We had some COVID chat at crochet last night and remembered queuing up to get into the supermarket one at a time. The aisles were mostly directional so you couldn’t just wander around as you pleased as they created a flow through the shop. Remember how it felt when you saw someone going the wrong way, you’d be raging and try to get as far away as possible so you didn’t catch anything.

I can’t remember how long it took before masks and hand gel became a thing but I do remember the fight for toilet roll and paracetamol…. Across the world… was very real. The shelves were empty almost immediately.

Wearing masks was awful…. I couldn’t see for steaming up my glasses…. But those were the rules and COVID showed me I was a rule follower to the letter!!

Some people didn’t wear them because they said they couldn’t and wore those sunflower 🌻 lanyards around their necks, some folk randomly wore them under their nose and over their mouth which always seemed a bit pointless to me.

When we met someone we used to do a merry dance around that 2m distancing.

We were only allowed out for an hour a day….

So many people died without loved ones by their side and we’ve since learned that so many of those in power didn’t live as strictly as we did. So very sad.

We all followed a set of rules to a certain extent… it seemed so crazy to think back of how strict everything was.

I wish I could find my blogs from back then. I initially started writing under Overland and Borders, which was the FB page that we shared our travels in Craig’s Jeep at the time. I knew the name didn’t sit right and at some point in the fairly early days, The Rambling Sloth was born. It summed me up at the time…. Wittering away like a budgie… boy I can talk… but so tired that some days even cleaning my teeth was hard. Last night the Hookers said I was more Dora the Explorer! 😂. I see a future where The Rambling Sloth Explores 😂 doesn’t quite roll off the tongue does it?!?!

So I had another AMAZING sleep last night. Fitbit has given me two 92%’s in a row. I feel like I’ve won the sleep lottery.

Work was really good again today. No drama, no distractions from left field, just worked through the tasks at hand and got them done.

It’s rained almost all day and the portacabin was battered by the wind too.

So now I have my feet up in front of the tv chilling out. It’s my Friday night!

So tomorrow The Rambling Sloth and Parents Explores Stirling 🚝😂 and that’s definitely a mouthful.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️