Although I’ve called this six long weeks I find it hard to believe that we’ve actually been in lockdown for that length of time. I can’t see that there’s been anything beneficial in it for me personally except of course that I haven’t caught Covid-19 but, maybe I never would have done or maybe I would have and recovered and become immune. Who knows? For the planet there possibly or probably have been benefits. The air is a lot cleaner and in some cities which were highly polluted the level of toxic air is greatly reduced. It’s spring so maybe more birds and wildlife have not only been born but managed to survive and hopefully less plastic rubbish has been thrown into the sea. All these things will no doubt benefit us all in time.
The president of Belarus has declined to put his country’s citizens into lockdown. He has claimed that they can avoid the illness by drinking vodka and having saunas. Well, if one demon doesn’t get you the other certainly will. Oops, just seen that you only need to drink 50ml of the alcohol per day. The leader has also given the advice that working in the fields and having breakfast on time is the best way to stay healthy. What time is on time, I usually have mine between 10.30 and 11.30, will that do? But then I don’t work in the fields or anywhere else and I don’t drink alcohol. No hope for me.
I’ve been watching Netflix as promised. I’ve seen three episodes of The Crown, not sure what I think yet as it seems a bit slow, maybe it will liven up in time. Also I keep thinking that the Queen’s hair is too long so I’ve checked it out. Just right for when she got married but by the coronation it was quite a bit shorter, these details are very important. I’ve also had a look at Unorthodox which I had read about and which has been recommended, I’m definitely enjoying that. I’ve also read that the Sussex couple who are now living in LaLa land will release their biography in the summer. It will ‘navigate their life from the wedding till they stepped down from royal life’. It will no doubt be a short story.
I started this blog on the first day of lockdown and never thought that it might go on this long. It’s taken on a life of its own (similar to the coronavirus really) and somehow I can’t go to bed without doing an update. As the talks go on of a possible relaxation of isolation I wonder if I will continue into the future. I think maybe I will but perhaps not daily, more like a weekly column. Que sera sera. Sleep well everyone, this too shall pass.