Day 15.

21.09: As with every evening I clapped at 20.00 and then Lucía (my neighbour) and I chatted for a bit. This evening two others joined us and shared their stories. Lucía and I swapped numbers a few days ago and after we had both retreated for the evening she sent me a message to ask if I liked chickpeas and then proceeded to offer me some she had made earlier. Leaning across the balconies is becoming a trend…. I’m ok with it. She’s actually a visitor of the actual owner of the flat (who isn’t here) so I had never known her before the lockdown but it amazes me the little friendship that we have struck up that would have never occurred had it not been for this most bizarre time. 

Today has passed by pretty quickly despite my limit of screen time and somehow, although it’s armageddon out there, for the second day in a row I have such a sense of optimism. I shouldn’t, considering my mum has told me that she and Nin have potentially been exposed and the situation in Spain (or the world) has definitely not miraculously improved but I just feel incredibly lucky to have my little flat and view and my strange routine of eating breakfast well past lunch time and doing my various youtube workouts (and solo dance parties). I’m also making good headway with the book I’ve been struggling with for a whilllllle which is reason enough to celebrate. Last year the biggest lesson that I learned was acceptance and by god if I’m not grateful for that right now. Also… a bottle of wine only costs €2.