Day 71 - Windy!

Today was very windy, but I managed to get out for a run just before 8am, and then I was back in time to do the 8.30am “stretch flow” class hosted by Home Festival. Home Festival is a Facebook page that hosts about six or eight free online activities per day, including dance classes, yoga, cooking classes and makeup tutorials etc. It’s been one of the best things about lockdown for me, and I usually do something from their page at least once a week.

At 10.30am, I had to meet my boss to hand over some student assignments. She lives out past Blarney, so we met outside a church that is about halfway between our houses. It was nice to see her in person again, after over two months. We didn’t get to chat much though, because we could barely hear each other in the wind. She opened her boot, stood back, and I put the papers in. It’s a bit awkward trying to navigate these new social interactions! I’ve now met two friends since lockdown began, and I’ve felt quite clumsy/awkward in both encounters! We’ll learn to adapt to the new normal, I guess.

I spent most of the rest of the day preparing my screencasts and lecture material for Tuesday’s classes. I think this is the first time that I haven’t left it until the day before! I’ll be glad on Monday, when all I have to do is hit the upload button.

As usual on a Friday, we chatted to Peter’s family on Zoom in the evening. Zoom makes me tired sometimes, so I joined in about halfway through. Then we watched a funny Seth Rogan film called Long Shot, although I passed out asleep before the end. I’ve my Crusaders virtual relay mile tomorrow morning, and I’m feeling a sense of anticipation like I would before an actual, real life race!Läs mer