For the most part, Australia hasn't copped it too badly with Covid. Early on we put into place restrictions and for the most part we were under control. Victoria had a second wave that was controlled and now here in South Australia it has been a trying time. The treat of a second wave like Victoria hanging over our head. Thankfully for the most part the cluster had been controlled thus far.
Unfortunately with this new cluster, my family and I have been forced into a two week quarantine. Now two weeks isn't long and the toll the virus has had on other countries has been and continued to be huge. The deaths and number of cases in other countries are devastating. But until I was forced into self isolation/quarantine, I had no idea what others had to go through with lockdown and quarantine.
Today, on day 5 of 14 I felt melancholy for many reasons:
The sanity of the family. For the most part they seem okay but my teenage daughter has been separated from her boyfriend. For a teenage girl this is a big deal and she has been upset because of it. This was a hard hurdle to get over.
Guilt over missing work. I love my job and we are extremely busy so having to miss one more week of work has me feeling awful and anxious. It isn't my fault and there is nothing I can do but I feel like I'm letting the team down. Not only this but I have to use my leave entitlements (without an actual holiday!) or not get paid. I hope to be able to work from home next week which will help with my guilt somewhat.
Missing my partner. We don't live together and because he was here when my daughter could've been exposed through her school, he now has to quarantine too. He went home a couple of days after the contact could've happen and before we knew about it. We then found out after he went to his place that we had to quarantine, and therefore we had to stay apart. We have all tested negative since then but we have to remain in quarantine for another week and get tested again and thus be apart, so for this reason I'm feeling sad that I can't spend quarantine with my loved one and I understand what my daughter is going through.
It is frustrating. I have thought over the last few days, I need this I have to go to the shop, oh wait I can't leave home. If it wasn't for my caring, wonderful family bringing me supplies, it would've been more difficult. All online food orders are going to take at least three days to be delivered due to demand so for the last couple of days I needed help with supplies.
The one good thing, extra time. Time to binge watch. Time to read. Time to write. Time to relax. I haven't had a long holiday for almost a year and although it is nice to not have to go to work, it isn't voluntary and I am confined to my home.
Day drinking also helps ;)
What I have discovered from being almost halfway through quarantine is I feel for people who have gone into long term lockdown. Although in some cases people could still leave to go shopping, being in self isolation is very different to lockdown. We had it here for three days (shortened by 3 days) but people were still able to leave their house. Self isolation is a different thing again and I feel for anyone who is or has gone through what we have.
Only six days to go....
Unfortunately with this new cluster, my family and I have been forced into a two week quarantine. Now two weeks isn't long and the toll the virus has had on other countries has been and continued to be huge. The deaths and number of cases in other countries are devastating. But until I was forced into self isolation/quarantine, I had no idea what others had to go through with lockdown and quarantine.
Today, on day 5 of 14 I felt melancholy for many reasons:
The sanity of the family. For the most part they seem okay but my teenage daughter has been separated from her boyfriend. For a teenage girl this is a big deal and she has been upset because of it. This was a hard hurdle to get over.
Guilt over missing work. I love my job and we are extremely busy so having to miss one more week of work has me feeling awful and anxious. It isn't my fault and there is nothing I can do but I feel like I'm letting the team down. Not only this but I have to use my leave entitlements (without an actual holiday!) or not get paid. I hope to be able to work from home next week which will help with my guilt somewhat.
Missing my partner. We don't live together and because he was here when my daughter could've been exposed through her school, he now has to quarantine too. He went home a couple of days after the contact could've happen and before we knew about it. We then found out after he went to his place that we had to quarantine, and therefore we had to stay apart. We have all tested negative since then but we have to remain in quarantine for another week and get tested again and thus be apart, so for this reason I'm feeling sad that I can't spend quarantine with my loved one and I understand what my daughter is going through.
It is frustrating. I have thought over the last few days, I need this I have to go to the shop, oh wait I can't leave home. If it wasn't for my caring, wonderful family bringing me supplies, it would've been more difficult. All online food orders are going to take at least three days to be delivered due to demand so for the last couple of days I needed help with supplies.
The one good thing, extra time. Time to binge watch. Time to read. Time to write. Time to relax. I haven't had a long holiday for almost a year and although it is nice to not have to go to work, it isn't voluntary and I am confined to my home.
Day drinking also helps ;)
What I have discovered from being almost halfway through quarantine is I feel for people who have gone into long term lockdown. Although in some cases people could still leave to go shopping, being in self isolation is very different to lockdown. We had it here for three days (shortened by 3 days) but people were still able to leave their house. Self isolation is a different thing again and I feel for anyone who is or has gone through what we have.
Only six days to go....
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