A strange day of ups and downs. Woke up about 5am with a horrible feeling of impending doom, in my half awake state I couldn't shake it off so put the light on and read for an hour or so. Went back to sleep after that and woke quite late. Thank goodness I'd managed to shake off that feeling, no idea what caused it. A friend phoned late morning, it was great to have a chat despite the fact that we did spend some time bemoaning the current situation! I think our feelings are those of a lot of people at the moment, there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to. We're both infuriated by people who refuse to take any commonsense measures to prevent the spread of the virus. It was great to talk anyway.
Had some lunch then went for a walk. It was fine when I went out, it had been windy all morning, it had dropped a bit by then. Nice walk through the woods, wasn't going to go down the narrow path but it was somehow beckoning to me. I haven't been down there for a while as the paths have been so muddy but it was pretty dry. Got most of the way along it, saw that there was a big black cloud coming and felt a few spots of rain so turned back It got a bit heavier, I'd taken a woolly hat with me in case I needed it, put it on rather than my hood. By the time I got back to the field it was quite heavy and when I got to the field entrance it was raining hard. Took the hat off and put my hood up for the short walk along my road. My jacket was wet but I wasn't, my jeans were also wet but my feet were dry in my new shoes. Not bothered these days about getting my jeans wet.
Had a cuppa then unpacked the parcel that had arrived this morning, it was a desk pencil sharpener like the one my art teacher has, hers sharpens pencils to a lethal point. Set it up and tried it on various types of pencil, it didn't sharpen them at all. Tried a number of times and made sure I was doing it right but it just didn't work, it was driving me mad. There were a number of reviews from people who had the same problem but there were many more good reviews. It'll have to go back, it wasn't cheap. Packed it back in the box it had arrived in and taped it up then realised that part of the return label has to go inside the box, grrr!
By that time it was really grey and wet outside, too dingy to do any artwork. Instead I took all of my art materials out of the cupboards and rearranged them in a more sensible order. Whether I can find things more quickly in future remains to be seen.
Had been intending to do some housework today so damp dusted in the lounge then got the vacuum cleaner out. It was okay for a while then started pulsing, the info I found online said it was the filter that needed washing so I did that. It takes some time to dry so I don't know whether that's worked or not. Was fed up by that time, it had been a very frustrating afternoon. Emptied the dishwasher, took out a shallow metal dish and found that the non stick coating was peeling away, it's useless now.
Looked in the freezer to see what I could make for tea. I didn't want to put much effort into it but thought I'd have to as I didn't want to eat the things I had ready to just heat, it would mean eating more red meat. Luckily I found a portion of chicken in pasta sauce so had that with some wine to accompany it.
Such a frustrating afternoon, I felt like I'd got nowhere. Ah well, tomorrow is another day. Hope others have had a more fruitful one.
