Vin Vac !

Vin went off for his flu jab this morning at a quarter past ten. not a long way to go only over the road to the chemist, who is now doing the fly vaccinations from his pharmacy. He was back fairly qui8ckly having had it done and having had to stay for five minutes afterwards because sometimes people have a reaction to it.  He doesn't so he came back when he got the all clear. Full of information about the vaccine that is used.  Apparently it is egg based so if you are allergic to eggs you cannot have it. Wonder if they have a vegan type one?

He also rang up about my blood test at Litherland town hall, that is arranged for Tuesday morning and he is to collect the form this afternoon. 

This afternoon also our Jane has an interview with the mortgage advisor in manchester, arranged by the estate agent who will not allow a viewing unless you do that. very odd but maybe it is a way of weeding out people who cannot afford the payments etc., that is at four o'clock so i hope that goes well for her. She has seen a nice house that is on the same road as the one she had viewed before Christmas but just missedout on because her offer was lower than the one she offered.  buying a house seems to be a minefield, hope this one goes well and she can get her catty!

 Jessie is enjoying peace and quiet at the moment. She doesn't go out visiting and is mainly self-isolating near to where her Daddy is.

Sad News!

Just having our breakfast today and the phone went. Vin hurried off to answer it and wasn't baack for a while so I knew it wasn't a rubbish call. It was a friend from down the road to say that her husband had died on Monday. He was a man that I spent years sharing a car with on our journey to our school in Kirkby. A real shame.

Jane has just rung up for a chat and said that the Estate Agent who are doing the arrangements for the house she has seen say that they will only do viewings if she deals with their mrtgage advisor. Her advisor says that it is a bit naughty but not illegal, unless they force you to go with them . She has made an appointment for Friday at four so will see what happens . It is a nice house near to one that she had fallen in love with before Christmas but just lost out on by a few thousand. She has a great deosit saved, done really well Bless her. 

Our Jessie woke her Daddy up at some ungodly hour this morning while it was still dark but he terned over and she gave up. Came back later miaowing so he got up then to feed her. talk about as cute as a cartload of monkey's!

Having a little rest now after all that hard work!

 

Brrrr!

It is like somebody has turned the thermostat down today. really cold this morning. We were up and at em early to prepare for the podiatry man the very nice Mark who arrived about ten to ten this morning. he is very regular actually, normally around half past nine or thereabouts.  Sometimes a bit earlier but more often than not a bit later. 

Jessie of course does her usual disapearing act when the vacuum cleaner gets going. Normally upstairs under Jane's bed which is her preferred spot.  She has a little safety spot where she goes off to when she is threatened by things like the doorbell or the vacuum! Or maybe a big marauding cat like Jack from next door. 

Start of another boring week really, nothing exciting to go to or visit. Even our little visit to Costa last week was low key with staff in masks and distancing, nowhere near as interesting as it used to be.  Tables wiped before you go in and wiped down when you have left, makes you feel like a leper!  Not much people watching because there is no-one there to watch!

All the news at the moment is of the students especially around some of the large University towns like manchester and Liverpool. Must admit I do feel for them, there was all the trouble over the exams, now they have made it to their universities and they are locked in because many of them have tested positive for the virus. Pictures on the news about students posting notices on their windows asking for food etc., good job they have parents some of them were seen to have driven miles to take food supplies to sons and daughters. Aaah!

 Is it safe yet? I might come out if it is. Everyone gone and all quiet again?

Numbers Rising Again!

Fears of a second wave are proving right at the moment,  students going to University and the result of that is certainly affecting some areas. Round here manchester and Liverpool seem to be badly hit with a lot of students from both universities being badly hit. Some of them are talking about online tutoring, don't know how that would work, can't see it happening for the practical courses anyway. They have had a tugh year, these present students, with the trouble over their A level exams it can't haave been easy.

Weather supposed to be coler this week with more Autumn touches. The trees are beginning to look a bit more colourful anyway and dropping leaves, but they were doing that in the summer with all of the dry weather. Next door have a load of scoffolding on the back of their house. not for them it is actually for the house adjoining theirs. Very sporadic work on it though, but as Vin says they are probably working on a couple of jobs at the same time. 

