A New Week

This week, I'm feeling much better, having largely recovered from the worst cold that I've had in years. I'm still quite congested nasally, but other than that I'm feeling more or less back to normal. It does feel like I've lost a week somehow though.

This week I have had four days off in a row, as I changed from working on Tuesday, to working on Friday. This was actually quite useful, as it gave me the opportunity to do some work around the house, which desperately needed doing.

Monday, was the usual gym class and weekly shop kind of day, so nothing else got done, but Tuesday was a bit more productive.

I started the day, having booked a slot at the local refuse tip, to take lots of junk there. Between OH and I, we managed to fully fill the car with rubbish to take, which has created a little more room here and there. I also have another pile of stuff to take to a Zero Waste Hub this weekend, which will free up a bit more space too, so it's a kind of clear out week that we're having here this week.

The only exception to this, is that with everything that is going on in the world, I made the decision in the last week, to put together a home emergency kit of sorts, that might be useful in the event of power outages, etc. I've purchased a few things such as battery operated lanterns, candles, tealights, matches, batteries, etc., that we can reach for should there be any difficulty with power supply of any sort. There's a few other things I need to get before I feel I've completed the kit, but I know that I'll feel a lot more secure knowing that I won't need to rush around trying to buy these things, once they've already disappeared from the shelves of the shops. They may, hopefully, of course, never be needed, but I do like to be prepared and nothing is perishable in any case.

On Tuesday afternoon, I decided to tackle the cleaning of the front bedroom. It was still covered in a layer of dust after having the front sash windows replaced. Now OH has finished what he needs to do in there for the moment, I could go ahead and clean up a bit. This in turn, also freed up more space in the sewing room, where I had stored many of the bits and pieces from the book shelves for the duration.

It took a good three hours, just to clean the bookshelves and one side of the room, afterwhich I felt quite tired and called it a day. Later, in the evening, I also tackled the mountainous pile of ironing that has accumulated lately.

On Wednesday afternoon, I continued with the cleaning of the bedroom and managed to clean almost all of it, save for the bookshelves in the opposite alcove, which I'll have to tackle another day. There was so much dust on top of and even inside the wardrobe. It feels good to finally get it cleaned up.

It felt like I had a productive few days off anyway, although there is still a lot more cleaning to do in the house at the moment. I've found it hard to knuckle down and do it in recent weeks with one thing or another.

Today, however, I'm heading back to work. I hope you've had a productive week.