Day 38 - Meringue

I made a meringue today! It didn’t turn out exactly as it should have, but that was because I only realised afterwards that we had a mixer in the house. I had used a hand blender, which overheated way too much before I had mixed the meringue for long enough. The finished meringue tasted great, but the texture was just a bit off. Ah well, at least now I can feel happy that I’ve baked something, like everyone else in the country at the moment, it seems. I’m finally in the club!

Also today, I went for a long run in the morning, while chatting to Fiona on the phone. I crossed the river and went into Fitzgerald Park for the first time since lockdown started. It felt lovely to be in a park, and to feel so much greenery around me. And, thankfully, as it was early and quite misty, there weren’t too many people around. One interesting thing that I came across, on my way home from my run, was a church that was broadcasting mass through a speaker outside the door. Obviously people are not allowed to gather at mass these days, but priests are still celebrating mass on their own in the church. I hope this priest had people watching on a webcam, because there was nobody standing outside the door listening. Although maybe priests don’t mind celebrating mass with nobody watching!

I didn’t do too much else today. I mostly pottered and did a few bits and pieces like finished my Crusaders table quiz questions and worked on a few things for our lockdown quartet. At one point, me and Peter had a video call with his family too. His mum has been finding things a bit tough going in the past little while. I think lots of people are starting to struggle a bit with this lockdown, particularly in recent days.

Thankfully the trend in the number of new cases in Ireland is looking more promising with each passing day. Today we still had almost 500 new cases, but those in authority are now saying, more often, that we’ve begun to “flatten the curve.” Fingers crossed! Although, I also heard mention today of schools potentially being opened before the Summer, and I suddenly felt a yearning for the lowdown to continue!

Today is the last day of the Easter holidays from work anyway. It’s funny not having the usual Sunday night fear! Tomorrow is shaping up to be a reasonably busy day at home though. Thankfully the new laptop battery that I ordered arrived today, so I’ll be able to move my laptop, if I have to, without the hassle that I’ve been putting up with up to now! Tomorrow is also the day of my weekly Tesco shop, which is a real highlight these days. This one is a “click and collect” too, so I’ll get to go out in my car, for the first time in about two weeks. I’m very excited!Read more