Well we are all back here again and I don’t know if its the weather or the fact that its the second time but I feel a lot more fed up about this lockdown. I’ll take any small pleasure where I can get it and I’m trying to stay as positive as I can. A few small things that are bringing joy unexpectedly.
- Kylie
This Godess has been through many events and memorable times in my life both good and bad. Looks like Covid 2020 is going to be no different. I listen to her song Dancing and I can’t help myself I have to dance. The opening line….No one wants to stay at home!
When I go out I defiantly want to go out dancing, preferably to a Kylie song!!
- Gogglebox
I think this is one of my favourite programs on the TV at the moment and I watch both the Ireland and the UK version. Often the same program is featured on both and its interesting to see the cultural differences in the reactions to the same program. But it’s not getting through because of a study of human behaviour. It’s for two very different reasons.
The first is that they often show the news and then how all the different households react. When the lockdown was announced and one of the women cried it made me realise me crying to it as well was perfectly normal. It makes you realise we are all in this together – the people you know and all the people you don’t. Some with much more difficult situations to deal with.
The second reason is there is not a week that I don’t have a laugh at it. There isn’t much on the TV that makes me laugh – it’s just my own sense of humour. But this is just normal people say daft things and I have a good proper belly laugh each week. The best therapy.
Gogglebox Ireland is on Wednesdays at 9pm on Virgin Media One and UK Gogglebox is on 9pm every Friday on Channel 4. - The Tiger who came to Tea
Its 30 minutes long, one of the few things all three will sit and watch and not fight about it and it wasn’t too expensive to download. However, while all these things enhance this little gem’s wothryness on this list the main reason is the song. I was annoyed at myself that when the pubs and restaurants reopened we didn’t get a baby sitter and go out then a week later the pubs were closed again. Robbie Williams gives me a little reminder when he sings the song…
‘Put on your smile and let the fun begin, Today won’t come around again’ ….
‘Do the things you love while you are able, Time to get up from the kitchen table, Go ahead and open up the door…
‘When you see a chance go out and grab it’
‘Be more like a tiger than a rabbit, You can make a spirit soar by simply opening the door, Let’s face it that’s what doors are for..’
I hear ya Robbie and when the pubs open again I’ll be there!! - My Books
I don’t often get chance to read books of my own and when I do try a few pages in bed I’m usually so tired I fall asleep before I get to the end of the page. But I recently started a small book club with the Usborne books I sell and it’s just the ticket. They are written for young adults so there is an ease to them that sometimes you don’t get with other books. They aren’t too long and they are for people that don’t have the greatest attention span which is the same as a mother with three toddlers in my mind!
The other part of it is the people it brings me into contact with. The other booksellers round Ireland that I chat to daily and get me through, the wider group in the UK, the social side of selling Children’s books is such a happy place to be and pure escapism. - Fresh Air
I always see people walking past the house and think oh I should do that but I never do. Going for a walk isn’t my thing especially without the dog and when its wet and howling it’s never going to happen. But getting outside makes me feel a bit calmer and connected. Recently it’s been just the walk back from the school drop off on the dry days but maybe its the space or the music (Kylie) through the earphones but I seem to have a bit of a spring in my step when I get home. The days we can get outside may be few are far between these 6 weeks but I hope to make the most of them.
We are all worried about Covid in different levels, for us, for our loved one, and we are being very careful. Let’s be as careful with each other and our mental health. Stay Safe x x