COVID-19 Lockdown diary: Day 1

At 11.59pm last night, New Zealand officially entered level 4 of our emergency system: complete lockdown. So we're all isolated in our individual households, with one person allowed out at a time to shop for essentials. It's an interesting time, so I thought I'd blog about it - just so I remember it.

The kids were actually quite keen to do their schoolwork. Will had a video call with his class and teacher but only 9 kids joined the call. It was really heartening to listen to them all chat - she's such a nice empathetic teacher.

I bottled blackboy peaches in the morning and made a small dent in the glut. Still a massive box squatting in the garage. It felt like a very domestic "good life-y" thing to be doing but quite satisfying to see the full jars on the bench afterwards.

To be honest, I'm actually enjoying it so far. I guess in a normal week there's just me at home, so having a full house feels like a holiday.

Let's see how I feel after another 27 days though. Kids a bit fight-y already - and the isolation has barely started...