In the Time Of Pandemic

And the people stayed home.

And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still.

And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed.

And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.

 The Daily Round by Catherine M. O’Meara, 2011-Present.

We are scared and confused:

I am sitting on my sofa watching TV and suddenly the news:we can’t go out, we have to stay at home, what?, the virus is really bad then… ok we don’t have to go school, still we can’t meet our friends, too bad 🙁

We watch the news:

I am watching the news and I hear that I have to stay at home, without being able to see my friends and relatives. It’s a very strange situation because in the evening instead of going out, I have to stay in and just wait for the Covid updates.

We miss our friends:

-It is awful, what are my friends doing now? I’m going to text them, I feel so lonely…everything moves so slowly…

-I miss my friends a lot, above all I miss talking to them live, sitting on a bench and have fun together. I can’t wait to meet them again in phase 3.

 We start lessons on line:

These days I wake up a bit later than usual, I sit at the table and looking at the mess on my desk, then I switch  the computer on for the video lessons. Another day begins…

We do our homework:

In the morning we do remote lessons despite some connection problems, it is something that keeps us busy. In the afternoon we study for the many written and oral tests of this period. We do our homework because we need to get good grades.

We are bored 

It’s Saturday, three p.m, what if I call F. and ask him to have some pizza? Maybe it’s probably better to go to the cinema with my friends or have a kebab in Viareggio. I really would like to go dancing tonight, INSTEAD I have to stay home sitting on my chair, studying !How unfair! I’m so bored! Fil.

We sleep long hours

-Since I have a lot of free time during the day, I sleep and rest a lot.  Although It’s a bad situation, I’m happy to be able to sleep in the morning and not have to wake up to go to school.

-In these quarantine days, in order not to get bored in my free time, I prefer to sleep and rest.

We relax

There are various ways to spend these long lockdown days including listening to music, watching tv series, playing board games with your relatives, playing video games on line with your friends, during the beautiful days sunbathing or in my case watching the sunset from the roof to relax.

We play video games

Since the lockdown began, it’s the only thing that really has amused me, I turn on the console at 9.30 p.m. and I start laughing and screaming with my friends while we play continuously until my eyes close.

We play boardgames and cards

Unable to go out because of the quarantine, my father and I decide to spend time playing cards. It’s fun to play with the family, especially when you win.

We shop

– In this situation it is impossible to buy in shops fortunately there is shopping online. You’re not sure if what you’re buying is ok but it’s still a good way to help the market move forward.

– We usually shop once a week. We go to the supermarket when we have nothing left , so we help the country to stay at home.

We cook with our family

– I am bored because I can’t go out. So my mum and I are cooking various delights and I am eating with my family. When the quarantine is over I will have become a very good cook.

–The virus has limited most of our freedoms but not that of cooking and eating with our family … that’s why I made pizza with my mom today !!! Cooking is fun and I’m learning to do many dishes both salted and sweet!

We eat pizza, focaccia and popcorn… desserts

Unfortunately we have to stay at home and then since we have more free some time we have started doing things that we had never tried to do, we started experimenting, trying to make cakes, focaccias or pizzas. Aren’t we Italians?

We do some gardening

Being in quarantine is very frustrating and the days are increasingly boring so I looked for new hobbies, including do some gardening: who would have thought that watering and pruning our plants was so relaxing?

We have a manicure

I am bored and I surf Youtube to look for a tutorial on how to do my nails . After learning how to do I have  decided to order a nails set on line and  try to do it myself. After several attempts I have learnt to manage my nails and I have decided not to go to the beautician anymore.

We keep fit

-Sitting at home and not being able to be in contact with my friends. I do keep fit with stretching, low impact aerobics and light weight lifting every day.

-Doing physical activity alone is more tiring than you think, it is much better to do it in a group, but we cannot be with our mates and friends, not even to train. For now I will have to do sport alone.

 -I  have prepared  daily training courses to do in my garden. I usually train for about an hour and a half. I have to work hard to do my best next sport season.

We watch films

In this quarantine, I follow video lessons in the morning and in the early afternoon I do my homework, then I don’t know what to do so I often watch some films on DVDs.

We do some housework

We have a lot of free time and yes, we have to help with the housework, don’t we? Oh my God!

We have a snack

After this hard work we have to recover with a snack, yummy!

We walk the dog

-Lucky is my dog. I play with him. My family and I love Lucky. 

-One of the ways to get out is walking our dog. He has never been so grateful to get out of the house. But I can’t go too far…

-In this period we cannot go out and we must stay at home. One of the few opportunities we have to be able to go out is with our dog even if close to home. So I try to spend more time with him and get some fresh air.

We listen to music

As soon as I have a minute free I listen to music, sometimes I forget to turn down the volume while I am attending classes , 

my bad! Sometimes I forget to rotate the photo! 🙂

We draw

I like drawing

We all hope for the best

I have been locked up in my house for a month. Soon I will see my friends again. I’m so happy. Then Conte announces that the lockdown isn’t over. We have to stay at home for another month. I hope for the best. I want to go out again, I want to meet my friends, I want to go for a walk and eat an ice-cream, I want to ride my scooter again. I want my freedom back.

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