Chronicle from a day spent at home to contain the contagion in my country.

As I wrote yesterday in my post, here in Italy we are following the instruction to contain the covid-19 contagion. We are all under restrictions and we have to stay at home for the most part of the time. We can go out just for work, for the needed like to buy food or for our health, to walk for a bit to breath fresh air just for few time and just if we stay to the right distance from other ones.

Going to work (in the bookshop of my friend), I have to say that in my city people understood the importance to follow these rules and all around I watch just few people (the most part of them wear the mask, but it's almost impossibe to find a mask to buy now), everyone respected the distance, inside the pharmacy and the food shop can enter just few people at the same time (using the right distance). The teacher are teaching to the students on the online platform and using skype.

Everyone of us is doing all the possible and, to give hope to each others, we are using the social media to send hugs and positive thoughts. Today I want to talk to you about an ordinary day during this time of restriction, becaue we are strong and yes, we can do it!

I started my day as usual: drinking a cup of hot coffee and reading some news online. Sure, during this time all the news here (but I think everywhere it's the same) are about the covid-19, but this thing help me to stay in alert. During this day the bookshop is open, but just few time at day for the "background" activities like to receive the parcel that arrive, to prepare the book to send (we are sending the book that people buy online from us, so they can stay safe at home) and to take some video to share. Maybe in the next days we'll close to the public and we could do everything online.

When I go out I wear the mask (I'm lucky, because I had some masks in the lab), because even if I'm in good health I want to be sure to take care of other ones. I walk paying attention to stay far from people, but I admmit I feel myself safe just when I'm inside my home and my lab.

After the lunch I breath the fresh air in my backyard (yes, I'm lucky because I have a backyard where I can stay safe) with my cat, under the sun:

My hubby used the time to adjust the shed (and it was really time to do it ^_^ ) and I cleaned around. While we were in the garden, an old lady on the garden close to our one (at the right distance, sure) started to talk to us about the situation. It was touching, because I thought that old people who have to stay lonely at home could have some relaxing moment just talking from garden from garden (or from window to window), it's a way to feel themselves not lonely during this time. I safe way to do it.

It was around the 4.00 PM and my hubby had to go to work for a couple of hours, but sure, I stayed at home and now I started a new painting, thining about how I'm lucky because I can do the most part of my work at home, safe and taking care of myself:

Sure, it's hard to stay at home al the time and don't have contact with other people, but we can do it. All together we can do it.

Remember, even if in your country the virus looks so far: wash your hands, stay at the rigt distance from people and stay in alert. Remember: prevention is better than cure.

At the next,

Silvia

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