Hello, *waves*!

[dizzojay]

Hey gang!

I hope you're all taking care of yourselves and keeping well - and sane!

Lockdown is continuing here in the UK for the foreseeable, and I'm still working from home and slowly going stir crazy!   I took the car out to give it a little bit of a blast today.  I drove two miles to my nearest big supermarket where I bought milk and cod fillets.  It was the highlight of my week!!!

Mr D is still going out to work, but he's made an arrangement with his boss as he has so much annual leave from last year to use up, that he's going to work a four day week and have every Friday off until the end of March.  Jealous?  Me?  YES!

Of course, there is room for cautious optimism here.  Case numbers seem to be settling down a little, so hopefully that means that the hospital numbers  and deaths numbers will follow in the next few days and the vaccine programme is rolling out amazingly quickly.  Mr D's mum had her vaccination today and My Mum is getting hers on Thursday.  My Dad's had an invite, but has decided he's not getting it.  *sigh*   (I was expecting this, but to say that I am exasperated is an understatement.)

That's really about all that's going on in the world of Dizzo at the moment.  I'm sorry this is such a dull post and I don't have anything remotely interesting or exciting to tell you, so I'll just leave a couple of pictures of Jensen here instead...

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[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

The highlight of my week was a walk in the park and a Waitrose delivery. Today's excitement was lifting the hare down off his box - hazardous stuff! 😂

[fanspired]

How do they contact you when they're ready for you to get the jab? Is there any charge? Just checking cos I'd like to make sure my brother and sister in the UK know what it's like when it's legit and don't fall for any of the scams I've been hearing about.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Woah, steady on!
We're certainly living life in the fast lane...

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

As I understand it you get phoned by your doctor or a local pharmacy to book your appointment. At the moment, they're only scheduling people over 50 and people who are extremely high risk. They've been doing 80+ year olds for a few weeks now, and now they're just starting over 70's - that's where my parents fit in.

I'm 52 so I reckon I'm looking at Spring/early summer for mine!

There's no charge, and there won't ever be. So if anyone tries to ask for money it's a scam. Simple as that.

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

[fanspired]

Thanks so much. My brother and sister are in their 70s so should be getting the call soon. I worry about my brother, in particular, being vulnerable to scams.

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

The hard lockdown here will continue until February 15th ... at least for now ... we're living in a hot spot here and are not allowed to go outside vom 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. (if I would do this in winter) ... and we are not allowed to move more than 15 km from home and so much more. But I'm sure we'll get some of normality in summer :-) The pics of Jensen...oh dear... so gorgeous...

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Bummer that you are on a lockdown again. Totally sucks! I hope you are able to get out and about soonish. It's crazy. If everyone is masking up, why are the numbers of people getting infected going up? Such a quandary. Here's hoping and wishing this all simmers down soon. Stay safe!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Ugh, this lockdown is just so miserable. Just stay safe, both of you xx

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Our case numbers here in the UK are starting to reduce now. The lockdown, miserable as it is, has started to work. But it takes two or three weeks for the benefit to filter through, a further two or three weeks for the death rates to go down in line with the case rates.

I'm just so happy that this vaccination programme is going full steam ahead. Being (just) over fifty, Mr D and I just sneak into the priority range; we can't wait to get our shots! It's the only way this madness is going to end!