It is cold and windy today. It started raining yesterday afternoon, with intermittent drizzle throughout the night. The grey sky does nothing to lift the mood. Not a bad day to stay indoors…
My exercise routine is taking shape. I am sure after another session or two I should have it sorted out.
Our days have taken on a set routine, as these things tend to do. Wake up at 06h30 and have coffee in bed. Then breakfast and the first news of the day. I do physical exercise for about an hour while Roger does mental exercises. He is obsessed with the idea of keeping his brain active so his early morning ‘exercise’ is on his iPad, using the Lumosity app. I ventured there at some point before the lockdown but found it takes up too much time. I look back at the end of the day and ask myself ‘so what have you achieved, besides wasting the day?’ And so, I decided that it is not for me.
After exercise a leisurely second coffee and then shower. Lunch is between 13h00 and 13h30. I do some creative stuff during the afternoon while Roger keeps himself busy with more mind games or whatever else needs doing around the house or the complex. Until now he had been doing the shopping whenever required.
At 18h00 we start cooking dinner. After dinner some TV before bedtime, usually around 22h00. Roger upgraded our DSTV subscription to the ‘full bouquet’ yesterday. Before lockdown we only had the ‘government issue’ TV1, 2, 3 and eTV. We plan to downgrade again after the lockdown. We are not avid TV watchers but now find ourselves spending about two hours every evening in front of the ‘box’.
It is Eugene & Marlene’s 26th wedding anniversary today. Where has the time gone? It feels like yesterday. The sad thing at the time was that my father passed away on the day before their wedding. I will never forget the great sadness that engulfed me when his lapel flower remained behind on the tray at the entrance to the church. It took great effort to tuck away the sadness; there was a wedding to be witnessed and celebrated. Mourning would happen later.
