This week marks one year since I was told to start working from home - March 17th, to be exact. It doesn’t feel like it’s been a year, but here we are. It was a bizarre time - the beginning of The Pestilence that Shall not be Named. My job sent us home and each week, kept pushing the time back for us to return to offices. I’m still at home, granted, I go in once a week to spice things up.
Oddly, I reflect on last spring with a bit of nostalgia. Even with all the uncertainty and entire world navigating this situation, there was a level of calm that permeated my life, in the midst of chaos. Due to working from home, I started getting more sleep because I didn’t have to rush out of the house each morning. Ballet was cancelled, and even though I missed it terribly (sometimes almost to the point tears…), I was able to use that time to read more and catch up on my knitting. My sister and I started having these long, intense and deep conversations that we rarely had before because there was literally no one else around.
In my picture, I have the top items that come to my mind from March - June 2020.
- Knitting - As I just stated, I was able to catch up on and finish some knitting projects that I fell grossly behind on.
- Elizabeth Taylor - During those early months, I relentlessly scoured the internet for Virago’s gorgeous editions of Elizabeth Taylor’s novels. I was able to score them all, minus one (which I’m still having a difficult time finding). Searching for these cheery covers was actually rather calming. They are difficult to find in the States, but thanks fo Canada, I was able to get them shipped to me!
- Ballet - I missed ballet the most during that time. I felt a little confused without it - ballet is one of my favorite things in life and I started as an adult. To have it suddenly taken away, after pining after and admiring it for years was jarring. However, thanks to Youtube, I diligently followed online classes to help maintain and even gain some technique. I now fondly remember going to my room with my laptop after work almost everyday and following along to the best of my ability without a barre and accidentally kicking furniture.
- Music - For me, the beginning of this time period sounds like Swan Lake and I’m still listening to it, at least twice a week. It has become my favorite piece of music. I now know Swan Lake inside and out. Getting lost in the genius that is Tchaikovsky and this 2.5 hour work of art has been so calming. Then, I started listening to different symphonies play Swam Lake and then chose my top 3. There is nothing quite like good music to soothe the soul.
So here we are, one year later, with a bit of light showing at the end of a very long tunnel. This past year was rough, but there is always a positive take away. What’s your silver lining?
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