Three grandchildren, playing together in the sunshine. What could be better? This is only their second meeting, their first being nearly a year ago because the youngest lives in Austria, but now they begin really to know each other and to communicate.
Travel becomes possible, even if something of a challenge with an active two year-old and all his equipment. My elder son passed his pre-flight CPR test in Austria and got to England for a weekend with his brother's family. The sun shone, toys were shared, gifts were given, everyone was happy and well. What could be better?
After that my elder son and his son travelled by train to stay with me for a few days. The sun was still shining. Then next morning my son felt a bit unwell and used a lateral flow test. To his considerable surprise it was positive.
Never mind! I had a big freezer full of food, we had lots of toys and books and there was a garden to explore, birds to feed, lots of interesting things to do at home.
Later that day small grandson became unhappy, restless, clingy and obviously infected too. Still never mind, We could all be comfortable here. I asked a kind neighbour to buy us some extra large paper tissues though. Extra paracetamol too, because by the next day I was also producing two red lines.
Never mind, not even now! We were here, together in the sunshine. We had a week more than any of us thought possible, still in the sunshine, in the garden, developing skills on a plastic motorbike (well, one of us was) digging in the sand box, doing a bit of biscuit-making (two of us), sampling the results and giving the remainder to the birds. There were bumble bees and ants to study. There was even frogspawn in the pond.
For a two year-old unlimited time and attention from caring adults is wonderful, as is unlimited time to look out of a window, to study a leaf or an insect, to run about freely in a safe space. It's extremely valuable for an 82 year old granny to do it as well - except for the running about bit.
What could be better for all of us than this priceless time? And we were boosting our immunity as well.
May you all have a mild course, and all the present moments be so golden.
ReplyDeleteZhoen: thank you. It's not really PollyAnnaish - just a determination to get through and to enjoy everything possible. In fact this is a nasty thing - it's affected my hearing and I've lost all sense of taste and smell, but I feel a sense of relief at having got through it after two years of being apprehensive about impaired immunity. I'm glad I had good company throughout!
ReplyDeleteIf you had to get the dread disease I am so glad that you did so at the right time and definitely in the right company.
ReplyDeleteAnd hope that all of you recover quickly and completely.
E.C. thank you for your comment and kind wishes. I was grateful not to be alone with this nasty virus and very glad that I had done so much preparation before my son and grandson arrived. The two Austrians were well enough to make their journey home safely, and I am well enough to enjoy some glorious weather here. No one is safe from this current variant.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had good company and made the best of it!
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ReplyDeleteI hear you. The tinnitus and loss of smell and taste over the last two years since we got it is part of my life now. Still, we lived, and there was no test, nor treatment at that time. Didn't even know for sure what it was until long after, although we figured.
GZ: thank you. it was a challenge, but also a tonic to have unexpected length of time with chatty little grandson.
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ReplyDeleteThat sounds as if it worked out very well, all things considered and taking the positive view. Glad you weren't too badly affected.
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