I guess up to this point we haven’t really being self isolation, more social distancing. Gosh all these terms that weren’t part of our daily life until 10-14 days ago! Crazy.
Today is Mother’s Day and what a start to the day I had. I woke around 1am in a panic, feeling weak and thinking that I was getting the onset of symptoms. I went in to panic mode thinking about how I could self isolate from Sophie and how that could impact her and David.
I was awake for hours worrying. So of course in the morning after I did get some sleep Sophie appears full of excitement for Mother’s Day and I’ve convinced myself I’ve got symptoms. I muddled though, had a nice breakfast in bed of homemade pancakes and raspberry jam and then managed to sleep some more. After a chat with mum on FaceTime to wish her happy Mother’s Day and tell her how I was feeling I did manage to get up and have been feeling fine all day. I think it was all down to tiredness and probably reading and watching too much news I just had a panic attack.
I’ll need to make sure I keep an eye on my own mental health through out this time. I keep telling myself I’m pretty resilient, goodness I managed to deal with Katie’s death for close to 7 years now and my dad’s sudden death 20 years ago without any external help. I think I’ll need to look at doing some Yoga at home, it’ll be good for David and Sophie too.
So this is our last day of social distancing and then it’s isolation apart from a trip to the supermarket. The panic buying craziness is out of control. David said he’ll need to be there at 8am to be able to get anything fresh.
This afternoon we spent at George’s house finishing up clearing his kitchen for Daniel and his team to start to replace the kitchen. It was a tough job, and I’m sad that Nanette is not here to see it happening. Though I don’t think I’d have gotten away with throwing out so much stuff!
When we got home Sophie helped my build my craft storage trolley which was one of my Mother’s Day gifts. She is a dab hand with an Allen key!
I got some lovely gifts, in fact Sophie said to me this afternoon that she’ll alway be my best friend just like the love heart stone she gave me said. David had taken her shopping a few weeks ago and she picked out these things herself. We are truly blessed to have such a considerate little girl for our daughter. One very happy mummy going to sleep tonight, with NO panic attacks going to happen!
Ross Family in Self Isolation 