Disclaimer: This is purely about how it’s working for me. The politics in the UK where I am currently based are criminal, the deaths are heartbreaking, for so many the isolation terrifying. I am deeply aware of all of these facts and more.
Here we are in the grip of a global pandemic and here I am for the most part loving lockdown life. I got back to the UK late March on one of the last flights out just in time to collect my children who finished school a week early. Got home and 8 days later got COVID-19. More on that elsewhere. Suffice to say it is not like the flu in any shape, way or form.
The weather has been incredible – can you tell I am back in the UK – talking about the weather? After 18 months of having no base at all, I bought a home last November and had only spent 3 weeks in it over Christmas. Lockdown means over 2 months and counting at home, with my children and a complete overhaul of the downstairs.
To say I have been a little obsessive about this would be mild. Time taken to choose a new tap for my new sink? 4 days. I so wish I was joking.
Time taken to choose flooring? 30 minutes. Effect, 100% stunning. Practicality, 0%.
Shockingly, loving lockdown life is not just about the tap or floors – not even the worktops (but they are amazing) – it’s about the simplicity. Time not filled with planning, moving, travelling, arranging. Or people.
Family, house, beautiful walks, laughter, IKEA arguments, 12 seasons of Criminal Minds. What’s not to love?
Life Changing Times 
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