The quarantine diaries: May update

Well hello again. Its been a bit more than a month since we last spoke. Hope you are all ok and keeping safe just like me and my family, wherever it may be that you are reading this. I think its time for an update from me and how the UK has changed.

So let's begin with a little update from inside my household. Coronavirus hit my family just like many others across the country and the whole. Its a tough time and when that happened I think it had us all shocked. Firstly, it was yours truly that had it, after me, my dad had and then my mum. One thing we learnt about the corona is that once you have it chances are you'll have it again but as a softer virus.

Another thing that has happened at the time of writing this is that lockdown restrictions have relaxed and we're being told that those who can't work at home can go back to work. So the builders are back to work, meaning I get little waves on my walks, something that I didn't think I'd miss. The other thing that has happened is we can go out and exercise for unlimited times, which is great because we've been able to walk the dog and go for runs all in the same day.

At the moment life still seems scary but its getting better due to the fact that we're feeling more relaxed and calm. What I'm the most excited about is to be able to see family again. I didn't realise how much we take for granted, but now that it's been taken away we're all struggling. I've heard people talk about meeting up in parks. Now to me, I would see this as a big struggle as I couldn't hug my family, causing a lot of crying to take place. In my head I kind of imagine the first time meeting up with friends and family as a scene from a movie. For example when you think a characters dead then they come back and there's those tight, strong hugs given. Yeah? Well, that's what I want. I know that's weird but I think the longer we keep apart the better feeling it will be to be able to hug one another.

The last thing is my anxiety update. So far its been pretty bad and has caused me to become ill for a few weeks. The depression that eats you up inside can make you become "ill" so when something like this happens it can cause a flurry of emotion to take a person down. For me, that means days in PJs, no moving, dizzy spells and constant nights of no sleep. Now, in all fairness I was able to sleep yesterday, so things are looking up. Let's just hope that can happen tonight. Hope you are all ok too. Remember stay safe and check on each other.