Personal

#LivingInLockdown Day 8 – Monday 23rd March This week I’m going to vary the blog a bit. I will no longer go through my daily activities in chronological order, because having read week one you will quickly find the routine repetitive and monotonous. Trust me on this, I know! I’m the one living it. Bad

#LivingInLockdown Day 7 – Sunday 22nd March   It’s a grey Sunday morning after a boozy Saturday night. What else is a girl to do except have a nice lie in. Time to settle down to some serious slobbing in bed with a mug of tea, some online games and a bit of book reading.

#LivingInLockDown Day 5 – Friday March 20th   Interesting day! Woke up late and a bit groggy from the bottle of wine the night before. Not hungover as such (no headaches or raging thirst) but definitely not on top form. The idea of doing any exercise is off the table and slobbing in bed for

#LivingInLockDown Day 4 (Part 2) – Thursday March 19th It’s a big night in the lockdown calendar because I am hosting my first Zoom video conference meeting and I have no idea what I’m doing. This is an event for Costa Women Madrid, a group I whose social events I host. The idea is instead

#LivingInLockDown Day 4 (Part 1) – Thursday March 19th   I wake up early today and hungry. This is good news. I’ve obviously caught up on my sleep. I’m generally a good sleeper and if interrupted my body will claw it back. I don’t question the body just sleep when it tells me to. My

#LifeInLockDown Day 2 (part 2) – Tuesday March 17th Despite the cramps I’m up again at 8pm as this is the time all Madrid (possibly all Spain) goes to their windows to cheer. Everyone claps, blows horns, waves lights in the air for about five minutes. It’s very up-lifting. Pretty much every apartment in my

CHOOSE FAITH OVER FEAR You can choose faith or fear. Don’t give in to fear. Just don’t do it! Fear is spreading and it is spreading throughout this country and world. When you give in to fear, you do nothing to help yourself and you do many things that can harm yourself and harm your

#LifeInLockDownDay 2 (part 1) – Tuesday March 17th Woken up by the start of cramps at 4am. This is pretty normal. I drag myself out of bed to refill the hot water bottle and swallow an ibuprofen with a yoghurt to help it down. Whilst waiting for the kettle to boil I ponder the current