5th February, 2021. 328 days of lockdown/isolation.

Mum had her first vaccine on Wednesday, 3rd February. A District Nurse called about 15:30 and gave her the Astra Zenica vaccine. She could not give a date for the second jab as it was a surgery led operation and they could not yet make the appointments. At least she is now starting to have some protection from Covid 19 and any of it’s mutation. And we know she is in the system.

I had my chiropractic consultation last Monday. Although I only went to them to look at my right knee, they looked at my whole “frame” and took lots of readings and measurements. Not a bad thing, if they are to be believed, to look at my posture, standing, sitting and laying down to see if any improvements can be made. I will book four sessions with the actual chiropracter starting on Monday 15th February at 8am. Yes! 8am!!

ERNIE paid us £75 this month and together with winning £30 in the Cricket Club draw, this is looking like a good month. We are also saving £70 each month on the cancelled gym memberships. These will not be renewed, I would guess, until at least June/July. Goodness knows how much we are saving on fuel. My tank is still half full and I had filled the car up on 30th December for about £60. That should last way over two months.

The longer the pandemic goes on, the less likely it is that we will be going to Germany on 31st May. They may only just finish vaccinating everyone by then and although Boris would like to get everything normal by then, I don’t think it is feasible. I don’t think anywhere in Europe will let us in yet anyway. We would be travelling through Belgium, Holland and then Germany. I don’t think I would let us in!!!

Our concert tickets to see Andy Fairweather low have been shifted to April next year. Is Paloma Faith’s concert on 7th October safe? Possibly not.

I am looking at Twitter more and more nowadays. Although it is a good read and I “like” and “retweet” a lot, I don’t comment much. I am neither that politically motivated nor bright enough to make any meaningful contribution. I do love listening to James O’Brien’s broadcasts though as I find myself in agreement with most of his views and comments.

Hull City Council has just announced that the Hull City Hall is to be converted to a mass vaccination site. Things certainly seem to be accelerating. No date for commencement has been given. At the moment, the nearest such centre is in York.

Jenny and I drove into Hull this morning to bank a check in an outside ATM which allows deposits, I nearly forgot that bus lanes are operating all day now and guess what? We never saw a bus. And Hull was like a ghost town. Except for groups of losers gathering in numbers. I know they are bored. Get Netflix!!!!