Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 35

Day 35 – 26/04/2020 Bilbo passed away this morning. I felt a little devastated, and my fingers were shaking as I typed out the message to Rosie. Bilbo was an old girl, but I was gutted she did not make it long enough to see her Mum again. We buried her in the garden with […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 34

Day 34 – 25/04/2020 This morning I was lazy and stayed in bed until 11. I was awake, but not in the mood to get up. It is Saturday after all, I think sleeping in is a given – especially as I was sad not to be going on one of our usual adventures. However, […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 33

Day 33 – 24/04/2020 Today we took advantage of the nice weather to go and spend some time with my Grandparents. They were having trouble with their iPads, and as this is a big source of entertainment and connection to the outside world for them, it was fairly essential that we fixed them. The sunshine […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 32

Day 32 – 23/04/2020 I had a bit of a depressive day. I felt bored. I was not in the mood to work. I managed to get a bit of life admin out the way, emails and all that, and I wrote one blog post draft… but I was just not feeling it. I tried […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 31

Day 31 – 22/04/2020 This morning I enjoyed the chance to sit outside to work again. The occasional cascading cherry blossom in the soft breeze, with beautiful chiming birdsong, and warm rays on my face is everything my mental health needs to be uplifted, and to feel productive. I also wanted my little shelled friend […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 30

Day 30 – 21/04/2020 This morning I hung out with Rosie again, and we had another virtual zine making session! I am really enjoying these sessions, and it is nice to get into the creative mindset with a friend. I made a mini-zine about how to practice self-care in Lockdown! We also started talking more […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 29

Day 29 – 20/04/2020 Today was my day of bringing these zine pages to life, and that took up most of my day. I am really enjoying the process of creating these, and I hope to continue journaling after this Lockdown is over. I think I will move in to an actual diary book, instead […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 28

Day 28 – 19/04/2020 This morning I got to leave the house for a ride in the car! Is this how dogs feel? It was weirdly nice to just get out of the house and be driven around. I was out with my Mum to pick up our Click and Collect shopping from Tesco, and […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 27

Day 27 – 18/04/2020 The sun is shining, there is a cold breeze just to remind us that we are still in Scotland, but it feels like summer. It is set to be even warmer tomorrow, so we sacrificed Stuart to the shops again. We are running low on a few supplies, and the nice […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 25

Day 25 – 16/04/2020 Today I braved a Skype call, and hung out with Rosie to have a fantastic virtual zine-making session. I had skipped out on a virtual D&D session the other day due to dodgy wifi signals and a flair up of anxiety. We talked it over, I felt a little guilty, but […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 24

Day 24 – 15/04/2020 This morning I finished off my watercolour course, wrote it up as a blog post, and watched a few more intro videos on Skillshare to select my next course to enrol on. Speaking of enrolling, I also took advantage of a Lockdown deal and registered for a Zoology diploma from the […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 22

Day 22 – 13/04/2020 “We are still not passed the peak of this virus…” was the news snippet I caught from the dreaded radio this morning. I am not sure who said it, but their words scare me. It means the Lockdown will be extended, and the death toll will only continue to rise. I […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 21

Day 21 – 12/04/2020 Happy Easter. That means it is acceptable to have chocolate for breakfast. So I did. The internet is being dodgy again today so I decided to spend my time painting and reading. My watercolour whale has improved, and is nearly finished. I am currently reading Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan. […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 20

Day 20 – 11/04/2020 The Queen spoke to us again today, delivering an Easter message. “We know that Coronavirus will not overcome us. As dark as death can be, particularly for those suffering with grief – light and life are greater. May the living flame of the Easter hope be a steady guide as we […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 19

Day 19 – 10/04/2020 I worked on myself again today. I am advancing my watercolour skills, and putting the Skillshare classes into practice. I am painting a space whale. Today has been a Good Friday indeed. My first attempt at the whale did not go so well. Oh whale. I am not getting despondent, but […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 18

Day 18 – 09/04/2020 It has been too easy for me to be consumed by negative emotions, as yesterday proved! It feels like a luxury, in this time of crisis, to focus on happiness, but positivity is a fundamental key in our health. Happiness literally strengthens the immune system. I am not going to be […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 17

Day 17 – 08/04/2020 My main achievement from today was re-organising, and cleaning, my desk. I am happy to have some order, and it was a task that has needed done for a while, but I am sad that this was my only real effort from today. There was a supermoon last night. Is that […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 16

Day 16 – 07/04/2020 I started working on my Skillshare watercolours course this morning, but was rudely interrupted by house guests!! Jamie and Danielle (my brother and his girlfriend) popped round to pick up a few tools from Dad’s garage, as Jamie is starting a gardening business with Danielle’s Dad to make a little money […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 15

Day 15 – 06/04/2020 It was nice to distract myself from all the bad news by adventuring in Waterdeep with my Trollflaying companions yesterday… but today I was submerged back in to reality once more. I mean, it is Monday, so I guess that is just the usual pattern of things. Boris has been admitted […]

Coronavirus Lockdown Diaries – Day 14

Day 14 – 05/04/2020 We actually spoke to some different humans today! It helped me get out of my shitty mood. Rosie, and Aeryn managed to make it back safely from Australia! and today we played Dungeons & Dragons with them via Skype. I am not the great with Skype, or phone call type things […]