Day 27.

11:13: I went outside yesterday. To throw out my rubbish and recycling. It had been 6 days. I tried to make it last as long as possible but there’s only so much rubbish that fits in my bin. I’d say “the outing” lasted about 7 minutes… The weather hasn’t been that great so I didn’t particularly want to stay outside. Of course it’s sunny today. Maybe I’ll sit in the sun at my window and pretend I’m outside…

The past few days have been filled with The Mirror and the Light, attempting to roast chicken thighs in my toaster oven and changing my sheets. The former is going well, the chicken was only so-so (I don’t know what it is but every time I’ve tried to cook chicken in Spain it’s really not terribly successful and I think at this point I need to give up. Luckily I’m mostly vegetarian anyway). And as for the sheets, fresh sheets are one of life’s loveliest of little pleasures and they’re being mentioned because they deserve it and also because I need to use up my words but don’t have anything more exciting going on. I think I’m going to do some baking today. More attempts with the toaster oven… Lucía and I are going to try pizza tomorrow (in her flat which will make a nice change of scene for me).

Feeling bit fed up today.  Tomorrow will be a whole month since the lockdown went into place. It’s been extended til April 26 but will obviously likely be extended again. I can’t really imagine normal life after this. I wouldn’t mind being at home at this point. Not for the size of my flat or particularly the company. Just for that feeling of being in a place where I can see a way out perhaps? I don’t know. Mum’s saying of “it’ll all be alright on the day and if it’s not alright, it’s not the day” seems fitting here.

22.30: I made lemon bars and although I’ve made them many, many, many times before they aren’t quite right. They taste ok but I’m blaming my oven rather than my skill for their difference. I also usually use passionfruit and the lemon isn’t quite as tangy as I’d like it to be…  But, no matter, it occupied me for a bit of the day and that’s the actual point. I have also made the dough for tomorrow’s pizza and having borrowed yeast from Lucía, discovered that the word levadura seems to work for both yeast and baking powder. So, we’ll see how the dough turns out because it was definitely not made with yeast. It doesn’t matter, I’ve got mozzarella and if you put cheese on things, it tends to taste better. Other than that, there is not a whole lot to report. I put makeup on today and almost didn’t recognise myself!  Lucía and I chatted for 2 hours on the balcony this evening which is a record. Those two things were both good for the mood. Oh and she has just messaged to say she loves the lemon bars and wants to learn to make the recipe. So that’s another good thing to happen today. Time for dinner (late due to chatting!).