Wednesday, 23rd September 2020
i wasn't going to do a post today, but here i am. Been wrapping and storing many ornaments etc away in a couple of suitcases [one under my feet here at my desk and one under my bed. i hadn't realised i had so much stuff lying around, though i rotated quite a bit. Someone is going to have fun going through it all when i pop my clogs! i do need to clear things away so i can dust without it being a humongous task requiring considerable effort!
i'm getting very introspective what with being so cut off for so long, not good for one. And i have a nasty habit of starting to do a job and not finishing it but starting another as well, so i wind up with bits of things all over the place. My lounge frequently looks as though a hurricane has struck - and i have a load of scarves on my bed to sort out and those little tops, what do you call them? There's some of those too, as i rarely use them unless i need to cover up a short-sleeved tee or some such. Not sure why i have collected so many of them, especially as i'm sure i chucked some out to the charities a while back. i can't resist a lovely scarf though, so i know why i have lots of them. i only really use them in winter, so many tend to be the thicker variety or silk. Must harden my heart and get rid of the really thin ones; maybe my neighbour would like them. She wears a lot of scarves. i do hate waste.
One of our local shops is closing down, Kailash. The owner tells me they've been there 25 YEARS, wow. They're the sort of invaluable shop that sells a huge variety of things, from paper napkins, kitchen goods [from a huge range of plastic items, pans to plates], hardware items, manchester towel items, tools of all kinds to incense and Indian stuff, and many more besides. You needed something, go check out Kailash. Not anymore come the end of the month. So sad. There's Cutlacks still, but they don't have that sort of range and are more expensive. There are more and more shops closing down, as less and less customers get out to shop. A not inconsiderable result of this bloody COVID crap.
It's hard to stay up-beat and cheerful in this depressing time and happenstance, as if old age wasn't depressing enough. i tend to bury myself in books - ignoring the dishes piling up in the kitchen and the layers of dust! Speaking of which, i did some of the dusting but kitchen is starting to look like a bomb went off near the sink! i will see the top of my table soon, i have promised myself!
Stay well and take care, all.