Got up sub noon for first time today at 10.45 am & felt undeservedly like an absolute hero. C’mon Jadey!! So much so, I for some reason felt it desirable & indeed necessary, despite the minimum 3 week house-arrest, to attack all items on my to-do list simultaneously. At one point I had one call on hold to Finnair, about my cancelled flight to Helsinki tomorrow, two live chats on the laptop open; one to insurance, one to WordPress & on the other line was talking to Marco at Halfords about my upcoming throttle valve replacement. All whilst peeling & eating approx 7 satsumas. I felt Herculean. That is until Ingar cut me off the sodding Finnair call 4 minutes in, after being on hold for a gargantuan 58 minutes & no she didn’t call me back <said through gritted teeth>. Still progress was made & again sun was uncharacteristically ablaze so I kicked back on the balcony with some tunes amusing myself on dating apps as reward. For your delight some of my favourite openers today included;

What’s it like being called Barry?

Why is it you like meerkats so much do you think?

You & that koala look similar. Just saying.

What exactly is a “strugglin pussy tamer?” (you do not want to know the answer to this. Just know it included multiple uses of the word meat)

You look really familiar, or is it because you look just like 90s icon Kavana?

All good wholesome fun. Then MJ came through the speaker & I unleashed my inner Whitney & before you know it I’m having a one woman festival on the balcony. Didn’t get much participation from the neighbours sadly, in fact some of their curtains, I have noticed, have been permanently closed the last few days since I first started twerking alfresco. Coincidence? Surely not.

Did spot some humans today though. My first in, goodness, over 36 hours. Was eating my tea on the balcony in just a vest & pants with Beyoncé Who Run the World on full blast when a couple emerged in the garden below wearing coats, gloves, scarves & a startled expression at my lack of clothing. We had an awkward facial exchange before continuing about our day.

After munch, my inner superhero made her second appearance of the day & in breakneck speed did the washing up, cleaned the surfaces, swept the floor & by jove only made me have a blimin’ shower. My first since Monday. I even took the bin out. Well steady on, that’s not quite true, I’ve taken the bag out & moved it three foot away to the periphery of the kitchen so let’s just call that work in progress. Can’t get carried away.

I also drew the line at cooking again today. Sorry mushrooms. I just can’t get my head around the idea of preparing food in advance of being hungry. I just don’t get it. There seems to be little rhythm to be hunger, I don’t know when it will strike. Its just I’m hungry, let’s eat & invariably what gets eaten is the most convenient, the most accessible thing going. Jade hungry. Jade eat now.

I did heat something up today though that didn’t involve the toaster which was a step in the right direction & I did try to think ahead by making a big pan of rice that I could refrigerate for future use too. Yet, I didn’t refrigerate it. I forgot. Because I was too busy doing this.

Several hours later when I noticed my mistake I’ll be honest I did think about eating it anyway purely for something else to do (if you didn’t know, rice very easily grows bacteria when left at room temperature after cooking & causes immediate.. erm digestive problemos shall we say) but then I remembered I was actually having a good time & there was no need. Save that for a rainy day.

The truth is actually I was having such a good day I felt that guilt creeping in again. Sunshine & music is all it takes for me to reach euphoric levels of happy & I’ve been in a pretty good spot the last couple of days. However despite my blanket media ban, the trickle of news I do get from family & friends is getting increasingly more alarming. Todays bombshells; the Excel centre being turned into a hospital cum morgue & the death of that poor 21 year old girl who was without ANY underlying health problems. Both shocking & have seeped deep into my conscious. I think tomorrow I might try to engage a bit more in the news & better understand the situation. Ignorance can indeed be bliss but ultimately is delusion. I’m expecting to be called up to volunteer anytime soon. I should really better understand the gravity of what I am apart of.

Also peeps I signed up for blood donation today. As you can imagine they are getting far less than usual so if you are able to travel & are healthy I highly recommend getting in touch here. It is classed as essential travel & is much needed.

Much love, keep that music on & stay home & stay sane-itized xxxxx