Day 9
The excitement of passing the halfway point has passed and
been replaced with the realisation of a whole day isolating without work to
provide a distraction! Luckily, it’s a
nice day, so a fair bit of time was spend relaxing in the garden. Today is Fathers’ Day in Brazil, so I got a
call and some messages on Instagram, though to be fair, we already had Fathers’
Day (the UK version, when I was in Brazil!)
Day 10
I can almost smell freedom!
It’s another work day, so plenty to keep me busy, but not long to
go! My new mobile arrived today, just a
week after ordering it! I’m getting used
to things working like they are supposed to!
I picked up the hobby of making sourdough bread last year,
just in time for our lockdown in Brazil!
It was great to buy a few bags of flour then make bread throughout the
week to save continually buying bread.
Oh, and the pancakes, can’t forget the pancakes! So I decided to start a starter while I’m in
quarantine. It takes 10 days to get it
going, so giving it a bit of attention in the mornings and evenings (with a
mask and sanitised hands of course) means I’ll be able to make some bread and
pancakes while I’m here and then take it to Oxford. The tradition is to give your starter a name,
so, in honour of Forres, I’m calling it Macbeth (or if I’m feeling
superstitious, the Scottish Starter.)
Well, that’s enough excitement for one day, time for bed.
Day 11
Another day, another step closer…
Day 12
It’s Wednesday, mid-week and after today, only two more days
of quarantine. This morning the news has
been going on about how the UK is in the biggest recession on record – no shit…
Half the country not working, no one going out, buying only essentials for
nearly five months, no one saw this coming…
On the plus side, it’s kind of a business-as-normal news report, going
back to having kittens about the economy and recession, it’s a brief break from
all the COVID talk (which is still going on in Scotland, after players from
Aberdeen and Celtic broke the rules.)
Today was the day the Scottish schools started after
summer/lockdown, hopefully everything goes smoothly, not least because that
number includes my nephews and niece! It
gives me hope that the English schools will return as normal, although it seems
like every day there’s someone on the news suggesting that schools take a one
week on, one week off approach to schools, to keep the class sizes low. While that would be fine for social
distancing, I can’t see it being that good for the kids’ education. Better than
no school at all of course… I don’t
think that will happen; the powers that be seem pretty determined that schools
will return fully in September.
Day 13
Penultimate day of quarantine! Just one more day to go and I’ll be free to
do things like go downstairs without wearing a mask, go outside, go to shops,
get my hair cut! That last one is urgent;
after 6 months, my hair is just massive!
Hopefully I won’t have to wait ages to get an appointment and then my
head will be free from all this excess hair!
Then there’s the more mundane, but necessary things I need to do, such
as changing my address at the bank, renewing my driving licence… exciting! Well, after 2 weeks of quarantine, it almost
is!
Day 14
That’s it! Done! After today, my quarantine will be over! I can’t wait to make breakfast without a
mask, or hang around downstairs without assuming I’m unclean! Obviously, once I can go out into the big, bad
world, I’ll be taking precautions, wearing a mask, washing my hands etc, but at
least home will go back to being a safe space!
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