Day 84 - Fiona’s birthday

It’s Fiona’s birthday today. She seems to be very snowed under with month end in work though, so she’s postponing her party until the weekend. I obviously won’t be able to go, but the others are going to have a small gathering for her in Mum’s house. It’s been nice seeing all the digital happy birthday wishes that people have been sending her during the day. It’s funny too though, because a “lockdown birthday” was such a novelty at the start, but now it’s lost a bit of its novelty factor. We’ve seen so many lockdown birthdays at this stage, over three months into lockdown!

You have to be much more organised for people’s birthdays at the moment too. I sent a birthday card to Mum, to keep for Fiona, a few days ago, and I ordered her present online about three weeks ago. With all of the delays in deliveries etc, you need to plan ahead! It’s nice having birthdays at this time. It’s a nice little distraction from everything, and a reason to be happy and celebrate!

I spent half the day today on my exam corrections, and the other half finishing our lockdown band piece. Peter’s really helped me to pull the whole thing together, despite our artistic differences at times! The final editing took me right up to about midnight tonight. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster, but I’m really pleased with the finished product and I’m finally ready to launch it tomorrow. I can’t wait!Read more