Sue,
Someone once gave me a good piece of advice.
Don't tell people everything about yourself, it may come back to bite you one day. And believe me, it does!
You are right in all you say and for that fact I know you will be ok.
For most of my life I've wondered why people turn nasty.
It's been pointed out to me that the main reason is jealousy. The green-eyed monster. Bare that in mind.
These days I have many acquaintances as opposed to friends. I prefer that way for protection mostly. And with anxiety it is more manageable. I don't let anyone down and I'm not beholden to anyone.
I'm pleased to here about kitty settling in. It was obviously meant to be.
I think this why we love the company of pets so much, there's much less hassle and disappointment.
Yesterday I had one of those days of feeling utterly bored.
Even the tv was boring the sh*t out of me.
My household chores are all up to date and the other things I normally do need the weather to be better or certain shops and businesses to be open.
Mr C seems to have his eyes permanently fixed on his IPAD and only breaks to eat and visit the loo.
And I find myself strangely longing for human company which sounds weird to say as I would normally fret at the thought of socialising.
I think it's more the lack of not seeing a soul. So my idea of living on a remote island may be abandoned in my thoughts. Unless it was filled with animals of course.
This lockdown is really making people live in the moment. We can't really make any plans, especially when the goalpost keeps moving. And the fact that we will have to live with this virus situation indefinitely changes our lives massively.
We have to find new ways to do things, find new joy, adapt to this new way of life.
This will take time but I have no doubts that people will think of new ways to enjoy life again.
In the meantime I rack my brain to come up with something to get me motivated that doesn't involve more cooking and putting on more weight, or turning me into a couch potato.
We all need a purpose in life, virus or no virus.
I might even surprise myself and write that book I keep threatening to do, lol.