Day 17 in China during the Coronavirus

This day definitely did not go as planned. In yesterday’s post, I was so excited for today but, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. Actually, it did get better, thankfully Zac seems to be containing his emotions way better than me and helped turn the day around. Such a good boy! I’m just going to quickly mention about last night; I had a major breakdown, we just finished dinner and I was craving a chocolate bar, specifically a Snickers… again, that means I needed one. Although, I couldn’t buy one this time because we hadn’t been paid yet. Due to this, I got myself into a bit of a state. While Zac was enjoying himself watching the rugby, I started crying… Yes, actual tears and whines because I couldn’t have the yummy chocolate. It was like a toddler throwing a tantrum. I hit a low okay!? Usually, if I can’t have one, I won’t be happy but I’ll just get on with it and distract myself. BUT, in the situation we are in, when I need a chocolate bar because it will make me happy and I can’t get one, obviously I’m just going to become even more upset. On top of this, Zac developed a cough and I thought that was it, I thought he had the VIRUS! Although, Zac thought it was hilarious, he was also crying (and coughing) but with laughter, and I wasn’t impressed at all. Anyway, I took myself to bed and ended up going to sleep without the necessary item to fix my emotions.

Bearing that in mind, today we were paid. Usually it goes into the bank at around midday. That’s why I had my plan, everyone knew my plan BUT the plan didn’t happen. We didn’t get paid until 5pm!! This meant we spent the whole day obsessively checking our bank accounts seeing if our money had gone in annnd we couldn’t eat all day! Remember, I was already upset about not getting a Snickers last night, so to not be able to go through with my plan or EAT until 5pm, you can understand the fury that I felt earlier today. I will explain, there are 4 stages of hunger… Stage 1, ‘Being Hungry’ = I’m peckish, I would like something to eat as I haven’t eaten for a couple of hours. Stage 2, ‘Starving’ = I’m very very hungry, I haven’t eaten for about 5/6 hours and I could eat anything I’m given. Now going into dangerous territory, Stage 3, ‘Hangry’ = I’m so angry because I just want food, I can’t have food, so I don’t want to talk to anyone or do anything until I get food! Finally, Stage 4. Stage 4 is commonly difficult to reach as it is very dependent on situations, for example; PMSing, break-ups, failed celebrations, mourning and ISOLATION. Stage 4 = Off-the-chart, smoke out of my nose HANGRY, where you just lean against the radiator and stare because you can’t move, think or feel until you have food. That is the level I was at. I didn’t show it but I could see Zac tip-toeing around the house and moving things in slow motion just in case he set me off. I’m not crazy but I am controlled by my stomach (hence the crying over Snickers). Anything that I say or how I act under the influence of Stage 4 Hangriness cannot be held against me as I am not accountable for the behaviour which may be witnessed. Luckily for Zac, I was very quiet but had a face like this kid below for most of the day.

Anyway, thank Jeezuz for Zac still having the balls to talk to me. At 5pm, he informed me that we finally got paid and gave me permission to get anything I wanted. My face was still like the above picture but I was starting to feel a change coming on. I got straight onto ordering us the burgers that I said were amazing in yesterday’s post, they did not disappoint! Then, I ordered a few ice creams, 2 of them were disappointing but the other 2 were scrum! Top tip: In China, you have to order a back up food, not being able to read Chinese means we have to guess using the picture. Finally, I ordered a cake! We couldn’t make brownies so it was only fair to get a birthday cake to make up for it. At this point, my face had gone from that ^ to…

Yaaay, Zac was now in the clear to be able to talk to the only other person he ever sees. This man deserves a medal, people! He also doesn’t have the virus as his cough stopped after about an hour (good timing). Of course I still kept an eye on him today even if I was in a mood. Anyway, it may seem like I over-reacted and had an over-emotional response to the food situation but if you were stuck in your house, with nothing else to do for days and days, I’m pretty sure you would become the same way! Seriously though, it is getting ridiculous and I want to go back to my normal life of working, gyming and socialising. I actually really enjoy my job and want to do something productive with the brain cells I have left.

Fortunately, we have to start creating the online lessons for our classes and I cannot wait. I’m such a nerd. I don’t care. I want to talk about hospital, hygiene and Coronavirus vocabulary. Make play dough examples and sound-out the pronunciation for my 4 year olds, because it will mean that I’m doing something other than walking my dog around the same block of grass. As you can tell, I’m extremely over this isolated circumstance. Zac has his side on his blog but we are both definitely finding it difficult. As soon as our gym opens back up and we can do our own thing for 1 or 2 hours a day, I reckon we will be back to normal. Reassuringly, taking into consideration how much time we spend together (24 hours everyday) in a single compact space, we have been getting on very well apart from the odd disagreement. Yay us!

For tomorrow, we will be doing yesterday’s plan apart from not having burgers. That’ll be too fat and I won’t be able to handle that. That rhymes!

Tomorrow. Operation Ikea, Walmart, Decathlon and Bank of China. Boom!

My face is still currently like the below picture as I am hangry no more!