#yearofcovid

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #164

Today was so warm and so lovely. Being in central London on a Sunday and when the weather is hot is a wonderful feeling. Work was fun and day went quick.

I joined my partner after work where we borrowed our dog friend again and took her out for a walk.

The park was full of people and it was quite hot. We stayed about two hours but then we started getting hungry so we delivered her to her family and came back to our flat.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #163

After days of work lost, today I finally had a class to teach. I only had one student so it was more like a one-to-one workshop but I was back at doing what I loved.

Coming back home in the warm summer evening is also delightful.

I am hoping I will get more clients soon and make more money.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #162

I really have abandoned the blog.

I’m sorry about it but I’m also stuck with it and I don’t know what to write each day.

Yes out of quarantine now but life is not that eventful at the moment. 

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #158

Day 8. Quarantine nearly over. All there is left is 2 more days. I am so so so looking forward to getting outside and going for a long walk. I am craving for some movement.

Today we also spent so much time on the sofa, watching Netflix. Didn’t have to cook, more friends rang to check on us and it felt good to be loved and cared for. 

We are also recovering more. We both are feeling like we are over the most of it.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #157

Day 7.

I really don’t recollect much about this day. 

I know for sure that I stopped taking medicine. No more paracetamol or night nurse. This is a victory in my book toward sickness. If my  system can stand strong in the face of covid without paracetamol then I’m a happy person.

We are recovering. It’s getting better by the day. The weather was also wonderful outside. It’s a bliss to be sitting with the windows open, letting fresh air in. Oh God I can’t imagine a life where I can’t get fresh air daily. 

I didn’t have to cook much today as we mostly ate the food my aunt delivered. We ate and spent time watching movies and tv series.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #156

and today, day 6.

Most symptoms died down by today. I got up with some pain but it was mostly due to lying down or sitting all day. My bones are sticking into my flesh.

I could finally sleep a proper sleep for the past 2 nights. The fever and fatigues have left. But some dizziness continues as well as with some headaches.

I got some laundry done today and I loaded the dishwasher. I folded some clothes and I straightened my hair after a hot shower.

I know that looks are the last thing that are important at a time like this but believe me, waking up sick and seeing yourself look sickly in the mirror is not exactly helping with the morale either. I realized I put on more weight in the last few days I am locked away, I know it’s not important but it’s certainly affecting my mental health. I am feeling more and more depressed. Because I am sick and I look terrible when I look in the mirror.

Anyway, doing my hair helped a little bit. But you know what helped the most, my aunt and my cousin driving to deliver supplies to us. Family man, honestly, nothing else matters. My aunt cooked 3 different meals for us and my cousin bought lots of fruit. I feel loved and cared for. I don’t know how to thank them.

I really want my life to get on track after getting out of quarantine, so I can be there for them too. Do some good, be of some use. I’m so tired of flailing about.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #155

I lost smell and taste too. It’s such a strange feeling not be able to taste or smell anything. 

Everything has the strange smell and taste of metal, I think. To be fair that’s what it feels like to me. 

I made myself a bagel sandwich yesterday. If I didn’t have the taste of it in my memory, I don’t think I’d get much from that experience if I’m honest.

Day 5. Can’t wait until I can get outside and walk in the fresh air again.

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Photo-a-day challenge. 2021 Edition #154

Day 4′s photo.

I’m writing this on day 6 because for the past 2 days I was in so much pain and had barely any energy to do anything. I’m lucky that I have friends and family that check up on us. 

I’m lucky that I live with my partner in place that is not shared with strangers. Yes corona is torturous but I think it could have been a much worse experience if I didn’t have all these privileges.