great to hear that! do you have someone to do your food shopping for you?
great to hear that! do you have someone to do your food shopping for you?Good evening
Back in England and home
A very long, hectic and stress-filled 24 hours, but in summary:-
Flight from J'Burg to Paris was delayed due to assholes who hadn't provided the correct Covid paperwork and kicking up a fuss, plus twats on the plane not wearing masks causing anguish to others
4 hours of having to hang around CDG airport in Paris for my connecting flight to London
Flight was delayed by almost half hour due to air traffic problems over French aerospace
Arrived at heathrow 20 minutes late due to problems at T2 at Heathrow
Long delays at security and baggage
Missed my flight to Manchester, no further flights until Monday
caught Tube to Russell Square, and walked to Euston Station
Caught 1:05pm London to Carlisle train, arrived at around 5pm
Caught local train to my neck of the woods in the Lake District
Caught taxi to my local village but shops were shut
Arrived home at 7:15. House is fine thanks to friend keeping an eye out over the last few weeks
Lots of mail, christmas cards and parcels, but nothing fresh in the fridge, no milk or bread, and chest freezer empty as planned before I left.
Gagging for a hot cup of tea/coffee, but I do have wine!!!
Going to put my electric blanket on, take a shower, go to bed and self isolate for the next 10 days
Feels like I could sleep for that long too.
Night all xx
Glad your home. The journey from London to Lakes is a bitch. I didn't even know there was a train from Carlisle that late on a Sunday.Good evening
Back in England and home
A very long, hectic and stress-filled 24 hours, but in summary:-
Flight from J'Burg to Paris was delayed due to assholes who hadn't provided the correct Covid paperwork and kicking up a fuss, plus twats on the plane not wearing masks causing anguish to others
4 hours of having to hang around CDG airport in Paris for my connecting flight to London
Flight was delayed by almost half hour due to air traffic problems over French aerospace
Arrived at heathrow 20 minutes late due to problems at T2 at Heathrow
Long delays at security and baggage
Missed my flight to Manchester, no further flights until Monday
caught Tube to Russell Square, and walked to Euston Station
Caught 1:05pm London to Carlisle train, arrived at around 5pm
Caught local train to my neck of the woods in the Lake District
Caught taxi to my local village but shops were shut
Arrived home at 7:15. House is fine thanks to friend keeping an eye out over the last few weeks
Lots of mail, christmas cards and parcels, but nothing fresh in the fridge, no milk or bread, and chest freezer empty as planned before I left.
Gagging for a hot cup of tea/coffee, but I do have wine!!!
Going to put my electric blanket on, take a shower, go to bed and self isolate for the next 10 days
Feels like I could sleep for that long too.
Night all xx
Your journey home sounded relentless but I’m pleased you are back safe and sound. Time is your own now for the next week or so, so you can enjoy being home. The change in temperature must be a massive shock to the system. Out of interest were your flights full?Thanks for the warm welcome back comments
I went to bed at 8:30pm last night and didn't wake up again until 9am this morning!
I went to the loo in the middle of the night but my addled brain was confused and I thought I was still at my parent's house and ended up walking into my storage cupboard!
Because I'm being a good law-abiding person I didn't go out for my usual run this morning and continued to self-isolate
Managed to get a Morrisons delivery for Wednesday at 9pm, so ordered a shedload of stuff
My friend came round and dropped off my car she'd been looking after in my absence. She also handed me a bag full of essentials such as milk and bread while we chatted through my kitchen window
Opened all my mail, parcels and the odd Christmas present
Text my g/f to say I was safely back home. She wanted to come over but I told her she won't be able to for another 10 days.
Stripped the bed and did a shedload of washing
Went into my back garden to top up the bird feeders, and then quickly realised I was definitely back in England because it was friggin' cold!
This time last week it was 34C in J'Burg, and yet this morning here in the Lake District it was just 1C at 10am
It was so cold in fact that I'm sure my nipples dropped off and rolled down the garden path!
Yes, both flights were fully occupied as far as I could see. And when I got to Terminal 2 at Heathrow, it too was rammed with arrivals - complete chaos and long queues everywhere!Your journey home sounded relentless but I’m pleased you are back safe and sound. Time is your own now for the next week or so, so you can enjoy being home. The change in temperature must be a massive shock to the system. Out of interest were your flights full?
You can't fool me!Wake up, have breakfast, dust the rest of the flat, work work work, have lunch, and suddenly it because blissfully quiet everywhere, can't say why. I enjoyed a good few hours taking it slow, work was quiet and not much happened until the end of day apart from emails. Had ginger tea in the afternoon, pasta for an early dinner and now I'm watching Pretty Woman and having some chocolate. Not bad for a Monday.
Hope you feel better soon! Have been reading your posts on here over the last few days and that you haven't been feeling too good.Glad you’re back safe @Mulholland Drive! Jealous of you living in the Lake District, it’s so beautiful.
My day has consisted of sitting at my desk for almost 8 hours non stop - apart from the odd walk around the landing and stretch. I signed up to do some paid worked along my PhD studies, to add captions to lectures for those online learning. It’s taken me SOOOOOO LONG as the system was slow. I’m so achy and tired now after staring at a screen. Hardly been on Tattle
Going to have a soak in the bath, grab some food and get in bed!
I did the equivalent of that for the past 10 days, Mondays are for pretending to be an adultYou can't fool me!
You woke up at 11am, did 7 minutes of dusting (flicking a duster around, in other words), thought about getting the vacuum cleaner out, but then got distracted by a bar of chocolate, and then decided to put your feet up watching Pretty Woman after a hard morning looking in the fridge for something nice to eat
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