Day 4 lock down
I still haven't managed to get around to planting up my seeds for my hydroponics system, which has been on my list since Monday.... I must do that today!! The last few days have been lovely and sunny but started off very frosty. Tuesday was probably the best day as it wasn't windy, but there's a very chilly breeze the last few days. I am enjoying the sunshine though and pottering around in the garden has been nice.
Yesterday was spent cleaning and organising things. The bamboo kitchen towels worked really well - they are a cross between a J-cloth and a paper kitchen towel and are much stronger than I thought they would be. They are supposed to be able to be washed and reused, so I will see how they go, but so far they have not disappointed. I also did a lot more knitting yesterday which is not good for my shoulder, but I'm so close to finishing the back of the jacket that I'm impatient to get on with the smaller pieces of knitting which will be less heavy.
In the evening we had our bellydance lesson online. It worked well, although I am noticing how much I missed in the 6 weeks I wasn't dancing. It got so frustrating as it was also really hot in my living room (after all the sunshine) and I just couldn't understand and catch up with the choreography. I don't think it helped that I woke up really early at 4.30am yesterday so I wasn't in the best of moods and tired, so when my teacher was a bit short with me when she had to stop the choreography and unmute the class to answer a question from me I felt really upset. I suppose it's a sign of the times that we are all a little more fragile than we would normally be. In the end I left the 'class' early as there didn't seem much point struggling on. Of course then I got lots of text messages asking if I was OK. Anyhoo - I do understand it was difficult for her to try and teach remotely and she is at least trying to keep the classes going. Today we cleared the air via WhatsApp and she is going to try and post more online recorded tutorials so we can all play them and practice at home, that way she's not teaching something brand new to us in a difficult format.
I woke up really early again today - I think it's the birds outside, so at least when the clocks go forward at the weekend it won't seem as bad.... I'm feeling quite exhausted though as I hate giving up on things and feeling overwhelmed like last night. I can usually cope with stuff, but being tired doesn't help. I've ordered some stained glass making stuff today as my glass suppliers is still (fortunately) delivering. I shall go and be creative next week which I think will make me feel a bit better.
Mr Cee is really busy working - all this remote communication seems to encourage people to think you can work outside your normal hours as you can't go anywhere. He's definitely been working longer hours which I think is a bit unfair - but I shouldn't moan because at least he can still work! Also he gets bonuses for extra work, so there's that. A few friends of mine are self employed and really have been put under immense hardship as their income has vanished overnight. I feel very sorry for them, and the Government here hasn't really addressed it so they are OK in the short term.
I have my regular Pilates class shortly - that works much better remotely as you aren't moving around so much (we are concentrating on mat work), so there's that to look forward to, and later we are going to treat ourselves to a nice bottle of wine with dinner.
In the meantime the 365 questions continue: 27 If you were independently wealthy, what would you do with your time? I would like to renovate houses - I would have a team of trades to help me do that and I would sell them at outrageous profits LOL! I'd also have horses and start riding again (there's a money pit right there).
Stay safe and don't get stir crazy everyone!
Also join totallynailedit and post on there - I've made it that anyone can post on there which I might have to change if there are issues later on. Let's see some accomplishments over the weekend?
Yesterday was spent cleaning and organising things. The bamboo kitchen towels worked really well - they are a cross between a J-cloth and a paper kitchen towel and are much stronger than I thought they would be. They are supposed to be able to be washed and reused, so I will see how they go, but so far they have not disappointed. I also did a lot more knitting yesterday which is not good for my shoulder, but I'm so close to finishing the back of the jacket that I'm impatient to get on with the smaller pieces of knitting which will be less heavy.
In the evening we had our bellydance lesson online. It worked well, although I am noticing how much I missed in the 6 weeks I wasn't dancing. It got so frustrating as it was also really hot in my living room (after all the sunshine) and I just couldn't understand and catch up with the choreography. I don't think it helped that I woke up really early at 4.30am yesterday so I wasn't in the best of moods and tired, so when my teacher was a bit short with me when she had to stop the choreography and unmute the class to answer a question from me I felt really upset. I suppose it's a sign of the times that we are all a little more fragile than we would normally be. In the end I left the 'class' early as there didn't seem much point struggling on. Of course then I got lots of text messages asking if I was OK. Anyhoo - I do understand it was difficult for her to try and teach remotely and she is at least trying to keep the classes going. Today we cleared the air via WhatsApp and she is going to try and post more online recorded tutorials so we can all play them and practice at home, that way she's not teaching something brand new to us in a difficult format.
I woke up really early again today - I think it's the birds outside, so at least when the clocks go forward at the weekend it won't seem as bad.... I'm feeling quite exhausted though as I hate giving up on things and feeling overwhelmed like last night. I can usually cope with stuff, but being tired doesn't help. I've ordered some stained glass making stuff today as my glass suppliers is still (fortunately) delivering. I shall go and be creative next week which I think will make me feel a bit better.
Mr Cee is really busy working - all this remote communication seems to encourage people to think you can work outside your normal hours as you can't go anywhere. He's definitely been working longer hours which I think is a bit unfair - but I shouldn't moan because at least he can still work! Also he gets bonuses for extra work, so there's that. A few friends of mine are self employed and really have been put under immense hardship as their income has vanished overnight. I feel very sorry for them, and the Government here hasn't really addressed it so they are OK in the short term.
I have my regular Pilates class shortly - that works much better remotely as you aren't moving around so much (we are concentrating on mat work), so there's that to look forward to, and later we are going to treat ourselves to a nice bottle of wine with dinner.
In the meantime the 365 questions continue: 27 If you were independently wealthy, what would you do with your time? I would like to renovate houses - I would have a team of trades to help me do that and I would sell them at outrageous profits LOL! I'd also have horses and start riding again (there's a money pit right there).
Stay safe and don't get stir crazy everyone!
Also join totallynailedit and post on there - I've made it that anyone can post on there which I might have to change if there are issues later on. Let's see some accomplishments over the weekend?