Here’s what life in Coronavirus lockdown week three looks like

life in Coronavirus lockdown
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Here I sit with an irritation that I am going to moan about. I have thrush. Sorry TMI! Now ordinarily I would have skipped uncomfortably to the chemist and purchased an array of thrush-soothing products to correct my unfortunate situation. But today, I can’t. Today I’m too anxious to brazenly walk into a chemist without a full-on hazmat suit. This life in Coronavirus lockdown week three.

Today I’m scared I might be a carrier and unwillingly infect an innocent bystander at the local Boots. So I take to the web and I order a tablet from an online chemist I’ve never heard of. I was greeted with the message of doom that deliveries would take much longer than before due to the unprecedented situation. I’ve never heard the word unprecedented so much in my entire life than during life in Coronvirus lockdown. But I have no other choice really. So I will wait for my tablet. 

In the meantime I’ve tried some unsuccessful home remedies that I will not recommend especially since giving up dairy on account of my dodgy sinuses. Please take note that Alpro does not work and cider vinegar is NOT for the faint-hearted.  In the rebellion of my having to wait for a thrush tablet, I took to ordering a very un-essential stash of goodies from my local M&S BP garage via Deliveroo. 

I’m ordering stuff I would never normally eat. Just because I can and it is life in lockdown. Because it makes me feel normal. Yesterday we wanted hot cross buns. Life before COVID-19 went like this… Do you fancy a hot cross bun? Oooooh, yes please. Okay, I’ll just pop to the local Sain-os and grab a dozen. But life has changed. 

Now I sit refreshing the Deliveroo app until the M&S BP garage opens on Deliveroo and you can only imagine my disappointment when they didn’t have any in stock. This brings me to the exact reason why I’m sat here with a broken fanny. I’ve consumed my body weight in sugar during life in Coronvirus lockdown. I’ve brought it on myself.  

Now I can sit here and moan about hot cross buns because currently myself, husband and two boys are healthy as I type this. I never take it for granted. What I have taken for granted is that I used to walk into a supermarket, place my bare naked hands onto a trolley and push it around without every wondering if that very trolley would be the death of me. 

Now I thought I suffered from OCDs. Let me tell you that this has triggered something darker than Voldermort’s soul. It was my youngest’s birthday the other day. We had cards sent. I quarantined the cards. I opened them like I was handling the atom bomb. It would be unfortunate to contract it during a wish of Happy Birthday but you just can’t be too careful, right? How far is too far?

I washed the shopping. It was exhausting. But it was incredible because by some miracle I got an Ocado delivery slot and it was like winning the lottery. I gushed over my delivery driver and wished him well as he left all my condiments on the pavement. I collected them in my marigolds and item by item disinfected them like a frikking lunatic. I feel lunatic-al. 

My hubby’s hanging onto a job by a thread. I dreamed of having him work home but now that he is, I’ve realised how loud he is when he eats and it’s getting on my tits. I dreamed of being a teacher when I was growing up but now that I am, I’ve realised how incredibly annoying children are and I salute all the teachers in the world. So here we are, week three of life in Coronvirus lockdown during unprecedented times.

What’s the moral of the story so far, I wonder? 

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11 comments

    • We had a delivery earlier. We’ve left the card recycle box outside by the front door so the exterior packaging doesn’t come in the house!
      I’m still waiting for my tablet and the Royal Mail have already been today arrrggghhh! Stay safe Jo X

  1. What I would give for some hot cross buns right now! And I can imagine how annoying it must be when your significant other is at home with you all day, lol. We’re all in this together!

  2. It amazing what everyone is going through!!! Same situation, different experiences…Week four for me is not that bad, getting used to it.

  3. The longer we are in lockdown, the more it becomes a reality. We have been in lockdown since 3/13, and it is starting to feel more like a routine, but also kind of tedious in some ways, like not much new news and running out of fun ideas for the kids.

  4. I am so with you n this and I hope you are feeling better. I dread the grocery store and am having issues getting a spot to order online so that I do not have to go as I am scared of being in there with all of the other people. Not everyone is aware of personal space and they still walk right up on you and it is like….really? So yes…. I feel too like I want to dress in a full on hazmat suit myself so I cannot eat for this to all be over.

  5. I’m so slain by this post! Life has definitely changed in the short yet high impacting time of Covid-19. I can relate to how you feel especially with realizing how annoying loved ones can be, in prolonged exposure. Space and solitude is NEEDED! I wish you continued sanity! ( I chortled at Lord Voldermort’s soul!)

  6. I think washing the packages is probably the most daunting for me. This has really changed all our lives and I know once things go back to normal, things will still not be the same and we have learned so many valuable lessons about ourselves, family, and community. Stay well and safe!

  7. i have stopped going to the parks sadly , i am to afraid that i will catch something , instead our life revolves around the garden kind regards Pati Robins @style-squeeze blog

  8. My daughter has stopped going to the park near her home. They haven’t long moved into their home so are spending a lot of time in the garden planting vegetables and salad leaves, tomatoes and lots more.
    Amelia is loving it she has her own garden where she can choose what she wants to grow.
    All items going into the home gets wiped over with a cloth and bleach solution

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