The blue swimsuit

Once I stopped taking steroids and started to lose a bit of weight I bought myself a new swimsuit for sea swimming. Some time ago I lost it. I know, I know, how does anyone lose a swimsuit? Truthfully, I don’t really know! I think I accidentally left it at the beach after a swim, but it never turned up again. It was a lovely shade of blue and, despite buying a new swimsuit that was exactly the same but a different colour, I’ve never liked it as much as the blue one. My friend says that everything went to crap after I lost that swimsuit....... she blames that loss for covid-19, her thyroid becoming under active, just everything bad in general lol.

I decided to get another blue one, the same as the one I lost, and optimistically bought a smaller size...... Today I wore it for the first time :) I think I must be one of the few people to be losing weight while in covid-19 lockdown! No morning poached egg on toast and no afternoon buns!! 

Allowed to travel short distances for exercise, I travelled a few miles earlier today and met up with my sea swimming friend. I had my first dip in ages and, despite still being freezing hours later, I feel amazing! I got out of that sea almost the same colour as my blue swimsuit....... urban camouflage......like wearing a Laura Ashley dress and standing in front of a Laura Ashley sofa lol.

We’re back in the sea, I’m back in a (smaller, yay!) blue swimsuit. Life’s balance has been restored! Only good times now xx

Messy hair but I don’t care

I’ve lost track of how many weeks we’re into this COVID-19 carry on...... about two?? Who knows, time isn’t my strong point anymore. Suffice to say it’s pretty rubbish! My hair, that I swore I wouldn’t grow long again for handiness sake, is like a big shaggy mess. I look like a two year, with bits flipping out everywhere and a big floppy fringe! Not to mention my husband’s eyebrows...... we may have to get the strimmer  out!!

Spring has finally sprung..... I can say this with confidence as I am currently sitting in my back garden in a t-shirt, with the sun on my face, watch a queen wasp looking for a suitable place to build a nest....... hopefully not in or near this garden please!! 

Instead of looking forward to our first sunny sea swim tomorrow, we get to walk the dog to the end of the road and back. I miss the sea but darling hubby tried to rectify this a bit for me yesterday...... cold water with salt in a big plastic container for me to dip my feet in. I think the North Atlantic is warmer lol, but my feet were very grateful! Also we are lucky because there are fields at the end of our road so the dog can get a good run around. She’s thoroughly enjoying the whole social distancing thing....... I’m working from home so here with her all day, every day, and she gets an extra walk at lunchtime during the week. Like us, I’m sure she misses adventures a bit further afield at the weekends, but the most important thing is that we’re all safe, and as I sit here in the sun I can’t say it’s a massive hardship at this precise moment!

The only disruption to my sun worshipping is all the gardeners and outside odd-jobbers that have come out! Sit yourselves down menfolk..... get a cuppa...... INXS are on my Playlist...... oh, wait, no it’s The Rolling Stones now! Spotify makes some cracking mixed tapes!!

I am missing gigs, but the ones that aren’t going ahead seem to be rescheduling to next year, so I guess we’ll just go to far too many in 2021 instead of 2020.

Our Riverbank Relatives Room May have to be used as a temporary ward during these strange times, and you know what? That’s absolutely fine by me. So long as it’s helping people then it’s serving it’s purpose. Hopefully it’ll give some comfort to patients, relatives or hospital staff. I’m sure we’ll get our grand opening at some time in the future, but it was never about grand openings anyway...... it was about a group of friends coming together to help people going through a tough time. That mission is being accomplished as I write.

I have no idea if our gig will go ahead this year or not. It’s not until 19 September but we’re living in uncertain times. We’ll sort something out, even if we have to be a bit inventive. 

I hope you’re all heeding the advice and socially distancing to keep everyone safe. It matters! Stay strong and Happy Easter xx