OYSTERHOOD is reclusiveness or solitude, or an overwhelming desire to stay at home.

— @HaggardHawks

Eggs Benedict in lovely company for breakfast – that is what I call a good start to the day! Not that it was really the start, because I was already in a Skype meeting at eight before driving out to the Food Barn Deli for my treat, but it felt like the best way of welcoming a new day. Coffee with my love afterwards, a few deliveries and errands, and the rest of the day was just staring at my screen and going through the items of the to-do list for today. Finished at eight – all done.

Despite the chaos all around, I have been sleeping again lately. I am always awake before six and it takes me a while to wake up properly, but I am not plagued by small hours insomnia. And it’s not like things have become easy, but we adapt, carry on, survive.

The infection numbers are rising big time again, but it remains to be seen how dangerous the new variant is and how people will react to the latest vaccination drive. I am scared/curious to hear what the President will announce this weekend. Thank goodness there is pink bubbly in the house, just in case.

My beautiful Salieri has gained a little bit of weight again – this makes me happy. The tiny-huge joys in my life.

Be kind. Wear a mask. Support local. Get vaccinated, please.

“Physical distancing remains one of the key strategies to curb this pandemic.”

— NICD