Earlier this year I did a few posts called ‘Life in Lockdown‘ and then I revisited it. Now we’re back in lockdown I thought I’d re-do the post and see how things have changed. Thanks to Sarah at Life In A Breakdown and some other bloggers for creating the linkie.

1) How are you feeling/coping?

I’m not too bad at the moment, I was fully expecting another lockdown. And to be honest I thought it would be much earlier than it was. But I’m glad it happened when it did as I was very lucky to be able to go on holiday last week. We had a trip to Portugal rescheduled from March to November when we thought things would be okay again. But how wrong we were! We managed to go and I felt so safe while I away (more so than in the UK). And the holiday was much needed.

We knew we needed to self-isolate for 2 weeks after the trip anyway. So being in lockdown makes very little difference to us for the moment.

2) What are you doing to keep yourself occupied?

I went back to work yesterday after a week off and it’s been nice to get stuck back into work. I’m fully into Christmas preparations now and I’m planning on starting to wrap presents this week. I think I’m going to occupy myself with everything to do with Christmas.

Entertainment wise I am still finishing off my binge watch of Brooklyn 99. And I hit my 40 book target for the year which I’m so happy about. Although I will be delving into some more books soon.

3) How are you dealing with everything at the moment – are you self-isolated, going out for essentials etc? Has this changed?

We’re self-isolating for 2 weeks so we’re not going out at all. As Luke is self-employed and therefore not earning any money I’ve got him working around the house to keep him busy (even though he’d happily do nothing!) We’re very lucky to get guaranteed online grocery slots through my work so we’ve been getting that.

Once we’re out of self isolation I want to go on a walk with my friend as I’ve not seen her in a while. And I’ll be doing a Christmas shop in one of the supermarkets to start stocking up on bits for Christmas while I can.

4) What advice do you have for others?

Try to get outside during the sunlight hours if you can. As it’s getting dark so early it’s easy to not go out outside because it’s dark and cold.

5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from a small business

I’ve been helping my family do some online shopping which has been nice. And I ordered some silver cartilidge earrings from a small business called Twilight, I can’t wait for them to arrive.

6) How has your routine been this week? (Question by Don’t Cramp My Style)

I’m back in a routine now I’m working again. Although I need to properly get back into my pelaton morning cycles, doing it again today after about 10 days was tough!

7) Have you planned anything for once lockdown is over in the past 7 days?? (Don’t Cramp My Style)

Nope as I can’t leave the house!