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It's been a tiring and stressful couple of months.
Over the last six months or so my mother's mobility has been decreasing rapidly. Initially she used doctor Google to self diagnose, but eventually she got scared enough in October to call our GP. Eventually she was diagnosed with a stenosis in her neck (narrowing in the spinal cord due to arthritis, pinching the nerves) and mid November she was operated on.
I already did most of the house hold chores but when she got home most of her care fell on me. She's doing a lot better now, and can mostly take care of herself again. She is putting off making an appointment with the physiotherapist, so we will probably need to force her in the new year.
Add to that November and December are the busiest months of the year in our store. And with Corona fuses of customers are short and you have constant discussions about how many people we allow in our store ("but we are a bubble"), about customer keeping 1.5m apart from each other and us, about customers not parking their bicycles in front of the store (due to waiting lines that might form) and upset customer because things are sold out (Corona also makes shipments from China more difficult).
At the end of the day I didn't have the energy to read. I did a lot of cross stitching and watching easy TV (paranormal shows and a restart of X-Files).
On the 14th last week the government announced a lockdown to start at midnight. Most stores, including ours, are now closed until at least January 19, on the 12th the government will hold another press conference to let everyone know if the lockdown will continue or eased. Yes, it sucks that we have to close during the busiest time of year. But it also reduces the stress enormously.
Although my father and I go downstairs to the store four mornings a week I have more time to do things for myself and relax a bit. Although these days I'm doing most of the Christmas chores. I'm getting back into reading and watching new shows on Netflix (currently watching The Queen's Gambit when I'm cycling on the home trainer). As a combined gift for Christmas, end of the year work gift and a thank you for all the thing's I've done these past months I got an Ipad Air, I've also gotten an Apple Pencil and I've been enjoying doodling with the Procreate app. I'm happy to be able to get back to do the things I love doing for myself.
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