How I Am Spending My Quarantine
It's already the fourth day of my state being on lockdown but it's my 13th day of staying at home. After last week's Sunday, when I went to church for the usual Sunday service I haven't been out there relating and engaging with people.
It was usually a routine for us to hold each other's hands at the closure of each service singing our church family song to the heavens but it wasn't so on the 23rd of March, with the announcements of several cases of COVID-19 in the country (about 30 cases then) the church took necessary precautions. As everyone was made to wash their hands before entering the church.
Getting into the church building, chairs were separated from a good distance from each other in order to keep to social distancing. The Pastor's sermon was focused on us being focus on God, praying and ensuring preventive measures due to the outbreak of the pandemic and there was an announcement made that there will be no church service the following Sunday but we can always join the online service.
Getting home that Sunday evening as I was browsing through the Internet I found out more confirmed cases of COVID-19 pandemic have been found in the country, this got me so scared. Though there were no confirmed cases in my state of residence I decided to start practicing self-isolation on Monday, 24th of march even before there was a lockdown.
My siblings were still going out though, my brother to his work and my sister to her mini business but I was indoors and it was easier for me to stay indoors because I engage in remote jobs. I became the watch girl for my siblings for the first seven days of my self-isolation except weekends ensuring they wash their hands before stepping into the has and having a bath immediately getting into the house and clothes they wore being wash with soap, water, and disinfectants.
On my 5th day of being in quarantine, I had to go outside. My brother went to refill our gas cylinder and the gas station guy that ought to deliver it to our house wasn't around, so I had to go out and grab the drinks my brother bought as the distance between our house and the gas station wasn't that much on my way, I saw a man who was coming from the opposite direction and he was on the right-hand side on the road as me I had to move to the left-hand side to observe social distancing well enough and I am glad I did as he sneezes when getting towards me. lol
On a normal day I won't be so conscious of a man on the road sneering but with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic were consciousness to every little thing was on the high. And when I got home I had a thorough bath immediately.
Friends and family that I haven't heard from for a while now are reaching out to me via calls and messages. When I check my social media I notice many of my friends more online than before.
Do I Get Bored?
Many folks have been complaining online about being bored but to me, boredom is really not a thing. Maybe, because I do work from home on a norm and so introverted that I love the comfort of my home so much. Although, I miss going out especially going for my usual evening walk.
I just hope the pandemic will end for us all to go to our normal lives. My sister did have a catarrh at the beginning of the quarantine and she was sneezing but no dry cough or any other signs of COVID-19. I was scared and kind of conscious but three days later she got better and right now she is very much healthy, same as the rest of our family.
The lockdown given is a way to protect our health and all. But hunger in the land is fighting it, a number of the population do feed according to their daily or weekly earnings so it's quite difficult for them to be indoors because food is also health, and health is love. A number of NGOs and good heart citizens did share food items, money, and other useful household items to the poor but it was unable to go round. The government did make some provisions but I will say they didn't put their best as a little number of persons were able to receive their aides.
Three days back (my 10th) day of self-isolation I notice the lime tree in our compound leaves are getting dried up. I took a photo of it because I know it's going to rain so soon. And it's life, green leaves will be restored. Maybe when it's back to full life I will share both photos with you.
And please don't mind my photograph, I am more of novice photography than an amateur. lol
Plan on using this quarantine period to take some online courses of photography
The lockdown was getting on my sister and she brought an idea of us making some pastries. So we made some meat pies.
So far so good, my quarantine seems like a holiday for me. A time to relax, learn more and try out new things, and most importantly spend more time with my family.