Day 67 - Phase 1 begins

Phase 1 of reopening country begins today. It doesn’t mean much for most of us though. Hardware shops, garden shops, and a few other essential shops can open again, and construction workers can go back to work. The rest of us still have to stay within 5km of our homes.

Hardware shops have been getting ready for big crowds. I’ve posted a photo of preparations at Woodies, below. On the radio, I listened to an interview with people, who had been standing in a queue of fifty, waiting since 7.30am for a garden centre in Cork to open at 9am! The woman who was first in the queue said she came because she really wanted some geraniums. I think people are just bored and desperate for something to do at this stage! On the news this evening, they showed scenes from B&Q in Liffey Valley, and the queue stretched back and forth several times across the car park!

I certainly wasn’t going to attempt going to any of those places today. My students online chemistry exam arrived, so I spent most of the day using it to prepare a revision class for them. The exam is quite out of left field, and will be quite a shock to the students, I think. Even Peter found it tricky enough! So, I’ve prepared a question for them to do this week, that is almost identical to the exam question, but with a few small changes! I normally would never do something like that, but there’s no rule book for this year! Me and Peter had a great laugh, as he helped me to prepare my revision class. The answer to one of the exam questions is copper sulfate. We decided that I should talk about a hypothetical substance called popper pulfate in my revision class!

It’s funny how so many things around town have become frozen in time. One of the photos below shows the advertising hanging on the Cork Opera House, advertising shows in February, before the lowdown!

We got our covid 19 information booklet in the post too. For some reason ours is completely in Irish though - they must have run out of the English language ones!

My sunflowers are also still doing really well. I must get some twine to help them stand up though. I can’t wait until I can soon go to a garden centre!Читать далее