Good Morning Early Birds

[emmie]

morning all, its saturday, the weekend starts here. I hope you are all ok, and that you have a good day whatever you might be doing. I have no plans as such, but will see what the weather delivers. Its getting cooler here and its a sure sign of autumn. Had a nice lunch with friends yesterday at the local inn, one that i will go back to at some point.

[1ozzy]

How's Emmie today?

[emmie]

morning 1ozzy
not too bad, the pain is still there, but walking helps, and doing gentle stretching exercises. How are you today?

[1ozzy]

Surviving, somehow.
Hope you find some relief soon.

[emmie]

no worries as you might say, it will go when it will.

[emmie]

why just surviving?

[1ozzy]

Not much else to do, can't visit anyone, can't leave the area that I live in.
Ho hum, that's life at the moment .
Did my good deed for the day, went over the road to my elderly neighbour and split firewood for her, gotta keep old bones warm ;-)

[emmie]

i have a phone call from a friend in NI, who keeps in contact, at 11.30am then will see how the day pans out.

[emmie]

that's a nice thing to do, sure she appreciates it...
perhaps once you are all or as many as possible are vaccinated then things will get better.

[1ozzy]

" No worries mate "
If you want to sound like a fair dinkum Aussie:-)

[1ozzy]

Things will improve once we hit a certain number of vaccinations.
Another month maybe.

[emmie]

it's tough i know, we will get through it, but it's just going to take some patience,

[1ozzy]

You people have suffered more than us.
Just having a little whinge

[emmie]

my friend in Australia should have received my letter by now, she's the one that lives in WA. I hope she is ok, and phones me at some point soon, to let me know how she is getting on.

[emmie]

endless lockdowns, people not seeing their families, has been hard to bear.

[1ozzy]

Hopefully you'll hear from her soon

[emmie]

i do hope so, as she is 92/93 she isn't in the greatest health - but we have nice chats when she calls me. I am wondering whether to send her daughter in Dubbo a card/letter to ask her how her mum is doing.

[1ozzy]

Wouldn't hurt.
Dubbo is in strict lock down.
Covid is on the rise there.
I usually go there to do my shopping, not at the moment though

[emmie]

it's why Bev hasn't seen her mum in 18 months or so, she hasn't been able to fly over to Yokine, WA, which she does several times a year.
or more sometimes. I hope my friend hasn't passed away, though i am sure Bev would let me know if that had happened.

[1ozzy]

If you're in contact off site with Boaty he could give you an email address for me.
If you like I could contact the daughter and pass on your concerns

[emmie]

no i can't do that Bev doesn't do social media at all. She prefers to stay out of it. Thanks for the offer though, its much appreciated.