Tuesday, April 7, 2020 – A Bit Less Work

Hiya Sweetie,
Another good night sleep, fortunately, and a bit of a slower morning, except for work on the computer. I learned a few more things about Bereavement Benefits from England, and it appears that I might be eligible, though it’s supposed to be filed within three months, which is exactly the date today. Of course, trying to confirm an answer to anything right now is next to impossible, all the government offices on both sides of the pond are understaffed and overwhelmed with dealing with this coronavirus. I did take a quick run over to the house to try to find some paperwork with your National Insurance number on it, and finally found some, though not after getting Jeff to tear apart everything in his closet first, sorry! I also brought the tools to fix the belt, and it went on very easy, almost too easy to my mind, I’m wondering if it stretched. I had put the battery on charge last night, and it was enough to turn it over a bit, but not enough to start it, so I left it to charge again, since I don’t want to put it back together again until I know it will work. Got back to the camp shortly before the realtor came by, I handed over some old surveys and title work in the hopes that would save on some costs, and might have even persuaded him to lower his commission a bit, we’ll see. I felt kind of lazy after that (imagine that!), so other than putting the horses out and checking on them from time to time, I look the rest of the afternoon off. Nice to be able to do that occasionally, it seems like it’s been ages since I just relaxed for a couple of hours during the day. It’s been beautiful weather this week, and all the leaves are just starting to come out, the dogwoods and fruit trees are in bloom, and it’s been in the 70’s. That’s changing, though, we have a cold front coming in and it’s going to be near freezing in a couple of nights, so it’ll be blankets for the horses again. Apollo keeps breaking away from his anchor and next thing I know I’m off trying to catch him up, with Flash running circles around him while I get him to where he needs to go. Everybody’s been pretty good about it here, though Lola took a long walkabout this afternoon, I don’t know where she went, but I’m thinking I’m going to have to put her on a leash if I’m not actually playing with her. Well, it’s reached that time of the evening, she’s standing by the door and I still have my shower to take, so off I go! Good night, baby! Love you!Hiya Sweetie,
Another good night sleep, fortunately, and a bit of a slower morning, except for work on the computer. I learned a few more things about Bereavement Benefits from England, and it appears that I might be eligible, though it’s supposed to be filed within three months, which is exactly the date today. Of course, trying to confirm an answer to anything right now is next to impossible, all the government offices on both sides of the pond are understaffed and overwhelmed with dealing with this coronavirus. I did take a quick run over to the house to try to find some paperwork with your National Insurance number on it, and finally found some, though not after getting Jeff to tear apart everything in his closet first, sorry! I also brought the tools to fix the belt, and it went on very easy, almost too easy to my mind, I’m wondering if it stretched. I had put the battery on charge last night, and it was enough to turn it over a bit, but not enough to start it, so I left it to charge again, since I don’t want to put it back together again until I know it will work. Got back to the camp shortly before the realtor came by, I handed over some old surveys and title work in the hopes that would save on some costs, and might have even persuaded him to lower his commission a bit, we’ll see. I felt kind of lazy after that (imagine that!), so other than putting the horses out and checking on them from time to time, I look the rest of the afternoon off. Nice to be able to do that occasionally, it seems like it’s been ages since I just relaxed for a couple of hours during the day. It’s been beautiful weather this week, and all the leaves are just starting to come out, the dogwoods and fruit trees are in bloom, and it’s been in the 70’s. That’s changing, though, we have a cold front coming in and it’s going to be near freezing in a couple of nights, so it’ll be blankets for the horses again. Apollo keeps breaking away from his anchor and next thing I know I’m off trying to catch him up, with Flash running circles around him while I get him to where he needs to go. Everybody’s been pretty good about it here, though Lola took a long walkabout this afternoon, I don’t know where she went, but I’m thinking I’m going to have to put her on a leash if I’m not actually playing with her. Well, it’s reached that time of the evening, she’s standing by the door and I still have my shower to take, so off I go! Good night, baby! Love you!