Well, to say that this birthday was one to remember would be quite of an understatement. Let’s see...I am in New Zealand, I’m turning 27...so far so good, right? Well, it just happens that March 25th was also the first day of the 4 week quarantine here in New Zealand, which means no bars, no restaurants and no other places to go to. Pretty shit circumstances for a birthday if you ask me. Although, I have to admit, I do love all of those MEMES on the Internet about people born in March/April and how all of their birthdays would look like. (The one with Pablo Escobar is the best one). But yeah...talk about good timing!
Anyways, I’m glad I’m healthy & safe. Of course, it would be great to be with my family at such harsh times, but then again, since no one is allowed to go and visit each other, it does make it a wee (Kiwis use this instead of ‘tiny’, and I love it) bit easier. Could the fact that I’m missing family be a sign of me being homesick? I honestly don’t even know what the word homesick means anymore lol.
It is scary that whenever you go and read the news, all you can see is articles about COVID 19. Everywhere! This definitely feels like we’re in one of those scary-ass movies, the only part that’s missing is when people start going mad, stealing & killing each other for supplies and whatnot (I hope we don’t get to that part).
At least now, I have the whole time in the world to sit down and actually write something. I try to get at least an hour of physical activity into my daily routine...well, I wouldn’t really call it a routine, but more of a ‘we’ll see what happens today’ type of thing. So yeah, so far it’s been all about doing these things: a bit of physical activity, a bit of good food, Netflix, red wine/gin&tonic and, of course, every now and then, listening to James Blunt...if you know what I mean.
Anyhow, I hope yall are staying safe, staying home, getting creative and above all staying healthy. This truly is a weird time in our lives, but if we use our brain and follow the rules/laws, hopefully we’ll be able to get through this global pandemic sooner rather than later!
Hip-hip hooray!
Vinny The Guy
