at parts of the premises, flushing toilets and taking moisture readings and things. I think she is working too much, I think even the furloughed staff there are doing too much still. They were all on a call yesterday, which is something I would not consider at the moment. Maybe I need the structure of a working day, though it is definitely hard to see how I would fit it back in again.
The boys are doing homework now, thing one has done a book report and thing two a half-hearted attempt at writing about dinosaurs. Now they're on to maths, one doing a workbook from school and the other some Mathletics. Actually we've just given up on the Mathletics, it is dreadful just does not work on an android tablet right now, so he's doing some times tables practice1.
Powering through my latest children's book, so what to read next? Book three I suppose. Where book one was a bit more positive, book two of Hunger Games is more downbeat. Not sure I will ever get round to watching the films, unless we do when the boys are old enough.
| Author | Book | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Rankin | Westwind2 | Dated thriller, shame. |
| Ian Rankin | Doors Open2 | Really good crime caper in Edinburgh but with no Rebus. |
| Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games2 | Borrowed from the children, very good. |
| Suzanne Collins | Catching Fire2 | Hunger Games part 2, about halfway through, a bit darker. |
This darts "home tour" looks good I hope it works. It is odd seeing TV with no atmosphere from the audience at all, like Have I Got News For You.
Denmark have sent their primary school kids back now. They have 6681 cases and only 299 deaths, by whatever standard we're all meant to be counting. Feels like we still have a long way to go though.
| Country | cases | deaths |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 613886 | 26047 |
| Spain | 174060 | 18255 |
| Italy | 162488 | 21067 |
| France | 143303 | 15729 |
| Germany | 132210 | 3495 |
| UK | 93873 | 12107 |
| China | 82249 | 3341 |
| Iran | 74877 | 4683 |
| Turkey | 65111 | 1403 |
| Belgium | 31119 | 4157 |
Paul Clarke's weblog - I live in Hythe near Folkestone. Married to Clare + father to two, I am a full-stack web engineer, + I do js / nodejs, some ruby, other languages ect ect. I like pubs, running, eating, home automation and other diy stuff, history, family tree stuff, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.