Wednesday 11 November Day 7 lockdown

Think today was a bit like a sabbath rest for me – not a lot happened! So I decided to mend all the moth holes in the warm jumpers R and I had bought with us on the boat. Each time I put one of them on, or look at R with the holes increasing I make a mental note to self to repair. Today was the day and arming myself with the very useful sewing kit provided me by my sister and bro in law (just one of a few indispensible items such as a first aid kit, a powerbank and a battery lantern – all already made use of!) I darned and darned. Great feeling of satisfaction and also good to know the jumpers will be fit for purpose and keep us warm now the holes have gone. Sometimes we get a few holes in our own lives, perhaps broken relationships that we don’t take time to repair and so they get bigger and we get colder. The things we put off doing, that sit in the background, niggling at us. On the boat we already have a few of those. The chimney to the stove needs sweeping but we keep putting it off. I need to look through paperwork but it is so much easier to ignore! And the challenge awaiting us before the end of the week – filling up the watertank. Not a problem in itself but I know neither R or I relish the thought of reversing the boat, so we are eeking out the water! I suppose that is one advantage of lockdown and living only with each other – standards tend to drop a little! (except the washing of the hands and the gel sanitizer. Always enough water for that!).