That is a true story. Then he said ‘sit up or else’, and fired it at me. It’s no wonder at every massage I’ve had they said I was tense.

After I was rudely awoken, I had that feeling you have when something awful has happened. When you wake up and for a minute it seems normal (fart gun aside), and then you remember that nothing is normal.

Aside from a couple of wobbles this morning, on the whole it was a better day. The sun was shining, Liam was present and not having to work, the kids played outside and I cleaned. I realised we were either going to become hermits surrounded by tonnes of waste, or I’d have to move into manic cleaning woman mode. And the latter seems to be better for all of us. Especially you, when you visit in the future.

We were so kindly blessed today by amazing friends thinking of us and leaving gifts on our doorstep, by others asking if we needed anything. And I’m so grateful.

But today I feel sober too. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that despite all the pleas, people are still not really listening to advice about isolating and distancing. There are groups of teens wandering our estate. There are crowds at Barry Island and on Snowdon. It’s so tricky because we’re being told so many things, and we know we need to look after our mental health.

But this virus is taking people’s loved ones. Earlier today I was thinking about my brother Dan. He was a nurse, a flu-fighting champion for his health board. He was passionate and vocal and he would have had so much to say about all of this. And I was thinking how much I miss him. And how I don’t want to feel that heartbreak again, and how I don’t want other people to feel that pain of loss either. But, tragically, people already are facing a tomorrow without someone they love.

So if there’s anything I’m thinking today, it’s how important this is. Hard, yes. Unprecedented, yes. Lonely, yes. But worth it, to save someone’s life, absolutely yes. Life is a gift we so easily take for granted. Let’s protect it and treasure it by listening to what we’re told. Let’s love our neighbours by not going out tomorrow.

‘Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.’ – Romans 13:10