Sophie Sweatman

Picture – me in mask during lockdown #3

January 29^th Friday – week 5

Zoom quiz this evening. Wake before 9am, have breakfast. Start on Biz plan A2F template going wll. Stop for a call with Health Services Academy. After 30 minutes turns out costs £500 to do one off course or £299 a month for a year. As if can do course to try before I buy? Seemed vague. Said committing before knew it was like joining a gym and realising had no sauna. Guy said he worked in gym before COVID. Cooked steak for lunch with cabbage and kale. Found pen could catch up with this diary. Wednesday spent eve on laptop with WordPress support. Had 3 glasses of wine. Very late last night talking to Claudia, Leigh and Maria about COVID and government. Said My Little Crony map shows government nest feathering. Basically colluding, corrupt, lazy and ignorant, biased arrogant. Don’t challenge and exclude everyone who interrupts gravy chain. Dreamt about it.

January 30^th Saturday

Up at 9am spoke to Pete. He’s just moved offices. Reading about paleolithic, continual linguistics. Makes sense. Realised been hoodwinked by conventional theories accepted by academics. Mallory’s horse warries (Yamnaya) or idolised farmers – east to west – root of Ayran superiority myth, racism? Website scorned Mario Alinei. Cowardly, calling names and dismissing as it steps on preferred narrative. Finishing BP [Business plan] today. Artist DJ Sophie died.

January 31^st Sunday

[No entry – space used up for Friday and Saturday.

Monday 1^st February

Great night’s sleep. Also woke at 9am. Got up, started on kitchen while making breakfast. Had assortment of leftovers and brussels steamed with omelette. Felt good after. Did sink, worktop and cleaned oven and hob hood. Put out rubbish. Realised flat stones make good coasters. Must get more pens and social art evenings after lock down. May ask Unwrap if mind decorated jars? Could advertise. Don’t understand why no one advertises headphones well. Why do so many advertisers not know their customer or what they want to know? Feel sure an ad agency would be good if could handle social media advertising processes and links to musicians and filmmakers and editors.

Tuesday 2^nd February

Woke during night and had dream then alarm went at 9am and wrote dream in app, Luci, that’s it. It involved John and going around restaurants. Have breakfast and start on bin area. Put old bin and other bits of rubbish in car. Can go tomorrow to tip. Have sit down after lunch. Eric calls says going to Jon’s for a beer. Email from headphones people asking to call. Say 4 or 5pm better. Very proactive. Just no headphones allow to hear my own voice through ear phones. Voice Over Internet Protocol egos, can’t admit not caught up with today’s technology. Start on living room. Put all Robert’s dirty laundry in storage bags Records go away. Book guy to take stuff into storage. Email electrician and roofer. Also ask if can defer Software Cornwall and send in draft of business plan. Yvic out of office. Get living-room clear enough to take Robert’s stuff upstairs and sweep tomorrow.

Wednesday 3^rd February

Good night’s sleep woke at 8.21am thinking about dream. All about re-opening a large rehearsal space, with options to be watched from side rooms. Allows promotions, showcases, feedback, any genre performance. A tutor is very supportive and introduces me to current well-known music executive. She says she’s done no degree. I realise I’ve done a lot of courses. Feel gluggy, go back to sleep til 10am. Wake on alarm. Dreamt at parents’ home. Faded picture of it (same view as Ro’s painting). Robert and Eric are there. Maria calls, says she’s at brewery. Say I don’t want to go out. Wake, having coffee. Find bottle and brewspace card under sofa when sweep. Cooking breakfast and hope feel more energised. Anxious about being around people who had vaccine. Can catch covid from them?

Thursday 4^th February

Switcheroo. Diary for Wednesday 3^rd. Filled in by mistake. Get up at 9am coffee. Start gathering items for tip, dry cleaner, shop etc. Asda 25 shirts. Ask Timpsons about car keys. Says can do takes 20 mins. Says very quickly £50 then other key £75 so £125 to renew keys. Can buy new car for that. (New to me). B&Q won’t cut wood. Too long for car. Turns out Robert needs new (can’t read word) scar. Got too thick wood. Take egg boxes to Perran-ar-worthal Veg Shop. Closed til Thursday. Drive with wood sticking out front. Go home and eat lunch. Sit down and then do some arranging upstairs. Put linen away. Decide my stuff comes downstairs. Need to chase up Robert’s bedframe. Watch rest of film The Argument about actors and writers in Los Angeles. Discuss shelving. Tuesday’s feedback session cancelled no pre-warning. Apparently dealing with family emergency.