My last Monday of furlough. Well this round anyway. Whether it will continue is anyone’s guess. Either way, next week this won’t be written fresh on the laptop on Monday morning, it’ll be more likely hurriedly be put to bed on Sunday night, before I slope off to bed, dreaming of how many emails I’ve had in my six weeks ‘off’.
So this last week… Let’s see. Lots more walking, lots more lifting. My mats arrived – these are anti-vibration mats (normally used for washing machines) – which I’m mostly using to save my neighbours ears when I can’t just delicately lower the weights. They work like an absolute charm.
I also received a pile of pretties from Rougette from Tutti Rouge which will feature heavily in my feed over the next week or so. I’m going to be putting my little tripod to work!
Speaking of which, it got a workout this weekend for World Gin Day. Normally this time of year I’m recovering from a very busy weekend of gin, chat, and more gin. Of course this year, it was not to be. So instead, I had a chat to Richard from the Wine School of Cheshire and took part remotely in two gin tastings, Richard’s own, and the one from Manchester’s biggest gin bar, Atlas. More on the latter later this week.
But it did give me the opportunity to grab a selfie with my husband while it was all set up. It was so nice to be able to put on a nice dress, and some make up – even if the foundation is now totally the wrong colour as I’ve spent oodles of time in the sun.
I don’t think we’re doing too badly in lockdown.
This week, there’ll be more gin, more foraging and more recipes. So pretty much, more of the same.
Here’s hoping it’s a good week.