I already had a little post that I was going to put up but hadn't finished editing yet about this whole situation. I'll admit that in the light of it all now, I was being slightly selfish about a couple of things like theatre trips and holidays being cancelled. Now though, we have hit level 3 in New Zealand and about to head to level 4 in 48 hours. For those of you outside New Zealand, what that basically means is the country is in lock down for the next four weeks.
No one is supposed to go outside if it isn't entirely necessary. All non essential businesses are closed. No travel. Life is basically on hold. Shit got serious and I got very scared. After a meeting at work this morning to discuss what would happen to us all if things got worse, we sat and had a few drinks and a laugh with each other. We split and went home. Two hours later and the broadcast went live with the Prime Minister telling us that we were going to lock down level 4 in 48 hours. Not even going to lie...I cried. But with all that being said....here is the original post, that I had planned on putting up.
The pandemic has happened and we all must stay indoors! Normally as a rather introverted person, I wouldn't really mind that being a thing. Sadly though I had a lot of things happening over the next coming months that are now 100% royally screwed.
Honestly the last few months for me have been a whirlwind of not being mentally ok. It's a struggle when your heart is constantly split in two countries and you're trying to figure out what's going to make you happiest. It's been an up and down battle that's left me feeling unchallenged in life and looking for something a little more exciting than what I've currently got going on. Then of course the virus hit and life went to shit.
My trip to Auckland to take my mum to see Mary Poppins - the show I've wanted her to see since I saw it the first time in the West End last October, before flying out to NZ. CANCELLED.
Going to Melbourne to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. CANCELLED.
My mum moving to Alice Springs to be with my dad. CANCELLED.
Still being able to work a full time job in the mess of everything. CANCELLED.
And of course although we can't get out of New Zealand, we still have to move out of the house and get the furniture in to a shipping container to go. (This is now completely uncertain and if the furniture can't be moved, then neither will we.) It's all gone insane and stressful and I just want to lie on the couch with Disney Plus until it has all blown over and not have to think. But now there's refunds to be dealt with, flights re-booked and some budgeting for the next coming months.
In the light of everything though I wanted to list a couple of things that are at least a plus out of all of this madness...look on the brighter side. That has been an absolute struggle but I think if I don't then I will go insane very soon.
No one is supposed to go outside if it isn't entirely necessary. All non essential businesses are closed. No travel. Life is basically on hold. Shit got serious and I got very scared. After a meeting at work this morning to discuss what would happen to us all if things got worse, we sat and had a few drinks and a laugh with each other. We split and went home. Two hours later and the broadcast went live with the Prime Minister telling us that we were going to lock down level 4 in 48 hours. Not even going to lie...I cried. But with all that being said....here is the original post, that I had planned on putting up.
The pandemic has happened and we all must stay indoors! Normally as a rather introverted person, I wouldn't really mind that being a thing. Sadly though I had a lot of things happening over the next coming months that are now 100% royally screwed.
Honestly the last few months for me have been a whirlwind of not being mentally ok. It's a struggle when your heart is constantly split in two countries and you're trying to figure out what's going to make you happiest. It's been an up and down battle that's left me feeling unchallenged in life and looking for something a little more exciting than what I've currently got going on. Then of course the virus hit and life went to shit.
My trip to Auckland to take my mum to see Mary Poppins - the show I've wanted her to see since I saw it the first time in the West End last October, before flying out to NZ. CANCELLED.
Going to Melbourne to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. CANCELLED.
My mum moving to Alice Springs to be with my dad. CANCELLED.
Still being able to work a full time job in the mess of everything. CANCELLED.
And of course although we can't get out of New Zealand, we still have to move out of the house and get the furniture in to a shipping container to go. (This is now completely uncertain and if the furniture can't be moved, then neither will we.) It's all gone insane and stressful and I just want to lie on the couch with Disney Plus until it has all blown over and not have to think. But now there's refunds to be dealt with, flights re-booked and some budgeting for the next coming months.
In the light of everything though I wanted to list a couple of things that are at least a plus out of all of this madness...look on the brighter side. That has been an absolute struggle but I think if I don't then I will go insane very soon.
- All the hours I've lost at work and socialising, I can replace with all the video editing, reading of my brand new books and catching up on the TV shows and movies I've yet to watch. (Shout out to Disney for putting Frozen 2 on Plus, 3 months earlier than they were meant to for us quarantined bored people). I plan on a Marvel marathon in timeline order....Captain America all the way to SpiderMan Far From Home.
- My mum not leaving the country yet means I get to spend more time with her before she moves. Although we can't go and do all the exciting things we had been planning on doing, I do get to see her for an additional month or months. Alice Springs is the middle of no where and expensive to get in and out of. Once out there, I'll maybe see my parents once a year for the next coming years.
- I don't have to stress over buying a new car for another little while. With my mum hanging around longer, I get to keep a hold of my dads car and the stress of finding something within three weeks has been lifted. We're all under house lock down now anyway, not like I've got the option of going anywhere in a car even if I wanted to.
- All the worries and little things that were niggling at my brain before all of this went down, have some down time. The fact that the entire world is frozen for the coming months means that I can be too. I can get back to sitting and doing things because I want to. Because I love to.
- My other two trips were booked for July and August. At the moment I'm hoping that all of this will have blown over within three months (hopefully two) and life can resume as normal as possible.
It's a very scary and uncertain time for not just New Zealand, but the entire world. I'm hoping that by being harsh in the restrictions, New Zealand can stop the virus from spreading too far and we can re-open and carry on with our lives soon. Four harsh weeks is going to be better than dragging it out for months, like some countries will be doing, and be forced in to lock down further down the line anyway.
The timing of this is so unfortunate for my family, with our holidays all cancelled and moving houses and countries put on hold. But we can re-book for later in the year, we have options so we aren't out of house and I have the most amazing bosses who are going to help us get through this time of closed business.
If anyone needs someone to talk to during this time, give me a message, send me a snapchat and give me all your funny memes. I will definitely be needing the chats too. We can get through this together and we will come out the other side and start fresh, grateful for the things we missed in isolation.
Stay safe beautiful people.
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