So we're resigned to staying in the flat for a good chunk of this week. This morning the boy took a test - still positive. (we are at Symptoms+9days).
I've ordered some more so that we can take daily tests if we feel we need to.
I've also done an Ocado order to replenish the essentials (milk, biscuits, veg, beer...)
When we first moved here neither Ocado nor Waitrose delivered here. The nearest place to buy anything was the newsagent/convenience shop or the awful Tesco near the Cornubia.
Now both of our chosen grocery vendors comfortably deliver, there's a Sainsbury's directly across Avon Street and just around the corner is the weird and inefficient but, as is turned out, quite useful Deliveroo Hop.
So we're reaping the benefits of being an early adopter in our chosen place to live - of course, the downside of a place with more amenities...is more people.
Actually, even though we still can't go to the pub, there's a lot of benefit to living here. The whole area is starting to mature a little bit. The "street" trees have filled out a lot and provide a lovely avenue of shade over there, on the other side of the water. There's more street furniture around so when we managed a short walk because we were craving the outdoors, we could find a pleasant place to sit when I was too tired to walk any further.
We've watched the gull and peregrine families going about their business and right now with the windows open I can hear a robin singing its heart out.
This is is definitely not our idea of an "only" home (for lots of reasons) but there have definitely been worse places to be unwell (so much easier to get up in the middle of the night to top up your water glass when you don't have to manage the stairs) so, once again, we're counting our blessings.
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