Share your experience in the form of a diary entry,regarding COVID-19 and how you felt throughout this lock down period .
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Day 6
A delivery man showed up today. Have never been so excited to see a delivery person before. He did not have half the things I’d ordered but never mind, it was exciting to just see him there.
Got newspaper too. Sunned it first. Society pages have gone down to nothing. No parties, no premieres, no art openings. Just the comic strips.
Cancelled summer vacation plans. Friend sent good joke showing the new subway map connecting bedroom to kitchen to bathroom to terrace to second bathroom to living room.
Nodded at neighbor from balcony. Shared stories about maids who cannot come to work.
TV soap showing reruns. Back to when main lead still had her memory.
Day 7
Washing machine is running a leak. Is this covered under emergency services? Who knows these things? Fried up readymade afternoon potato snacks. Then decided that with a little tomato cucumber salad, this could be turned into a light dinner. Snacks cancelled.
Understanding allure of one-pot meals and why maid’s face falls when she sees the dishes piled in the sink. Have decided that since no one is coming to the house, we do not need to sweep every day.
Reduced to rationing cigarettes. Had to start with a small peg today. Out of mixers.
Day 8
If you heat the water first, rum and water tastes almost OK. Spent afternoon bird watching from verandah. Signed up for online yoga class.
Heard PM might speak again. Terrified of what he might say next.
Watching Ramayana on Doordarshan. How did we once watch it every week? But this is all starting to feel a bit like Yesterday Once More — the whole family at home, evening games of Ludo and Uno, Doordarshan and Ramayana. Makes one nostalgic.
Almost brought out the old family album. Is hairdressing included under exempt services?
Day 9
Am hearing rumors the lockdown will be extended. Need conditioner for hair and mixers for the drinks. Mulling starting on that bottle of tourist alcohol with scorpion suspended inside it. How bad can it be? Wish I had some decent cola to wash it down with.
Gathered kids, ₹700, and set out on foot for the village in Bihar. 1,065 kilometres to go.
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