I'm still alive

Hi again.

Today's figures as at 1.23pm

Yesterday:

Total world cases:  384,838
Total fatalities:  16,595
UK total:  6,726
UK Fatalities: 335

Today:

Total world cases:  491,768
Total fatalities:  22,173
UK total:  9,529
UK Fatalities: 465

Each country is trying to 'flatten the curve' i.e. stop the cases increasing so much each day.  Most countries are now on lock down - and it is so strange seeing images of usually extremely busy cities looking empty.  It is like a scene from 28 days Later in which the guy at the beginning wakes up and walks around a deserted London.

I have no idea what it is like in my local area as I haven't left the house in around 2 1/2 weeks - when we went to see Helen and Paul for Helen's birthday - which makes me worry that the battery in my car will be flat!

I have now had communication about my new job - I have been asking how many people on the course? What measures have been put in place etc.  I was told to ask my line manager! ha! like I know who that is!  So now - I have been put in touch with ppl I will be working with - and hopefully when they reply - I will know what my shift pattern is going to be...

We had all our bookings for the Airbnb cancelled - which is a good thing really because ppl need to stay at home - so we wrote on the listing that we would only be accepting NHS staff that are being brought in to assist at our local hospital - and at reduced rates.  We are getting a fair few enquiries - although ppl seem to want to pay next to nothing - and we have quite high running costs.  Seems like we are going to be having a couple of newly qualified doctors stay for a month or so.

We are getting quite stressed.  Everything seems to be going badly this year - Andy said it so early in the year that things seems to be going wrong - and then it went REALLY wrong - with this virus, his job not being secure - he got a speeding ticket from Xmas day when the roads were empty - he broke his phone...all our bookings got cancelled...the thing I was looking forward to more than ANYTHING - being there for Lissa when she has the baby - is no longer possible, we wont be able to attend Adam's wedding...and other stuff I can't remember.

Mostly we are fine - but every now and again (like today) it starts to get to you!  I guess - probably more than a guess tbh, that some people are having a MUCH worse time of it than us! People are dying all over the world, people are ill, people have lost jobs and can't pay the rent.  I can't remember the last time I saw any good news!  So - maybe while we have our health and our house - we should think ourselves lucky - and just hope we come out of all this unscathed.