Day 19 in China during the Coronavirus

Well, what an entertaining 24 hours! I’m going to go through the different various events in the order of; the most shocking, the smelliest, the funniest, the most surprising, the tastiest then mention any add-ons. Okay, here we go…

The most shocking award goes to the time of 1am last night, where Zac heard screaming and shouting outside, he looked out of the window and saw a young boy getting escorted away from the building by people in hazmat suits. He was probably screaming about the fact he doesn’t want to be taken just because his temperature may be a little over. That is the intensity of how strict the patrolling suit people are here! Not only have we seen people being escorted away but our friends also have seen many from their buildings, and when out and about! We are definitely making sure our temperatures are set before stepping outside because 1, I don’t want either of us being taken into quarantine and 2, it would be pretty inconvenient for the hazmat people to call in 10 of their guys just to take Zac alone. We’re thinking of the whole system here!

Next, the smelliest award goes to Zeus! Remember when I said Zeus was a dick. Well, he is! He decided to do a big ol’ poo poo on our bed covers, oh and of course he wouldn’t be a complete dick if he didn’t add a wee at the opposite end of the bed! It was disgusting. As a result, we had to go to the shops to buy a new duvet. Thank you Zeus. The cat is a twat. It rhymes and it’s necessary. However, that does lead us nicely into the funniest award, it goes to me. Yaaay! We were in the supermarket and Zac said he was making brownies, so I said great, can you put Oreos in them? He said no because they’re going to be Toblerone brownies. Why would anyone say no to Toblerone x Oreo brownies!?!? Anyway, I insisted on getting Oreos and he said No just like a parent would… he’s got to be careful, he’s quite a few years older than me, easy mistake to make (kidding!). So, it carried on, I would ask and he kept saying no. I had to take matters into my own hands. I went to run for the Oreos but Zac grabbed my hood like some sort of dog lead. What is that about huh. I got myself into a situation so I used my smartness and distracted him, I started talking about protein or something because protein, gym or rugby will always get his attention. Then I ran! I was freeee! I grabbed my beloved Oreos and put them on the scanner but no, they didn’t make it through. Party pooper Zac hid them. We walked out of the shop and we realised we forgot bread… “Emily can you go back inside and get some bread please?” “Yes, of course darling!” Little did he know, this was fab for me because I could get my Oreos without any stoppages this time. I got my necessary item and the bread, left the shop by skipping towards Zac because guess who got their own way… ME! Yeah yeah yeah yeah!!! Don’t mess with me boss man, I am the boss!

On to the most surprising. Well everyone, I did it, I went for a run, 3 laps of our plot, no stoppages (accept one, when Lola launched herself into a bush, we had a graceful recovery) I took the first step to completing my challenge! I’m going to be a marathon runner in no time…orrr not. Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to handstands BUT did do the best leg workout I have done since being in isolation! This made me feel like I deserved this next bit of information I am about to tell you!

OMG! By Jove! Bajeezuz! The dinner, no no wrong word, the GODLY creation Zac made tonight was undoubtedly the best meal he has ever cooked, and maybe even the best meal I have EVER had IN MY LIFE! Seriously, it was extraordinary. I’m dribbling thinking about it. The cheesiest pasta sauce with the meatiest most tender meat balls and the most al dente pasta… put some slow music in the background and this description could become sensual. It couldn’t be true, I fell in love all over again. He’s sat there and I’m thinking, you may have just tied me down forever because I can’t go anywhere and not have that meal again… Obviously I’m not going to go anywhere anyway but this made it even more assuring! Carrying on, so yes, the tastiest award goes to his divine dinner we had this evening meaning it is going to be very difficult for him to top this one!

Finally, today I had to do my first online class videos, I didn’t like it, I know I’ve got to do it but I hate talking to my camera. Talking to a class is so much nicer because you don’t look crazy guessing what the student’s responses would be when you ask the questions like “Can you guess what this is?”… “No, it’s not your mouth, it’s your eye!” and you don’t even know if they thought the answer was Mouth, it’s just nuts. Although, I did get a lot of the content in that I wanted to and I think I could get used to it but at the moment it definitely isn’t sitting well. Let’s hope the students enjoy the videos!

Here’s a picture of walking Lola and Bella at the same time, it’s ridiculous!