#isolation blog

[lifeonlockdown-turtlepuppet]

Day 50 of lockdown - 12/5/2020

TL;DR:

I’m a Scottish girl who does art, cooks, is vegan, and plays games who has recently been placed in lock-down along with the rest of the UK. I’ll be making a daily diary of it all and maybe even posting some art if I make any. Read the rest to find out Day 50 of Lockdown’s Daily update incl. Food, Activity & Health, and Work

Time of post: 11:15AM

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Update

family photoshoot today

Today’s Stats:

UK cases -   223,060 ( +  3,877 new ) UK Deaths - 32,065 (+ 210 new ) Covid19 Mortality Rate - 6.86% Influenza Mortality Rate - 0.186% SARS Mortality Rate - 9.6%

Sleep:

Slept last night - 0500  Woke up - 1030

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Food

Options still available for dinner:

Lentil Soup (already cooked)

Lentil Daal

Baked potatoes

Foil packet meals on the fire

French Onion soup

Spiced rice

Stuffed potato skins

Roast (we use stuffing balls instead of meat!)

Fried Rice

Spicy rice and bean soup

Bean Chilli

pasta bake

sweet and sour chickpeas with rice

still need to buy ingredients for:

Bacon/Egg/Potato cubes fry up thingy-ma-jig (vegan bacon and vegan egg)

Vegan Hot dogs

for moving to my boyfriends I will buy at aldi:

Crisps

Bagels

Hashbrowns

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Activity and Health

My activity options include:

Making omamori for the neighbourhood

Digital Art

Animation

Animal Crossing + other games

Keeping this diary

Learning Japanese

Walking Dogs

Streaming

Playing wow

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Work

Today’s to-do’s are:

-Japanese  -Blog Post -SAAS application/finance -Clean -Stream -Cook

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If you read this far, thank you so much and I hope my updates are useful and informative and that we can all stick together and see this pandemic as not only a thing to be afraid of, but also a thing to be fascinated and educated about.

ByeBye~

[behindmymadness]

Move Over Elsa

Disney’s Elsa is no longer the only one in a kingdom of isolation. 

If you’ve been living under an actual rock, here’s a blurb about why this is.

Coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, has taken the world by storm in the worst way possible. As of March 25, almost half a million people have been infected and almost 20,000 have died. In the past week, the United States has reported thousands of new cases each day. It is currently ranked third behind China and Italy with the highest amount of cases. The symptoms of this virus can be mild (fever, dry coughing) to severe (pneumonia, death). 

The information above was obtained from these sources: Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and the New York Times.

Millions of people are being affected by the novel coronavirus. They have to take into account their social responsibility of distancing themselves from others. 

So, here we are. 

I’ve already forgotten what day of quarantine we’re on. I’ve watched at least 3 movies on Disney+ (one of which was Frozen 2), finished the new seasons of Sex Education on Netflix and am tempted to rewatch all of Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Hulu. Shoutout to whoever decided to create streaming services. 

AND PODCASTS. 

Podcasts are a saving grace. They are a great way to distract yourself while you’re supposed to be doing homework or work. They’re good to listen to when if you’re cleaning, cooking or even taking a shower. Armchair Expert and My Favorite Murder are my absolute favorites...and the only ones I truly listen to. Although I discovered one yesterday called This Podcast Will Kill You because they have a 6 part series about the coronavirus. It’s very educational and eye-opening, and I highly recommend it. 

As for schoolwork, my university has transferred to online classes for the rest of the semester. My initial response was “okay, awesome.” But now I’m between a constant state of panic and a mental breakdown. It has only been a week and a half since this change, but I’m already losing my mind. The structure is completely different, and my motivation and concept of time is completely gone. It feels like it’s Sunday. A very long and drawn out Sunday. The lack of actually moving from class to class messes with my brain. I’ve talked to a couple of other people at my college, and they’ve mentioned the same thing. Also, people majoring in fields that require labs...how are they doing it?? Luckily, most of my classes can be transferred online somewhat successfully and my professors have been extremely understanding and considerate, while I’ve hear others haven’t. For instance, when the first email about canceling classes was sent out, all of my professors, granted I have two, sent emails about what they were planning to do. On the other hand, all of my roommates are in a physics class and their professors (I don’t know if they have the same one) took days to send out information about the upcoming week. 

I’ll cut myself off here, but trust me when I say there will be a second part to this. 

Stay safe and wash your hands.