It was meant to be a joke

[Agzy]

But is so close to the truth.

I’m at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.

 

[canary]

Sorry I sniggered - aint it the truth

 

[Duggies-girl]

Yes, I remember being so grateful for the chance of a coffee in ASDA on my own before the the dreaded MacDonalds took over. It was me time.

 

[Hayley JS]

I collected the dog on my own from the animal hospital last year. 12 miles in rush hour traffic with the radio blasting. For a fleeting moment, trapped in that car, in that traffic I slipped back into my old working life and I felt so free and alive...

 

[Grannie G]

Yes! I remember it well.

 

[jaymor]

But is so close to the truth.

I’m at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.

I remember it so well, but seeing it written down made me smile.

Reminded me of the time I left the hospital at just turned midnight leaving my husband there needing an operation that they were going to do. Took me an hour to get home but I stayed up all night drinking coffee and eating toast. I just didn’t want to miss a moment of this free time and being able to walk to the sink to fill the kettle without someone breathing down my neck asking what I was doing.

 

[jenniferjean]

being able to walk to the sink to fill the kettle without someone breathing down my neck asking what I was doing.

My husband isn't breathing down my neck as it is a struggle for him to move around, but the constant calling out "what are you doing?" is driving me crazy. I understand why but that doesn't make it any easier.

 

[PalSal]

Thanks for making me laugh.....yes. The postoffice is a real adventure!

 

[maryjoan]

I found myself happy to be in the Doctors as it was some 'me time.' Our lives are quite, quite, potty........

 

[Duggies-girl]

Oh dear @maryjoan and yes quite potty.

 

[maryjoan]

... one thing we do... is we both look under the table to see if he has hidden his colon and his memory there! So far, only located a couple of dead spiders!

 

[big l]

And my 2020 'treat'? 3 days in hospital after the cat bit me. A wonderful, restful, fabulous, stay. Clean sheets, (not laundered and put on by me); a good meal( not shopped for, prepared and cooked by me); tea on demand - bless the nurses - and COMPANY. Being able to hold a conversation, hearing points of view and being and feeling in the real world; and oh how wonderful - stress-free blissful, SLEEP (even with the check ups in the night) . And best of all? NO WORRIES!!!The family took over the care for my OH - (no bad thing either) The operation was fine too, so by any other name - a holiday. And I fitted it all in before the end of February this year!

 

[Steve1953]

My "big trip out" is to get the weekly shopping. Love the freedom of that hour. I do get 4 hours off on a Friday morning but still look forward to the weekly shop,

 

[nae sporran]

Before lockdown I used to stop at a wee country pub in N Somerset to read the paper on the way back from shopping. That was half an hour respite.

 

[jennifer1967]

as i cant go out its nice when he goes out and i get some privacy rather than him asking who it is and what they say every time i get a message from a friend