Making a Virtue out of Necessity

James and I are still self-isolating; James did another Lateral Flow test this morning and he is still positive for Covid. This makes me wonder if he actually caught it much more recently that the beginning of our holiday. I suppose that we will never know. I haven’t done a Covid test myself because there’s no point until James eventually tests negative. Once James tests negative twice, twenty-four hours apart, I will test again and if I’m still negative we will be free to re-enter society. 

So for now our social life has been cancelled, including a visit to the theatre this evening with Heather, to which I had very much been looking forward. And of course I can’t go to the David Lloyd centre or to the supermarket. 

But there’s no point being down-hearted; instead I have ordered ingredients online with which to do some batch cooking, and I have been replying to some emails and tidying and clearing out in the house. James too has been making good use of his time; he has been clearing out the loft, tidying the garden, assembling his new office chair and even darning his hill-walking socks.