Hello Everyone!
I really wanted to keep posting every single day but I didn’t feel like writing for the past three days so I took a little break. Today I’m back with a recap and “Catching Up To Do List” as a few things were inevitably left behind since we couldn’t leave the house for seven whole days.
Here’s a couple of thoughts on our isolation week.
- My immune system is apparently very strong. How I managed not to get infected with Covid while my husband had it, I’ll never know.
- This is nothing new but I don’t do very well with sudden and unexpected changes in routine. Now, is this a personality trait or is it related to my Bipolar II? I’d say both. What I know is that I found myself quite depressed and weepy over my husband having Covid and the change of plans and routine it meant for us.
- Again, if my plans are thrown off and I’m not feeling super organized, I will stop taking good care of myself. We ate like shit the whole week and I didn’t drink as much water or took good care of my skin.
- I can’t sleep well unless I sleep in my own bed, next to my husband.
- It was very hard not being able to touch my husband at all. Apparently, I’m needier and touchier than I thought. Or is it maybe because I’m pregnant? No idea.
Now, I DO KNOW that these are all very much first world problems and that I should be feeling very lucky that I was not sick at all and that my husband got through it with nothing but one whole day of having a cough. I know how lucky we are that things were not serious and that we’re both healthy but I must be honest and comment on how much the whole thing has affected my mental health.
Thankfully, it is over and we’re now allowed to leave the house again.
I have been left with lots of catching up to do, though. Being a list lover, I’ve made a “Post Covid Catching Up To Do List”:
- Water my plants. I got this wonderful Moisture Meter that tells you if your plants need watering. I’m very hopeful I’ll never murder another plant.
- Reschedule all my cancelled driving and driving theory lessons, so I can hopefully be done with my driving theory exam by the end of March.
- Review my course materials from last week, which I definitely half assed.
- Do some grocery shopping. We desperately need toilet paper and a few other essentials.
- Come up with a healthy meal plan for the next two weeks.
- Catch up on laundry.
- Mail out a dress I sold online.
- Order a new maternity support belt as the one I ordered was too small.
- Get my husband’s Valentine’s gift from the post office, where it’s being held since I couldn’t leave the house to pick it up.
- Reschedule our second prenatal class we had to miss last week.
- Catch up on reading my favorite blogs.
- Schedule a dental appointment.
- Get a hair cut and color. My roots are getting scary. (Scheduled for Friday the 18th!)
- See my doctor about my glucose test results, which seem to be a bit off. (Scheduled for Friday the 18th.)
- Buy all the furniture we need for the baby, plus some items we are getting in order to change the way we store things around the house. (Trip to Ikea this weekend.)
- Go and check baby strollers. (Probably on the weekend too.)
- Clean the bathroom.
- Get my eyebrows done.
- Check our budget and write down all our expenses from last week.
- Schedule an appointment with my psychiatrist for (roughly) two weeks after my delivery (I had a videocall appointment on Thursday and my doctor said I’m doing extremely well so I don’t need to see her until after the baby is born).
- Organize my email box and computer folders. I absolutely hate a messy computer.
- Take a few 3-4 Km walks.
- Clean the house.
This is pretty much all I’m going to be doing for the rest of the week. I’ll also be watching an unhealthy amount of Love is Blind, Marriage At First Sight AU and 90 Day Fiancé because I’m on a trashy reality TV kick, triggered by the boredom of last week.
I shall now excuse myself and go do another load of laundry.
I hope you’re all having a nice week.
Love,
Cheila
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