December 15 – Life in a Lockdown #37

So people in the UK have started having the first part of the vaccine. There is a health care worker who has been sharing her experience with having it on TikTok. 

We are still in tier 3 here, so not much difference. Staying home – not feeling the Christmas cheer (not that, that’s new). 

I feel a bit lost on what to update with this week, my mind hasn’t been on it. 

On With The Linky!

Starting off I must say a huge thank you to Bex from Futures for joining me each week as my co-host and of course Jenni at Lyrical Host (affiliate link) for kickstarting the idea! 

If you would like to take part, it’s simple:

We ask that you give both Bex and I a link back in your post, as hosts of the linkup and you can copy the questions below. 

After that; all you need to do is pop back to mine or Bex’s post and add your link in the inlinkz.

1) How are you feeling/coping?
2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?
3) What do you think the coming weeks and months might hold for you (or the world)?
4) If you could remind yourself something about this time in years to come what would it be?
5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from as mall business.
6) What is a unique (or not) technique you have used to get you through this time?
7) What is something your readers might not know about you?
8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

So what did week 37 hold:

1) How are you feeling/coping?

At the moment I’m exhausted, yay for ME and it all the fatigue it brings. Christmas is getting closer which does fill me with a bit of dread, to be honest. However, that’s nothing new, it happens every year.

Screaming in a field might be a good idea right now.

2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?

Our toilet stopped working so we spent over half a day with no working loo – that was perhaps the highlight of 7 days.

Santa came to visit (or drive past), normally they collect funds for local charities but they can’t this year. So hopefully a few people donate online.

I got caught watching Santa out the window as well.

A few weeks ago I won a competition with the Women’s Prize for Fiction. There was a bit of a mix up with the prize and they kindly allowed me to donate the extra books to a fundraiser for Pathway Project.

The books went off to The Bank Coffeehouse to be offered for a donation to charity. So fingers crossed it will bring in some pennies!

3) What do you think the coming weeks and months might hold for you (or the world)?

Hopefully, the vaccine will help a lot of people, it seems like the USA OK’d it over the weekend as well. So perhaps they will be soon behind us in starting people with having injections.

I’m sure it will be a while until it gets around to us, however, it feels like a light at the end of the tunnel.

4) If you could remind yourself something about this time in years to come what would it be?

Humans can be unbelievably kind to each other.

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

I found these via an Instagram competition which BeautyQueenUK shared with me and they are the best.

Now I can pretend to be festive while being spooky at the same time. They are from Emily x Diana who you can find on Etsy (affiliate link) or Instagram.

Also, another Kickstarter dropped through my door this week. This time it was a book by Emma Evans, who you can find one Etsy and at her Instagram. It is a story comic book about lockdown 1. 

I backed a reward that had a personalised dedication included and OH MY! I cried when I opened the book it is absolutely beautiful. Check it out: 

How well has she got Sal drawn? If you want a copy of the Lockdown Diary it is available on her Etsy. 

6) What is a unique (or not) technique you have used to get you through this time?

Disappearing into a silly movie or game (hello animal crossing) can be wonderful for a while and sometimes you need to take things 10 minutes at a time.

7) What is something your readers might not know about you?

I spent almost a year in a mental health hospital as a teen. I met some of the strongest people there I have ever met.

I will no longer be ashamed that I did.

8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

Somewhere warm to go to and curl up, when things are bad.

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