Thermometers have arrived. These can be a double-edged sword. Either they can serve to reassure as one of the primary symptoms is fever, or they’ll send people into a panic. There was talk of taking people’s temperatures via drone but I think you’ll agree that could be awkward. The other gem was to put popcorn kernels up your bottom. If they popped out popcorn then you’ve probably got a fever and should get yourself tested. That said, if you’re wont to putting popcorn kernels up your bum you should probably be getting assessed anyway.

I now officially know people in my neighbourhood with Covid. Ugh. Our lockdown has been extended till April 15 now too. Probably a good thing.

I remembered that I’m supposed to be profiting from this extra time in lockdown/home detention to brush up on all those skills I never had time to do.

Today’s plan was to start the blog site that has just been itching to burst forth. How hard could it be? asked my technologically-illiterate brain. I already had the video course on how to set up a blog site. Just for good measure I bought the video course on how to use WordPress too. That should have been a hint. An entire video course on how to use WordPress.

Of course, all good plans start with procrastination.

So after binge-watching The Good Doctor episodes (really, the episodes are of significant emotional depth, powerfully moving, especially the bit where the autistic doctor tries to find a cure for his father figure’s inoperable brain tumour, and there’s tears and dramatic music, with whiteboards full of algebraic equations with numerous brain scan images pinned next to them, and…oh yeah the blog).

I decided I needed to carve out a creative space. I re-arranged the pantry cupboard neatly. Ditto the recycling cupboard including folding all the shopping bags and stacking them neatly. All paper (and believe me in France there is a lot of it) is now filed neatly. The place has never looked so immaculately minimalistically gorgeous.

One of my friends who will remain nameless is a hoarder. I suggested to them that this might be an ideal time to cull some things. They decided to start with their smurf collection. 850 smurfs. The attempts to organise these appear to have gone a little awry. Apparently it started with one symbolic smurf. Then moved on to a sort of a flashmob Covid19 smurf Live Aid. This seemed to draw crowds of other smurfs. Plus one smurfette who was uncharitably touted as me in my lockdown efforts.

Good to see that I’m not the only one with procrastination issues. However I have finished the day with a sparkling apartment and a name for the blog site. Pretty good effort, really.