It’s been almost 5 years since I last posted a blog post. 5 years ago we were about to enter a scenario which I don’t think anyone would have dreamed possible in real life. 6 weeks of near-complete ‘lockdown’. Where we couldn’t leave our houses other than for groceries, to exercise pets or to attend …
We’ve been in lockdown for 7 weeks, and today we’re allowed to exercise outside. Freedom! But not complete freedom. We are allowed out to exercise between 6am – 10am and then again between 8pm – 11pm. Children are allowed out, with one adult, between 12noon until 7pm. And seniors are allowed out between 10am – …
We’re now 35 days into our Covid-19 lockdown here in Spain. I saw a news headline earlier that at least half the world is in some kind of lockdown. I wonder if lockdown means the same everywhere? I know that the lockdown in Spain is different to the one in the UK. In Spain we’re …
Today is Day 25 of our lockdown. 25 days of not leaving the house other than for groceries. The children haven’t left the house at all. No wonder they get so excited when they hear the doorbell, or the horn of the bread delivery man’s van. Last week we started on some Easter crafts. We …
If the school closure, as it was announced, on Thursday 12 March, had lasted for 2 weeks, the children would be back at school already. If the lockdown, as it was announced on Friday 13 March, had lasted for 2 weeks, we would be back to normal life already. But as things stand, nobody knows …
When I started this blog just over a week ago, as we entered into a Covid-19 induced lockdown in Spain, we were in the minority. Now, almost the whole world is in some form of lockdown. It’s staggering. How quickly things have changed. And how quickly this virus is spreading. “Don’t say I didn’t warn …
Thursday 19 March, 2020. Father’s Day in Spain. Mr H was delighted with the beautiful handmade framed picture of him & first daughter as well as the gorgeous note she’d written him. It started his day off right! Littlest Harvey presented him with her framed photo later, which he loved too. She’s just starting to …
Wednesday 18 March 2020. Day 5 of the lockdown. We’re getting into the swing of things. The children are happier than ever to be at home, which is certainly helpful. I needed to buy a couple of top-up grocery items as well as some paper, so I wandered up to Carrefour. I felt very guilty …
The last time I didn’t leave one place for 4 days was when I was confined to Makati Medical Centre after giving birth to my first daughter in 2014. That was a tiny, windowless hospital room. This time I’m in a spacious house with a garden. It shouldn’t be that difficult, but somehow it is. …
Monday 16 March 2020. I got up to start work at 7am. The children were up at about 7:45. Mr H got them dressed, gave them breakfast and started their ‘school’ day at 9:30ish. They sounded the gong to start the day, stood in line & went into the ‘classroom’. They even pretended that some …
