Fiona Shine

Fiona Shine

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- Day 32
- Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 10:54 AM
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- Ireland Stillorgan 53.29333, -6.1916753°17’36” N 6°11’30” W
Brunch time!
April 25, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Dropped over to Mums for a socially distant brunch this morning. Picked up brunch in the Mellow Fig on my way over & Lisa dialled in over zoom.

Today was the last of the sunny weather for a while so it was good to sit out at mum's and get some vitamin d. Paddy had sent over loads of jellies for Paul's birthday so offloaded some of them on Mum & Anna since me and Paul are trying to be healthy!

Here's a pic of some unusual coloured tulips in our estate! The estate is looking great these days with all the lovely flowers!

Did a marathon pace session with Lisa today. On the usual West pier. I know if give out about having to use the West pier all the time but it's actually ideal - soft gravel, really wide, easy to social distance.

Had a zoom call with the 2 Lisas, John, Jt, Garrett and Orlaith this evening...along with a few glasses of prosecco! 🥂 was great to catch up with everyone- ended up chatting for over 3 hours!
Found out JT and Rhona have both tested positive but their symptoms have been mild thankfully. Weigel also caught it from his dad but he is completely asymptomatic.

Trump has suggested that injecting dettol might cure you..dettol have had to issue a statement to say that injecting their product is not safe! 🙄
Boris is back in work today after recovering.
Rumour has it that Kim Jong Un might have died from it but unconfirmed.Read more
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- Day 31
- Friday, April 24, 2020 at 5:32 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- Ireland Dublin 53.3338, -6.248853°20’2” N 6°14’56” W
Overdose of fitness classes!
April 24, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
I was in a total heap when I woke up this morning.. think I might have overdone it on the fitness front! 😬 unfortunately I had prepaid for an 8am Pete class so couldn't miss it! 😭

Today was very uneventful. Lovely and sunny again. Making the most of it as it's meant to change from Sunday.. will be alot tougher being on lockdown when the weather is bad.

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- Day 29
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 12:45 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Ireland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
Bored boxing!
April 22, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Tried a body weight boxing class today! Really enjoyed it. Think I might sign up to a real life boxing class when this is over.

Bought some more buxus balls from Lidl this morning. Felt a bit guilty filling my trolley with plants and compost...not exactly essential groceries but someone's gotta buy them right?!

Funny how exercise, baking and gardening have rocketed in popularity! Bags of compost, flour and kettlebells are like total gold dust these days. I guess when you're stuck at home there isn't much else to be doing.

Mass gatherings have been cancelled until at least December. That means the Berlin music festival and the Killers are both cancelled 😭

There is a trend going around in fb where people are being asked to tag their favourite running pic to flood the internet with positivity. Here's my pic!

I'm SO BORED of this lockdown! I just want my freedom back to go for a drive or meet my friends or anything really. The uncertainty of not knowing when it will end is REALLY getting to me...even finding it hard to keep up the motivation at work with it being remote. I don't think I have ever had so many emails to get through in my inbox! 🙈

Plan for tomorrow = more of the same.

At least the weather is 🌞🌞🌞Read more
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- Day 28
- Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 2:24 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Ireland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
Injured by a fish pie!
April 21, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Another beautiful day today - we really have been so lucky with the weather!
We brought the table tennis table out to the garden and myself & Mia have been getting lots of use out of it - the wind adds an extra skill/luck factor!

Oasis went into liquidation and stopped accepting gift cards a few days ago, and I still have an unspent €100 voucher from Christmas..nooo! I sent a letter to AIB today to request a charge back so hopefully it comes through. Lots of business are struggling to survive and there are lots of news stories of big companies going out of business.
By the time this is over I'd say loads of shops, pubs etc will have gone bust.

I ordered disposable masks which arrived in the post today. I'll wear one on my next outing to the shops but might save some in case mask wearing becomes compulsory - Alot of countries are bringing in restrictions where you can't leave the house or go shopping without wearing a mask.

Dropped out to mums to give her some anti bac wipes & collected my old cd player while I was there. I must give it a try to see if it still works!

Had another Pete session this evening - loving the virtual Pete classes! Paul shouted down during it to say that he could hear me groaning from the top floor! The neighbours must have also heard me while they were having their bbqs haha!

Lisa chaired a Crusaders table quiz this evening. She did a great job! The race report round was particularly good!

