Still having to work from home, redundancy looking likely, no signs of having a holiday in France this year (sorry Monsieur X) and losing the confidence and energy to go out of the house apart from the supermarket, cinema and a daily walk. My head is full of ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ I have totally lost the ability to make a decision.
So how was or is your lockdown? For me one big headache along with back ache and knee ache from all these fitness workouts I have tried.  Splitting it up in months – April was a new experience, a bit of a novelty with all the virtual pub quizzes, I didn’t have much work to do even thou I was working from home and it was nice to have a break from some parts of the rat race, the commute mostly.
May was mainly sorting out cancelled or postponed holidays and concerts, dealing with too much hair and starting to realize this situation isn’t going to end soon. June was stressful, work got busy and everything got to me. In the first week I had reached my limit and had a quiet meltdown in Sainsburys, I just couldn’t stop crying. There was no light at the end of this tunnel and at least in the previous two months there were some bank holidays to break up my time. It was the worst lockdown month so far.
July should have been a few days break in London for the Euro 2020 semi final and a long weekend in New York to see Bon Jovi in concert (my ultimate bucket list trip). The first postponed and the second cancelled. Now I have an open Virgin Atlantic flight ticket to nowhere until September 2022. At least this month I finally had a haircut. And August? It ain’t over yet!
Even thou shops and social venues were starting to open up, until I can go back to work in the office or find a new non WFH job I will feel I’m still in lockdown. I did attempt clothes shopping but I had an eerie feeling walking around the city centre and its shopping centres, a ghost town vibe.  Also, what was the point I didn’t need any new clothes as I’m not going anywhere. A hot Friday night sitting in a beer garden having a few drinks last week was a very refreshing taste of ‘normal’.
There are a few positives to this situation, I have saved money, got (and getting) fitter and I hope social distancing at the cinema is forever. No talking, no loud eating and no kicking of my chair from behind, only true movie fans who actually want to watch and listen to the film are currently going to the movies. No chatty teenagers who have no interest in the film they have paid to see and no ignorant parents who cannot control their feral noisy children. It is a movie lover’s Disneyland.
We can only look forward; tomorrow is another day Stay safe x
Lockdown TV
Firstly, RIP Criminal Minds, Modern Family and Hawaii 5-0
Killing Eve (BBC): Terrible, I won’t be bothering with series 4. If there is one.
The Good Place (Netflix): Started off in the good place for series 1 and 2, headed to the bad place for series 3 and I stuck it out to the end of series 4 and it ended in a nice place.
The Other Mother and Philharmonia (Walter Presents): Magnifique and any other positive French words I don’t know.
Inhuman Resources (Netflix): If it wasn’t for Eric Cantona, I might have got bored in the middle but enough twists to keep me interested.
White Lines (Netflix): It picked up towards the end. I want to be back in Ibiza!
Steel Magnolias and Virgin River (Netflix): American small towns, easy going storylines of friendship and love. A welcome change from my zombies and serial killers.
Lincoln Rhyme, The Hunt for Bone Collector (Sky Witness): A good typical American crime drama it ended well, shame it got cancelled.
Chicago PD (Sky Witness): Bad cops…with hearts. Voith is like the Robin Hood of the Windy City. I watched all 7 boxsets in a month.
Parks and Recreation (Sky Comedy): A few laugh out louds, Ron seems to have the best lines. I have the last series to go.
And so much Place in the Sun (Channel 4 and HGTV) I could become an Estate Agent… near the Mediterranean Sea obviously.
Lockdown Week 8…9…19? I don’t know anymore. Time to look forward Still having to work from home, redundancy looking likely, no signs of having a holiday in France this year (sorry Monsieur X) and losing the confidence and energy to go out of the house apart from the supermarket, cinema and a daily walk.Â















