The best laid plans
Jul. 29th, 2022 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustThe plan was that we should - as we have in past years - take advantage of anef's attendance at Durham's Classics summer school to meet, probably for a leisurely lunch on a day with a light afternoon schedule, and that S., who also attends the summer school, should be invited to join us.
The first wobble in the plan was thatdurham_rambler and I caught Covid - but we had every hope it would be over in good time, and so it was. Then it was S.'s turn to catch it, but she got through it even faster than we did, so that was all right. The summer school schedule was more densely packed than usual, and didn't lend itself to leisurely lunches, so we revised the plan: we would meet for an early dinner, and S. and anef would skip the Friday evening's "entertainment" - which I think S. actually saw as an improvement on the original plan.
Thenanef caught Covid. Everything I have read about the current surge in cases matches my recent experience: that the virus is tidying up anyone who has escaped so far. Luckily, most of us have the symptoms of a bad cold, accompanied by more or less fatigue, and I'm hoping it'll be no worse for anef. But that really was the end of Plan A.
At the same time, the summer school was beginning to consider the impact of Saturday's rail strike, had already abandoned Saturday morning's class and was eyeing Friday's schedule. So Plan B was that S. should come here when classes ended on Friday, in time for a mid-afternoon cup of tea.
Then Friday - today - arrived, and S. phoned at lunchtime to say classes had been abandoned, and could she come now for that cup of tea? Of course we said, come to lunch, but she had already had lunch: I do understand that this was intended to be helpful, though I'm baffled that anyone who knows me could think it is more trouble to stretch lunch to an extra person than to have that person sit there and watch while I eat - I will never understand other people!
Anyway, that's what we did, it was very pleasant, and we had a good gossip. And I think we have entered a new phase of Covid. It isn't over, but right now it isn't stopping things happening, it is just making things more complicated.
Get well soon,anef!
anef's attendance at Durham's Classics summer school to meet, probably for a leisurely lunch on a day with a light afternoon schedule, and that S., who also attends the summer school, should be invited to join us.The first wobble in the plan was that
durham_rambler and I caught Covid - but we had every hope it would be over in good time, and so it was. Then it was S.'s turn to catch it, but she got through it even faster than we did, so that was all right. The summer school schedule was more densely packed than usual, and didn't lend itself to leisurely lunches, so we revised the plan: we would meet for an early dinner, and S. and anef would skip the Friday evening's "entertainment" - which I think S. actually saw as an improvement on the original plan.Then
anef caught Covid. Everything I have read about the current surge in cases matches my recent experience: that the virus is tidying up anyone who has escaped so far. Luckily, most of us have the symptoms of a bad cold, accompanied by more or less fatigue, and I'm hoping it'll be no worse for anef. But that really was the end of Plan A.At the same time, the summer school was beginning to consider the impact of Saturday's rail strike, had already abandoned Saturday morning's class and was eyeing Friday's schedule. So Plan B was that S. should come here when classes ended on Friday, in time for a mid-afternoon cup of tea.
Then Friday - today - arrived, and S. phoned at lunchtime to say classes had been abandoned, and could she come now for that cup of tea? Of course we said, come to lunch, but she had already had lunch: I do understand that this was intended to be helpful, though I'm baffled that anyone who knows me could think it is more trouble to stretch lunch to an extra person than to have that person sit there and watch while I eat - I will never understand other people!
Anyway, that's what we did, it was very pleasant, and we had a good gossip. And I think we have entered a new phase of Covid. It isn't over, but right now it isn't stopping things happening, it is just making things more complicated.
Get well soon,
anef!
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Date: 2022-07-30 03:40 pm (UTC)I think everybody at the summer school arranged their classes differently. They sorted out on-line access for me, which although it wasn't perfect was much better than nothing. We had a class on Friday afternoon, but at a time which meant that I could go for a (self-isolating) walk round the Botanics beforehand, which was nice, and then another class this morning before I set off.
Izzy isn't quite sure whether I am me or some scary doppelganger (it is possible that I may smell wrong), but I believe I should also keep away from her as pets can get Covid. This will be hard as cats cannot be reasoned with.
I am sorry to have missed seeing you, Durham_rambler and S, but such things happen. Fingers crossed for next year.
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Date: 2022-07-31 10:37 am (UTC)S did have in-screen access while she was unable to attend classes, but she doesn't dind it a very satisfactoey substitute! And it does sound as if you Helenists are made of sterner stuff than the Latinists, as far as rescheduling goes ...