I cooked a fish pie for lunch today, and then dropped it all down my front and burnt my leg through my jeans! :(Read more
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- Day 27
- Monday, April 20, 2020 at 7:58 PM
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Ireland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
Gardening!
April 20, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
The weather has been unbelievably good recently and is meant to last, so today I decided to bring the table tennis table outside! Paul was happy because it frees up space for him to move the office downstairs and away from Mia's room- she doesn't like being woken up by his 9.15am conference calls!

Windy Ridges have been closed for deliveries for the past while because they got completely overwhelmed by orders. But they opened briefly this morning and I was able to get an order in..
And it arrived a few hours later!
One planter fully complete 😁
Now I have some flowers for the bees!

Found some anti bac wipes in boots today. They are like gold dust at the moment so it was very exciting! They had a sign up saying you could only buy 1 packet but I got away with buying 2, woohoo! I'll drop one over to Mum later this week.

Some new toys and a new house arrived for the guinea pigs today. Me and Paul have been ordering so much stuff recently, our doorbell is constantly ringing with deliveries!

Mia sat outside for the afternoon reading her book and brought the guinea pigs outside for some fresh air. She started back at school today after the Easter holidays - she really struggled to get out of bed for pastoral care at 10am!

Went for another run with Paul today. He's really getting into this running malarkey! That's 5 runs so far. We met Olwyn while out running. She nearly fell off her bike with excitement when she spotted me! 🤣

Started on season 4 of love island this evening- we must be getting desperate! 😂🙈Read more
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- Day 26
- Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 4:19 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Ireland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
Lockdown quartet & long run Sunday
April 19, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Went for my long run early today so that I could get back to help Mia with her religion project on Ethics. This was for my benefit as much as hers to avoid her needing a last minute dig out at 10pm tonight!

Had the usual chats with Lisa while out running- we're both following the same Emmet plan which is handy! Spotted this happy unicorn during it. Lots of people have teddies and signs stuck in their windows - signs about staying at home and things to brighten up people's walks/runs!

I downloaded a new app for my Garmin which alerts you when you're within 50 meters of your 2km radius! It was interesting to see exactly where my radius reaches to- just past the 40 foot. I ran around the radius, up to the graduate ( which is slightly outside the radius) ,down to Deansgrange and home. Next week I'll explore the Blackrock side of the radius!

Mia learned all about utilitarianism, deonotology and the philosophy of ethics today! She got quite into it - discussing things like whether it would be right to go back in time to kill baby Hitler - we might have a future philosopher on our hands!

I finally finished my section of the lockdown quartet - recording and video. Can't wait to see the finished result when Lisa puts it together!

In general Coronavirus news, the US is quickly becoming the new hotspot while new cases in Europe seem to be plateauing. Alot of American governors have issued stay at home orders but Trump is rallying everyone to protest against having to stay at home. People are out in the streets protesting in some States! I'm so glad I don't live in America!

I ordered some more masks today as I think the ones I originally ordered are gonna be pure crap based on recent reviews haha! It will be good to have a small stash in case mask wearing become a mandatory.Read more
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- Day 25
- Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 6:05 PM
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Ireland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
Race day!
April 18, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today was time trial day on Emmets plan! I also signed up for the Miles that Mater virtual 5k which is raising funds for frontline healthcare workers in Ireland. So today was the big race day!

I was vaguely planning on getting up early to avoid people but decided to have a lie in instead! I went out at about 12pm but luckily it was overcast and cold so it wasn't too busy.
I ran out and back on the West pier and across to finish on the east pier. I'm really happy with my result of 21.49. I pushed quite hard but it's impossible to go full pelt on your own. On a couple of occasions I was tempted to pause my Garmin to catch a breath but I didn't give into temptation!

I had a lovely chicken, goats cheese and beetroot salad for lunch followed by my chicken curry for dinner.

Found a new total junk show today called Too Hot to Handle. It's like Love Island but junkier! Perfect for quarantine!

Here's a pic of what myself, Mum, Anna and Lisa will look like when we emerge from the lockdown haha! 😂Read more
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- Day 24
- Friday, April 17, 2020 at 9:41 AM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Ireland Dún Laoghaire Harbour 53.30167, -6.1453°18’6” N 6°8’24” W
Virtual paint club!
April 17, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Started the day with my usual Friday morning Pete session. Weather is nice so did it outside on the grass! Followed it my a 30 min jog 'with' Lisa in preparation for our 5k time trial tomorrow.

