An awful day, although to be perfectly honest, it only started to be awful after Lois and I rolled out of bed. A cold, raw day - it's beginning to feel a lot like winter haha!
Our house-mouse must be feeling the same. We thought we'd got rid of it by blocking it in the chimney, and we haven't heard any noises for a couple of weeks now. But it must have busted out last night - perhaps it's been doing body-building training - and it must have made its way back to the larder - damn!
flashback to 2 weeks ago - we blockade the mouse in the chimney
using a biscuit tin lid, an old margarine tub with 3 heavy padlocks inside it,
a Sellotape dispenser and an 11 lb dumbbell.
So while Mark the Gardener was busy outside, we were busy inside devising new ways to protect our food stores from "the enemy". What madness!!!!
Not a lot of people know that the word "mouse" is one of the oldest words we use: it was first in use at least 6,000 years ago, and it's practically the same word in many European languages. Its original meaning was "thief", and that seems entirely appropriate!
13:00 A late lunch, but no time for our nap in bed today - we've both got check-ups at the dentist today, at 2:30 pm [cf the old joke about the Chinese dentist] and 3 pm.
Is that racist? I don't know, but almost everything is racist these days, or at least that's how it seems!
We're seeing our new dentist today for the first time, and she's English, not Chinese, or Romanian - our old dentist, Daria, the Romanian one, has moved to a different dental surgery. Our new one is called Melanie, and she seems very nice - very business-like and professional, but with a sense of humour, which is nice.
Melanie, our new dentist
Both Lois and I knew it wasn't going to be good news this afternoon, but I suppose it could have been worse. I lost one of my fillings 2 months ago, so I wasn't expecting a clean bill of health - the tooth doesn't hurt, but Melanie says she'll have to clear it out first and put a white filling in place of the old silver on. And Lois has to have a tooth taken out. Damn !!!!
It's a bad enough experience going to the dentist at the best of times, without all the "coronavirus precautions" shenanigans we have to go through today, no doubt about that!
Can we have a nicer day tomorrow please? [I'm afraid I can't guarantee that! - Ed]
19:00 Lois disappears into the dining-room to take part in her great-niece Molly's yoga class on zoom, followed by her sect's weekly Bible Seminar, also on zoom.
I settle down on the couch in the living-room to watch a bit of TV, but I feel a bit at a loss. Reruns of the 1990's sitcom "The Brittas Empire" have come to an end for now. I decide on a rerun of "One Foot in the Grave", another 1990's sitcom about irascible retiree Victor Meldrew, and his long-suffering wife, Margaret.
Victor and Margaret have just returned to the UK from a nightmare holiday in Greece, and on the way home from Luton Airport, Margaret stops off at her friend Jean's house for a chat and a cup of tea.
Don't you think Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie, looks extremely fetching in that bandana or whatever it's called that she's got tied over her head? That foreign holiday must have done her some good, no doubt about that!
In this scene we see Jean asking how the holiday went for Victor.
Super new look, Annette! Please wear it for every show from now on, that's my advice!!!!
21:15 Lois emerges from her zoom sessions and we go for an early bed - zzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
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