The week started slowly. I did a lot of work on my website while feeling under the weather. The weekend was a blur of late deliveries, great meals, great golf and crazy football.
Monday, 3rd April.
I got up early this morning and pottered around on my computer for a while. I wasn't feeling brilliant and sat on the sofa with a cold drink to watch the news at about 10 am. The next thing I knew, it was midday, and I had woken myself up by snoring. I got up, collected my keys from their hook, and went to the garage. I jumped on my disability scooter and met my friend Martin at Pizzeria La Sombre.
I arrived late for work at about 12: 30 pm, but Martin let me off. I didn't feel much like working, so I got myself a bottle of water instead. We sat there talking for about an hour and were joined by Dave, Viv, Aria, Kate and Sean. I still wasn't feeling brilliant, so I finished my drink, excused myself, and went home. When I got home, I parked my disability scooter in the garage and removed the battery from my electric bike, taking the battery upstairs to my apartment to plug it in and charge it.
I must have dropped off to sleep fairly quickly when I got home and didn't wake until late afternoon. I noticed several ulcers in my mouth, which usually signal that I am under the weather. I got myself something to eat, and after eating it, I fell asleep again until around 9 pm. When I woke up, I watched the Everton vs Tottenham football match before going to bed.
Tuesday, 4th April.
I slept quite well last night, but the ulcers in my mouth were sore when I woke up. I decided not to go out and to take it easy today. I watched a little television and again fell asleep, waking around 2 pm. When I woke, I went to get something light to eat and realised I had no butter for my sandwich. I took my now-charged bike battery down to the garage, fitted it back onto my electrically assisted bike, and then went to the Dia shop on my disability scooter. I got some butter and then went straight home for my sandwich.
Once I had eaten, I again fell asleep, not waking until around 7 pm. I was still hungry, but not wanting to eat too much, I just had some cereal before returning to the sofa to watch tonight's Chelsea vs Liverpool football match. The match was quite good even though it finished 0-0 and I went to bed as soon as it finished.
After an hour or so of sleep, I woke up and could not get back to sleep. I got up and went on my computer for an hour until I became drowsy and then went back to bed at about 2 am.
Wednesday, 5th April.
This morning, I woke up around 9 am. I felt a little better, and the ulcers in my mouth were slowly going. I hope that whatever has been making me feel under the weather the last few days has gone and that I will soon get my energy back.
I have worked on my website for a while, but I will make it offline for anyone but me for a few hours to allow me to work on it. After a couple of hours of work, I need to get some fresh air, and I take a bin full of recyclable coffee capsules to the Mercadona store to put in their recycle bin. While there, I got some milk, fruit, and a couple of rolls.
I returned home, had a cheese and egg burger for lunch, and continued working on my website. At about 4:30 pm, I decide to have one more go at returning some trousers to Amazon. The trousers have been packed up. I have been waiting for the delivery company to collect them since early February, but no one has collected them. I contacted Amazon and managed to speak to a person, not a machine and within 10 minutes, the lady I spoke with arranged for them to be returned via Correos and issued a refund. I am glad I tried again as I was beginning to think I had lost my money and been stuck with a pair of trousers that I would never wear.
After getting a new television and having it on a table in the lounge, I decided to get it wall-mounted, so I selected a suitable mount and ordered it. I hope that mounting the television on the wall will allow me to move my computer into the lounge as well, giving me more room to manoeuvre furniture in my spare room.
Thursday, 7th April.
Today is the start of the Master's golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This means only one thing: I will be glued to the television until it finishes. I love the Masters, and it is on my bucket list to visit the Augusta National Golf Course one day.
I get a bit of shopping to last until after the Easter weekend, and then I spend the day working on my website and picking four golfers for my Fantasy Golf Team at the Masters. I watch the golf all night, and I am happy that my amateur pick, Sam Bennet, is doing well.
Friday, 8th April.
I again work on my website in the morning. I have realised what the problem with the navigation system was and have started to correct the problem.
I watched the Masters golf again, but the match was suspended due to lightning in the area. The players that hadn't finished round two must play tomorrow before round three can begin. I looked to see how my players scored in the Fantasy Golf competition and realised I had entered the wrong player on my side when I set my team up. Instead of the amateur player Sam Benett, I picked the professional player Sam Burns. Unfortunately for me, Sam Benett also scored better than Sam Burns. Oh well, at least I hadn't put a bet on this year, something I normally do.
Saturday, 9th April.
Today, I got Peggy going, vacuuming the house for me before working on my website all day.
Annoyingly, Amazon sent me an email at about 5 pm telling me the delivery I was expecting today wouldn't arrive until tomorrow because of unavoidable problems. I don't care about their problems; I want my TV mounting bracket. I have arranged for it to be fitted next Monday.
I have a special treat for food today: my friend Martin gave me some soups to put in my freezer. I took the Thai soup out of the freezer, cooked some sausages and added them to the base soup. It turned out fantastic, and I ate four bowls throughout the day.
Once again, the Master's golf was interrupted due to lightning and very heavy rain in Augusta. This did allow me to work more on my website, and I worked until around 2 am Sunday morning.
Sunday, 10th April.
I woke up around 8 am today, got a coffee and continued the work I was doing on my website. I design new headers for many journal sections of my website and add images when I change the navigation system.
I cleared my kitchen mid-morning before preparing for lunch with my friend June. On my way out, I saw the delivery driver from Amazon. He sprinted past me, jumped in his van and drove off. In case he returns, I asked my neighbour Liz to keep an eye out for him while I am out.
June picks me up at 12:45 pm to go to Campbell's restaurant in Roda for Sunday lunch. As always, we had a great meal, but unlike normal, instead of sitting around and chatting, I had to get home and hope I hadn't missed my delivery from Amazon. When June dropped me off at 2 pm, I knocked to let Liz know that I was back, and she told me the Amazon driver returned as soon as I left, but she caught him and had my parcel. I gratefully took my parcel from her and returned to my apartment.
In the evening I sat and watched the Liverpool vs Arsenal football match. Arsenal went into a 0-2 lead and were playing well. Just before the first half ended, Liverpool pulled a goal back, and in the second half, they were a much better team. With 20 minutes to go, I could no longer watch and turned the channel to the golf. I flicked between channels now and then to check the score, and sure enough, Liverpool equalised before the end of the game, and it finished 2-2. Before the game, I would have been happy with a draw. When Arsenal were 0-2 up, I thought they would score a lot more. Arsenal were hanging on at the final whistle, and I was ecstatic with the draw. This season will go all the way to the last game. Please, Arsenal, win all your games from here to the end of the season.
Tonight, I watched the end of the Master's golf until the early hours of the morning to see Jon Rahm win the competition. It was nice to see a European win the competition and even better because Jon Rahm is from my new home country, Spain. Well played, Jon. It was a great performance. It was sad to see how much my favourite golfer, Tiger Woods injuries have taken out of him. He was struggling to even walk at times. I hope he recovers quickly, and as much as I hate to say it, maybe for his health's sake, he should now retire.