I'm off work today which is nice even though there isn't much to do! Ended up doing a second jog with Paul this afternoon - rude to say no when he's looking for a running partner! 😂
I'm not feeling very rested for tomorrow's 'race'..Ah well!

This evening I did a virtual paintclub class with Mia, Mum and Lisa. It was a butterfly painting. Was really good fun even though our paintings looked a bit dodgy at times haha! They turned out well in the end.

I cooked a lovely Thai red curry from Dervals cookbook for dinner but didn't have time to eat it before the painting class so I just had Apple pie for dinner instead! I'll have the curry tomorrow.

Popped to Supervalu this evening- I must have picked the worst time of the day. The queue was about 30 mins long and it started drizzling while I was standing there! Going to avoid shopping at 5-6pm in future.

Alison had her new baby Clara a couple of weeks ago so I sent her a little hamper which arrived today. She said none of her family have met her baby yet because of coronavirus! It must be a strange time to have a baby.

The HSE have published a map which shows the location of all the confirmed cases in Ireland. They are dotted around EVERYWHERE! Dublin is riddled. It's quite scary to see. We seem to be holding steady at around 700-800 cases and 40 deaths daily - still really high. Hopefully it starts dropping soon.

This day 6 years ago we were in Kenya! Here's a pic of me in a Matatu on my way to visit the giraffe park!Read more
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- Day 23
- Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 2:38 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- Ireland Dublin 53.3338, -6.248853°20’2” N 6°14’56” W
More baking, more virtual classes!
April 16, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Another sunny day in paradise! 😊
Things have quietened down a bit in work which means more time for classic quarantine activities like baking and virtual fitness classes.

Mia baked ginger bread today. We weren't able to find black treacle in the shops so it looks a bit lighter than it should but I can confirm that it tastes delicious!

Luckily I'm doing lots of fitness classes to counteract all the food I'm eating. Today I tried an online Pilates class through work. Lisa joined it too. It was SO tough! I'll be super toned if I keep this up 😄

We are still trying to get money back from our Japan holiday. Finally got through to Vietjet today who said they can refund us in full in 4 months time! Luckily we're not too stuck for cash!
Also found out today that the music festival we were meant to be going to in Hamburg in June has been cancelled..So we will need to try and get our flights and accommodation costs for that refunded now too ☹

People are saying it could be Spring next year before we can start going on holidays abroad again. Hopefully we can go to Rosslare much sooner!

I've stopped watching the news and don't keep much of an eye on the global covid19 tracker anymore. We hit 2 million cases globally yesterday - it's just become so big at this stage with the whole world on lockdown. 2 more weeks of planned lockdown here - I wonder if we will reach our peak before then.

Our CEO sent an email today reminding us all that wer'e not working from home, we are at home trying to work during a crisis. I think it's important to remember the difference!Read more
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- Day 22
- Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 9:25 PM
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- Ireland Dublin 53.3338, -6.248853°20’2” N 6°14’56” W
Stopped by the Gardai
April 15, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Another sunny day today! Went for a run 'with' Lisa again at lunchtime. Legs feeling a bit heavy today.

Aileen gave Mia a recipe for ginger bread. So I went out to the shop after lunch to try and find black treacle for it. Tried Supervalu deansgrange - no luck. Drove out to Aldi in Blackrock - no luck but did find 49 cent cadburys easter eggs - yummy success! Finally tried M&S - still no luck! Baking ingredients are hard to come by these days :-(

On the way home I got stopped at a garda checkpoint. The garda was very friendly - he stood well back on the passenger side and just asked me what the purpose of my trip was & then asked where I lived. He seemed happy enough when I told him even though I was a bit beyond my neighbourhood!

We had another family quiz tonight with Mum as the host!
She had a round where we had to guess the baby pic - I got mixed up between Grandad and Paul!

Then joined a catchup Paul was having with the cheeky brew crew - it was a bit random, Molloy was telling us all about what's going on in the States in a way that made it seem like he thought America is the only place on lockdown! He was filling us in on how a the shops are shut and how crazy the situatuin is over there. I guess alot of people in America only really hear about the stuff that's happening on their doorstep!

Feeling a bit sick now after eating a whole Easter egg!Read more
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