We are not planning to go out anywhere at the moment, with the rules to stay in where possible, and the fact that places are very much reduced, it would have been nice to go to Dobbies one of our little haunts, but maybe not at the moment. The free coffees do not tempt us at present either. 

Jessie is used to us being at home and is very attached to her daddy, as long as he is around she is happy. Blissfully aware thatanything is going on, and no masks toworry about. nice life really. 

Nice comfy place to sleep and a warm Daddy's lap to settle on and she is hapy!

 

Lockdown Again!

Sort of a lockdown. Kind of puts you off going out anywhere really, unless it seems if you are a student attending University. Pictures in the papers this morning of parties of young ones behaving as they used to before the virus happened. One photograph of a queue outside the Sainsbury's in Fallowfield which is not far from where our jane lives. Are they paqnic buying? Who knows.  Wouldn't like to be in the store with all that lot though!

Podiatry man yesterday morning, and Jessie did her usual trick of disappearing when the doorbell went. He still hasn't seen her yet.  He probably thinks we are a pair of soft old bats with an imaginary pet!! Today is an ordinary day with no appointments going on, although I did get a phone call from the surgery to go for another blood test in two weeks and to ring up in the middle of next week to get an appointment at litherland again. that's not a problem  at least it is easier to get to than Aintree. 

The Hotel over the road was opened yesterday. I was trying to look at a menu this morning but doesn't really seem to be one, not yet anyway at least not one I can read. Vin says he's seen one and it looks very expensive. There were some people milling around last night so  some interest anyhow. today  there are new rules that they must close at ten so that won't help. It all looks very nice anyway, they have had a big refurbishment and now looking very different from how it used to.

Jessie was up on the bed very early this morning,  then went off. came back later when she really did want feeding.

I am hiding but will come out when really hngry then he will feed me!

More Blood !

Another blood test today, this time for the village surgery over the road. Seems that it couldn't be done at the hospital where i went for another one on Tuesday because the computers are not linked up! make it a l;ot easier if it was! The surgery told us to go to Litherand but when we thought about it we didn't know whether it was the Town hall or the Sefton Road one. So Vin rang up the sefton road one and was told we were not on the list so it must be the other one. Off we went to the Town Haall. Quite busy, everybody in masks, a sea of blue masks all over, horrible things they steam your glasses up, but needsmust i suppose. Waited a while then it appeared that we were not on their computer, but we had the letter, and Vin explained that he had rung up first and was told we were on their list so he put us on. Waited a while socially distancing of course then went in. Done and dusted in a few minutes and off home.

Just  got a phone call from somebody asking if i had been for my blood test? Sort of like Big Brother!

Jrssie was waiting in the middle room when we got home she probably has had a sleep and now wants more food!

 Always ready for a tasty little morsel! Or two!

Oooh An Outing!!

I needed to get a blood test done at Aintree for the renal people so off we went there yesterday. Parked outside the front of the elective care building and Vin got me up to the right floor, we both had temps taken, both fine then went along to the test. Both the regular girls on duty so got done quickly. Vin had left me to go and move the car if necessary  but it appeared that no-one was looking at them so he came back inside to the lifts. By this time I had come out from the lfts to find Vin standing there, just like last time. Touch of deja vu! Since it was a reasonable time we went along the by-pass and ended up at Costa in Freshfield and went in for our first Costa since March!!! Unbelievable. Tables all spread out,  and someone cleaning them down everytime a person leaves. Very nice coffees, I had my flat white, and Vin had a latte with hazelnut flavour syrup and soya milk. We enjoyed those. 

Home then to get changed and our lunch etc.,

Today he has gone off to Formby to get his hair cut if possible, and then on to Tesco. He has just rung up to say he had got it done. So that is good.  Now gone off to Tesco  to get the weekly shopping.

Jessie is behaving as normall trying to trip me up on  the stairs. Her little joke. 

I'll get you sometime.