Day 2 of 21 - Self Quarantined

26 March 2020:

Dear Diary,

It's a brand new day and the second day of self-quarantine. As soon as I opened my eyes, I realised that it's a working day. We are social distancing and quarantined but that doesn't mean that our lives would stop. With these positive vibes I started off my day. I played music on my bluetooth speaker and did my everyday routine. When it comes to preparing breakfast, I just am too bad. Somehow, I managed to cook myself oats. Yeah I know its funny to hear that I "managed" to cook oats, I mean what's in there to cook it. 

Around 9 am, logged in to my system and started looking into my mailbox and replying to them. I love munching when I work, so I got a packet of Marie Gold biscuit. I don't even know when I finished the whole family pack packet. I finally got a drawback of home arrest, you end up eating a lot. 

By the time I looked at my clock, it was already 1 PM, and it was time for lunch. I walked into my kitchen and it took me 10 to 15 mins to decide on what to prepare. Finally, I cooked something and had a stomach full of it. I once again was in front of my system and started feeling very lonely, so I decided to Window + L my system and started watching some recommend videos on YouTube. After a while, I got bored with those videos and so told my heart and brain to get back to work. 

After sitting for some 1-2 hours, my bums started hurting sitting at the same place for long and so I came into my veranda to look outside but the whole street was empty, a pin drop silence as though it was a winter night. Such situations make me act so weird, I started counting the number of people I happened to see. I was enjoying this activity. I suddenly realised that there was a time I was surrounded by many people and today I stand all alone trying to see a single life around. Its truly said "Waqt badalte der nahi lagti".

I somehow managed to pass the afternoon. After every 15 minutes, I would go and stand near my window, just to make myself satisfied that you are fine, it's all temporary and will end soon.

In the evening, when the boredom was at its peak, I looked at my guitar and realised it's been very long I pluck the strings of it. I took out my guitar and started playing some music. It is truly said that music is the only therapy that can heal you from inside. After an hour of music therapy, I started feeling very hungry and ended up eating more and more.

I had to attend some meetings in the late evening which made me tired and post that had my dinner. After that, I watched some videos again and now I am lying on my bed, writing this blog and thinking that it's just the second day that's over and there are still 19 more days to go.

As the day passes, I am losing my temper but still praying for a better tomorrow. I have no idea when my eyes will close, so good night for now.