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#92 Debra Lane It is bliss

Debra Lane

I seem to have finally found my daily routine. After breakfast I chat on video link to my gym friends, then do work. l have lunch, then more work, and finish at roughly 4 pm. Then I do my exercise for half an hour, which alternates between yoga and Mr Motivator; and then I work on my Lego before tea. Sometimes I work in the evenings. During the lockdown, I have not been living at home. I am normally a creative person but do not have any of my art/craft materials here. So, I thought I would treat myself to a very early birthday present (it is in October), and get a Lego set. As I love watching the space station, when it passes overhead, I decided to get a Lego space station kit. I find it hard to concentrate on anything else for long, and even work takes longer than normal. For a small amount of time each day, I look forward to putting together a few more parts, and do not think about anything else – as I must concentrate to get it right. I feel an accomplishment afterwards, and am re-charged. It is bliss. On to another day.

Precis

From the beginning of May 2020, the UK government began easing the restrictions around lockdown, and people began cautiously opening their doors and venturing back out onto the streets and into open spaces. There was still much confusion about how safe it was to do this, with wildly differing views from both government spokespeople, the scientists – and the people themselves. In some ways, this was a more stressful time than the previous lockdown. In the following extracts, company members reflect on these changing days, with 31 days recorded, spanning May and June. Edited by Barney Bardsley