This morning I was lying in bed, listening to the traffic, and thought it sounded a lot quieter than normal. It’s the first time since this new lockdown started that I’ve really noticed a difference. I remember in the first lockdown the road outside was eerily quiet at the weekend, but up until now, this lockdown hadn’t seemed to make much of a difference to traffic levels.
This time last year I was on a weekend away with friends. What a lot’s happened since then! That weekend we were on packed trains, in busy bars, hugging friends and sharing hotel rooms with people who weren’t from our household :eek:
We hadn’t heard of lockdown, furlough or Zoom. Face masks and hand sanitizer weren’t everyday essentials and we’d never have imagined we’d have to queue to get into a shop. How quickly things changed!
My back is still a bit niggly today so I won’t be doing any major lifting or carrying. I’m going to do my once a week visit to a shop as I need a couple of birthday cards and a few bits I couldn’t get on my online food shop. I’m torn as to whether birthday cards count as essential shopping, but I do also need lightbulbs (which are essential) so as long as I can get them both from one shop I don’t feel I’m breaking any rules :thumbsup:
Enjoy your weekends. Has anyone managed to plan anything nice to do?