I’ve survived and so have my friends and family! We’ve stayed at home and it has not been so bad!
But I do have a confession to share with you. Adamant that I wouldn’t get back into a routine but stick to a loose daily structure, this has not been achievable. My loose structure has morphed into a daily routine. It has taken two weeks to get back to ‘normal’!
I wake up unaided by an alarm clock. Three times a week I had to get up early to go to a gym class. My mornings are are now relaxed and I have breakfast watching the news, updating my diary, writing this blog or typing my novel. Alas, this has become a routine.
Weather permitting my husband and I go for a walk before lunch. We subtly change our routes just to bring some interest as we are staying close to home. It is surprising how a view can differ walking up a hill one day and down the hill the next! Walking on different sides of the road for a start changes the scenery and one way is easier than the other! This has become a routine!
I spend more time thinking about healthy lunches, as well as our main evening meals, bearing in mind we only shop once a week. I need to ensure ingredients are available! This is a challenge, trying to keep to a healthy low carb diet and not get to the other side of this pandemic with a weight problem! When I worked I ate to live. Not so now that I have time, I’m enjoying googling recipes that are quick, easy and healthy with minimal ingredients and fuss!
I listened to the Queen’s speech last night. I have huge admiration for her. The Queen thanked the NHS staff and all the key workers who are putting their lives at risk to tend the sick and dying. She also thanked all of us adhering to the government’s guidelines and staying at home!
I still can’t get my head around pictures of idiots sun tanning and having picnics with friends over the weekend! They might think that they are infallible but the poor people they are potentially infecting aren’t! Unfortunately these morons aren’t infallible either but, obviously having limited intelligence, they don’t understand? No, they are just selfish and we need to bring back the stocks. Sit these idiots down, lock their feet and ankles into the device and forget about them until this pandemic is over!
Gardens are looking really good. I’m not sure where people are hiding their weeds because wheelie bins aren’t getting emptied! We managed to empty our compost tub into the garden yesterday so I have a tub and a wheelie bin to fill! No excuse so have to get out when I can. Will have to factor this into my new daily routine! Oops!
The sun is currently shining! This weather does really help my mood and life doesn’t seem quite as frightening! The daily death announcements are very disturbing and made even more harrowing when a number of deaths are young, previously healthy adults and even a few children! Our prime minister, Boris Johnson, is in hospital. I wish him well and hope that he gets back into number ten as soon as possible!
The Queen told us that we ‘will succeed’ in our fight against this invisible enemy. She told us that we still have more to endure but better days will return. I’m sure they will but, for now, we have to take comfort in the knowledge that brilliant scientists are working around the clock to find treatment and a cure. All we have to do is stay at home and wait. Never did I ever imagine that the world would be at war against a virus! Perhaps I should watch more science fiction films! Maybe now is the time!
So, roll on lockdown week three! Every day will bring us closer to winning this battle and moving on! Stay safe, take care and STAY AT HOME! 👠
Jenny Burrell 