Moving on towards nomalcy... or not?

The food run today was unexpectedly pleasant. No crowds anywhere, no empty shelves... it didn't even rain. So I went to Aldi and Lidl, stocked up on everything I thought we might need for the next week, set on staying in the house until at least next Monday. In this spirit, I made an appointment with our hairdresser, because both Mum and I look like a pair of particularly disheveled Neanderthals after an encounter with an ill-tempered mammoth.
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On a more positive note, two late-comer Christmas cards arrived yesterday, from akane42me and elmey, respectively, which was also a pleasant surprise. Thank you, ladies! And I've finally finished Chapter 14 of "Timescapes", after tearing up and rewriting whatever I wrote yesterday, so that's success, to.