“Not even this glorious sunshine will be able to put a gloss on it.” Our lockdown diarists karlkwin, melly_singer, davidallegretti and amandadunn10 are up to day six
Seven ways you know you’re back in lockdown:
Walking the dog on Saturday morning and the streets are all but deserted. You feel a little like Will Smith inLeaving the house and getting 20 metres up the street before remembering you’re supposed to be wearing a mask, then running back inside to get it. I woke up at 5am again. But rather than lay in bed and fight for a couple more hours of peace, I got up, made a passable instant coffee, and stood in the morning silence of my dim kitchen, sipping my coffee and watching my dog as he watched me with his dopey adorable face. He loves lockdowns.David Allegretti
“We go for a scoot to our favourite cafe, the daily ritual that has been so important to both of us for all four lockdowns.”I send check-in texts to my mum, and a couple of friends. As we wait for the next set of numbers, we all fervently hope this lockdown really will only be for seven days.Today, at least, feels calmer. I spent a good chunk of the last day of our phony lockdown in line at The Alfred. My 17-year-old daughter had symptoms, and a COVID-19 test was in order.
“I’m a little sad for myself. At the risk of self-indulgence, I had been due to fly to Sydney tomorrow, for part two of our babymoon ...”So, today, I am doing my best to cope by reverting to my Lockdown 2.0 playbook: I have just put beef bones in the oven to make broth. I hope the scent that will waft through my apartment over the weekend will be a salve that will calm my feelings of grief and loss, lamenting what could have been.
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