Who would have thought it?
To say I don't write anything except a shopping list isn't quite true I suppose because I wrote my Jimmy's eulogy and that took some doing let me tell you. Poor Jimmy, I still can't believe he's gone but the truth is like our Jason said, we lost him twice. We lost the man we knew and loved when he had the first stroke; that man he became wasn't even a shadow of the man he was. Then of course he had another massive stroke and died.
I fancied Jimmy Snipes from the off but he was a bit older than me and was already married not that that marriage lasted very long. He used to ride a motor bike, fancied himself as a bit of a rocker I think and he had all the leather gear - really sexy he was! And now he's gone and it's just me and the kids and we've just got to get on with it.
Jason's doing really well; the old boy that used to do the vicarage garden and dig the graves finally retired and the vicar thought of Jason which was kind. Jase only started gardening when we were in lockdown because he wanted something to do but he's really taken to it. The old boy had several other gardens in the village he looked after and he's passed those on to Jason too so he's got plenty to keep him busy.
I start my new job next week! Can't hardly believe it; I never worked once I had the kids, Jim said it was my job to look after the house. Anyway I'm not qualified for anything so what would I have done? But during lockdown I had to put my foot down because everyone was just lolling around leaving everything to me and I flipped one day and told them all to get off their lazy arses. I gave them all jobs to do and they didn't like it but I wasn't having any more of their nonsense. And that meant that I had a bit of time to myself to watch a bit of telly on my own and I got into all the cookery programmes; I mean really got into them. So I started to cook from scratch like they did rather than buy all the ready meals we usually had. I really enjoyed myself and I actually proved to be quite good at it - even Cherie is getting into it now and often helps me out with the prep. But now I am going to work in the kitchen at the pub! Me! Gladys Snipes preparing food for people going out to eat! Of course, I'll be working under the direction of Marcus the chef but even so, I'm really excited about it and it goes without saying we need the money. The kids saw the job advertised on the board when they went to the shop; they were the ones put me up for it - I would never have thought of applying myself. But I met Dave who owns the pub and Marcus and I got the job! A commercial kitchen is a bit different to my little kitchen here but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Dave's wife, Carol seems nice too, I hadn't seen her before. Actually she's his ex-wife but you would never have guessed from seeing them together.
Some people have had the cheek to ask me if I'm going to find another fella. Flipping cheek! Jimmy's only been gone five minutes! Besides which we were together a long time and I couldn't see myself with anyone else. I know people say 'never say never' but that's how I feel right now and as I say, Jimmy's only been gone a short while. I do miss him. But I've got my memories and life goes on as they say and it's very true. It's just tough sometimes.
This pandemic doesn't seem to be going away any time soon and they reckon it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. It's hard but we've just got to press on and do the best we can. When the kids finally go back to school they will only be part time because social distancing means that they can only have about half the kids in at any one time. I sometimes wonder if we will ever get back to normal I really do. But then if it hadn't been for this pandemic Jason wouldn't have his gardening and I wouldn't have taught myself to cook and I certainly wouldn't be looking forward to starting a job. And now I've written a post for our village blog! Who would have thought it?
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