Well it's Easter and I have been pretty much on my own for the entire Easter weekend, this will continue tomorrow because my Thai lady has WhatsApp'd me to say she's got Covid and has to cancel my appointment so no Thai massage tomorrow. Good Friday was the film and yesterday was a little bit of shopping but no people and tomorrow will now be just me. Today no brother because he and SIL have a big family do, not my side of the family, family Easter tradition stuff on SIL's side.
It is rather nice being on my own with nothing expected of me, no calls and nobody wanting me, so I have been indulging in doing just what I please which isn't very much.
Last night I roasted a small leg of lamb which was the best lamb I ever cooked even though I say it myself, and the first Jersey Royals of the season and peas and beans. I did contemplate doing it on the BBQ outside but decided it was not likely to happen very quickly and in the oven I could control it. So roasted it in the oven slowly. I think I might get a kebab tonight as my Easter treat as there is only so many times I can eat lamb and there will be tomorrow for some more of it. It will also get me out of the house for an hour while I drive to the kebab shop and back. Pretend I am in Istanbul while they prepare. Memories of kebabs and taxi drivers and a bar with rooms, like they have in France, restaurants with rooms. My kind of places to stay. Good memories of Istanbul in 2010. I am reminded of it each time I go to the kebab shop. Turkish men are very friendly.
I am tucked away in one quiet room of my big house, surrounded by pens, pencils, crayons and books and feeling neatly hidden and incognito. Shame about the Thai lady tomorrow but there you are, Covid still lurks around every corner. I have agreed a new time and date when she says she will be ok, she seemed to know and hope.
I wish I had something more interesting to say to you but I haven't but sometimes a quiet post is better than a noisy one that brings forth angst and upset.
Happy Easter
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