This lockdown is not easy for us, but it really is the right thing to do
EVERYONE is saying this is ‘ The New Normal.’
It doesn’t feel normal. The last few weeks have felt like one big long nightmare, a nightmare which we’re not going to wake up from anytime soon.
We are now effectively in lockdown, only allowed out for essentials such as shopping and medicine.
Even writing this makes me feel like I’m going a little bit mad, like I’ve been cast in some weird apocalyptic movie. But no, this is actually happening.
I know this lockdown is the right thing to do. The ONLY thing to do to try and ‘flatten the curve’, to try and get this deadly virus under control and save lives but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. For any of us.
We live on a road surrounded by a lot of elderly people. Most of them live on their own. They are now virtual prisoners in their own homes, with no one to talk to, or share their worries with. I’ve put notes through their letterboxes asking them to contact me if they need anything. It’s not the same as human interaction though, is it?
I have good days and bad. I’m assuming most of us do. The worst is when you wake up and for just a few seconds you think it was a bad dream and then you realise it’s not. Those are the days anxiety levels rocket.
Keeping busy helps. My house has never been so clean and untidy at the same time. The hoover has never worked so hard, nor the Dettol spray.
On a lighter note standards have slipped. For the first few days it was all blow dried hair and a full face of make up. Now I’m doing well if I get dressed at all! I look like a piebald pony with the roots but sure look there’s always hats.
And when you think of all the people risking their lives daily to save ours, roots aren’t exactly top of the list of priorities.
I don’t know how we will ever be able to repay our healthcare workers for what they have done to keep us safe. The fear they must face each day as they go into work is unfathomable.
The pharmacists and chemist staff who have been at the frontline since the beginning, fielding questions and often bearing the brunt of people’s fear – I salute you. And the supermarket staff who serve us and keep the shelves stocked – I think you’re bloody great.
I cannot wait for when this is all over so that I can hug each and every person who played a part in getting us through this. Some of them I won’t know, but I don’t care. If this is not the time to hug a stranger in thanks then I don’t know when is.
Until next week – Stay Safe x
MY HOUSE HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLEAN AND UNTIDY AT THE SAME TIME. THE HOOVER HAS NEVER WORKED SO HARD, NOR THE DETTOL SPRAY