No Idea

Today seems to have been very long. It started with a call with bear's occupational therapist, who worried me sick about bear's ankle before coming to the conclusion that it's probably fine if rested, and has just ended with a call with my awesome brother, which included some information about our family tree. I keep seeing segments about how population didn't move much before the railroads. Our lot did. They seem to have got everywhere! Lots of them seemed to have hung around Dorset and Devon (where a Cornishman married a Breton at the time of the Napoleonic wars - no idea how that happened) but they also seemed to have spread from Ipswich to Derbyshire. We agreed that it was probably trying to get away from their inlaws or family. My mother and I were not on good terms at all, which meant that distance was a necessity. On the other hand, she doted on DH. My mother's mother doted on father, but I think that if you go back a generation or two there were some truly horrific mother-in-laws. From what my brother can gather from his research, none of them particularly cared what the neighbours thought. 

Sharon - thank you! The neighbours currently at the front are absolutely amazing. They are real sweeties. And I have such good memories of some of the neighbours that have lived here. And some seriously good stories from some of the others. I haven't heard much from the back but there seems to be a lot of dust in the air and I heard what sounded like hacksaws on pipes. One of the tenants from a few years back put in a new kitchen, and took it with them when they left! I don't think the plumbing has been the same since. I wonder if they have had to alter something.

I went out today anyway, even though bear was at home, as I called in at Boots to pick up something to support bear's ankle. Today was the first day of the easing of lockdown, even though we are in Tier 3. This meant that when I got to the 'easy to park at' Boots near IKEA, the carpark was jammed at around 10am! Boots wasn't busy, though, so I found what I needed easily enough. Then I called into Tesco for all the stuff I forgot yesterday.

Even with the announcement of the start of vaccinations, it feels like normal life is a long way off. I'll be glad when things finally settle down a little. 

Hugs and good health to all.