Wet Day

Miserable here today after the sunshine of yesterday. Home schooling was straightforward today and over by lunch time.

  This morning I phoned my Dad to check he was ok. I ring him every few days to check how he is and so that hes had a conversation with someone.  His life is very lonely since my Mum passed away. He is fine with the practical side of things but lockdown means no meeting friends for a coffee or a meal which is hard.  My sister lives nearby and is his support bubble but is only free to visit for a couple of hours on a Friday so he spends a lot of time on his own. Ideally I would love him to move down here but I don't think at 80 he will want the upheaval.

After lunch, even though it was drizzly we still went for a walk around the village and the girls posted a letter to their sister S who is at university in Bristol doing a midwifery degree.  I'm currently reading this book by Louise Penny which I know a few other bloggers have read recently.  I do enjoy the occasional crime book.  I love reading as do my Daughters - Hubby never reads a book!.  My worst nightmare would be to run out of something to read.  Our library usually charges 75p to reserve a book but back in November they suddenly announced reservations would be free until the end of March so I quickly picked out about a dozen books from my Amazon basket to reserve.  Then back in the Summer when I worried about more lockdowns and running out of reading material I bought some books from Amazon and The Works which are sat on my dresser still to be read and then finally on Christmas Eve when I briefly saw my sister she gave me a carrier bag of books she had finished with. She is also a big reader and I hadn't already read any of the books she gave me so I think I safely have enough books to last the year!

Well Hubby has just walked in from work so I shall go and have a coffee with him and then it will be on to preparing dinner.