Thursday 11 June 2020

Getting a little tetchy... UPDATED

I felt annoyed and frustrated after Boris announced single people or single grandparents etc can now stay the night with loved ones. I’m being selfish I know as the other grandparent is on her own and wants to connect with others even more so.

However, we both live a 5 hour drive away from darling granddaughter and that is still too far, for us anyway, to go to spend the night. At our ages, the drive wipes us out and even a weekend stay is too short, a long weekend is the minimum. Ah well, will just have to keep on keeping on.

We dropped the car off yesterday to have it’s mirror fixed, shouldn’t be too long they said. There wasn’t a courtesy car free so we had to wait. We walking in heavy drizzle around the industrial estate, taking in the alien sounds, views and smells, feeling almost giddy with excitement.

We bought Ruby some nibbles, a couple of plants and plant food from another shop, then returned to the garage. The car hadn’t been touched. I could feel my frustration starting to bubble. We sat down for what felt like an eternity, actually it was just under 1 1/2 hours, I just got grumpier.

We were then informed the technician had done the full initially booked repair rather than the half repair we had requested. Presume the work sheet hadn’t been changed? Anyhow another 1/2 hour passed whilst they removed the bit we hadn’t requested and put the mirror back together.

It was now an hour past our usual lunch time so I wasn’t best pleased as the courtesy drinks weren’t available either.

Upshot, at least was a bill of about £260 rather than the original estimate of £560 so that helped. We got fish and chips on the way home.

I felt better with food in me, until that announcement when I got a little short with DS as well, then I felt incredibly sad as it’s not his fault, bless him.

Reference to the link to the knitting pattern the other day, there is an error in the pattern. Read that post again to get the correction!




16 comments:

  1. ((( hugs ))) That is very tough for you.
    xx

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  2. I am so very sad for you. We had a mammoth journey last week to visit our Newborn grandson and sit in the garden to eat lunch. 10 hours travelling, for a visit of less than 3 hours. But I am glad your car repair bill, despite the fraught experience, was half the expected price. Ups and downs... We will get through this together (but distanced)

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    1. Well done you, we just can’t do it nowadays. I had noticed you managed it, delightful.

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  3. We would like to visit my mother in law - she's 80 this month and lives in a tiny village in Devon on her own - which is a good 5hr journey from us. She's invited us to stay overnight but I'm sure we'd get "dobbed in" by someone (she says they're all really nosey in her village, ha ha).

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    1. Well, as a social bubble you are allowed to stay overnight, so blow them.

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  4. I'm still working (NHS) but my self-employed husband is not. Although we live quite far away from my my son, his partner and our grandson we have quite a lot to do with him.The other grandparents live very close by but have never minded him or collected him from school as we do whenever work shifts allow because "they can't cope" (he is on the spectrum). They are a similar age to us and both still working and below retirement age. They have totally ignored social distancing. They still have a grown up son at home but have had their other daughter, her partner and granddaughter visiting their home frequently throughout lockdown. Our daughter-in-law has refused to break the rules by doing so despite the fact that she and my son are both key workers and still working. Once you were allowed to drive to exercise they visited and we could have a socially distanced walk and picnic lunch. It was the first time we had seen them other than on facetime for three months. Bearing in mind that the weekend before lockdown I took time off work and our grandson stayed with us for 3 days. I feel your frustration and pain. Walking that tightrope to keep the peace is a difficult one indeed. Keep your chin up!

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    1. I’m just trying to obey the rules unlike some I know. As DGD was 10 weeks premature, there was no way we were going to break any rules. We’ll get to see them eventually. Thanks and hope things improve for you as well.

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  5. I tried to think of someone I'd like to "spend the night with" but they declined!!
    Seriously though some parts of new rules I just don't understand, but at least I can now have a proper visit with one part of the family. Hope you get to see your little on very soon.

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    1. They will probably choose a bubble with other single grandparent so a bit longer yet methinks.

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  6. I can understand your tetchy feelings about things, someone said to me last night that as things change it just feels like they are further adrift. When everyone was the same it was easier for them to deal with their isolation but now they feel really alone because others are meeting up but they still can't due to their family situation. It's so sad. I hope for your sake it's not too much longer.

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  7. We are in same position. Family are a long drive away and we would need to stay a while. Also there are two of us though I did suggest my better half could disappear if I don't get a grandchild hug soon!!!!!

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  8. Hopefully very soon you will be able to spend some time with your grandchild. I can't imagine how hard this has been on you.

    God bless.

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