Day 14 - Clap for our healthcare workers

Has it really been two weeks already? It doesn’t feel like it! We had clear blue skies today, for the first time this year I think. More weather like this will make this time a lot more bearable. It was lovely to sit out and sunbathe for a while this afternoon.

I spent most of the afternoon checking in with my students on Zoom. I met each of them for ten minutes, just to reassure them about the end of year assessments etc and to see how they’re getting on. Some are still in Cork and getting quite lonely, especially those on their own. Some how gone back home to the Middle East, and some of these are waiting in hotels in Dubai for a quarantine period before their government lets them back to their own country. One guy was on a mountain in the Omani desert when I contacted him, and it really brightened my day when he used his camera to show me the views!

In the evening, I did an online live dance class, and again, it was good for my mood to be doing the jive! We don’t have many moments of just pure joy and fun these days.

The 9pm news this evening was very sad. A further ten people have died from covid19, bringing the total in Ireland to nineteen. This news really hit me in the stomach tonight.

At 8pm though, there was a nationwide “applause for our healthcare workers.” I was completely surprised an moved to hear so many people in our neighbourhood clapping. Peter and I went outside to add our applause too. I hope this is something that we might do regularly as a country.Read more