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Day 68 - Normal Service Will Be Resumed Shortly


Text to Rosie:

 Hi. Given the difficult circumstances, what are you doing for Sam's birthday next week?

🤞We might actually get away with it this year.

 Text from Rosie:

 Not sure sis. To be honest, money is tight. You couldn't lend me £50 could you? X

As soon as I saw the word 'sis', I knew she was after something. John was going to go mental when he looked at our bank transactions and saw that she hadn't paid back any of the original money, never mind if he saw that I'd loaned her more again! The situation was starting to get a bit tricky.😬
     I tried to ignore it.

Text from Rosie:

 Not sure if you saw the text I sent you earlier but I was wondering if you had £50 to spare to help me give Sam a good birthday??? You were paid yesterday weren't you?X

First of all, 'earlier'??? She sent the text fifteen minutes earlier. Second of all,  'spare'??? Third of all, he had a new bike last week.  Ffs!  AND another thing: Rosie seemed to be keeping better track of my paydays than I actually was!!!

 While he hadn't completely moved on from the bin situation (avidly researching the local position on the opening of recycling plants all morning) John's new favourite topic was the easing of the lockdown rules. After yesterday's low mood, I was strangely reassured by the return of his ranty, grouchy disposition. His favourite phrases were:
  • Accident waiting to happen
  •  Irresponsible and incompetent government
  •  Inevitable second wave
  •  Boris Fucking Johnson
  •  Idiots flocking to the beaches
It's not often that I say this, but I had to agree with him. Suddenly life felt scary and uncertain. This would open a whole new Pandora's box that we weren't ready to face. It started with Cleo telling me that her friends were planning on meeting in the park on Monday, as it was now 'ok'. I poured John a nice glass of  Rioja and decided not to mention it for the time being. Then, I made the fateful mistake of doing something that I should never do on a Saturday: opening my work emails. Victoria had called us all into the office this week. She told us to await further information and 'instructions'.😱

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