In all honesty, nowhere! As lockdown eases gradually, it seems logical to record my experience since this all kicked off in March.
Like most people I have found this whole ‘staying at home’ a mixture of incredibly difficult and somewhat revolutionary! I have used my allowed daily exercise each evening to go to the yard, be with Pea and do some mucking out! The rest of the time I have stayed at home with the exception of a few trips into work when I have needed to. Only in the last week have I been back in work full time rather than working from home. All of my family live far away so I haven’t seen any of them in real life during this time.
The lowlights:
- I have really missed normal work!
- I miss seeing my family – particularly the little ones who are growing up so quickly
- I’ve had to be careful with my hip – sitting at a desk all day and then doing a day’s worth of exercise in one go has been slightly challenging for it!
- Having to cancel the wedding we had planned and not knowing whether we will be able to still sign the piece of paper on the date or not.
- The (almost goes without saying) total anxiety and fear of the virus and what it can do! I’m lucky that I don’t have to do the food shopping in my house but I am more and more terrified of having to fuel my car.
The highlights:
- More video chats and phone calls with family than ever before.
- The push to be imaginative with exercise for me and Pea including far more walking than usual (though I’ve started riding again in the last few weeks).
- More sleep (on the nights the anxiety lets me sleep!)
- Being forced to stay at home at the weekends has given me the chance to get on top of the housework and spend more time with Alex.
- Realising just how lucky I am to have the family, friends, job, pets and health that I do.
Young Hip and Horsey 