March is when my whole new normal started. Now that I am back working full time after a year off, and with life slowly closing in due to the Coronavirus, things are very different for me. I have enjoyed being back at school which did surprise me, though I realise I am very fortunate to be working at a lovely school. With the majority of students at home, I have been allocated a class of the students that are still attending school. They say we are ‘ón the front line’. Everyone has taken to online learning and it has been a fun experiment.

I am still not giving in to stress or pressure that others are feeling due to the virus. I choose to not read, listen or watch the news and continue to live in my sheltered bubble with my boyfriend.

Getting away on a domestic cruise at the beginning of the month with my sisters family was lots of fun. My first major cruise and I figured out five days is more than long enough to be stuck on a boat.

It has felt like the month has been an extra-long one and pumped for holidays in two weeks. So this is what my month of March looked like…

Listened to - 

* Message To Bears Album on Spotify 

* One Republic’s Human Album on Spotify

* Lauren Daigle’s Look Up Child Album on Spotify

* The Marie Forleo Podcast

* The Lively Show Podcast

* The School Of Greatness Podcast

 

 Read - 

* The Man Who Couldn’t Stop by David Adam

* The Girls Guide to Predators by Alison Summers

* Duped by Abby Ellin

* The Missing by C.L. Taylor

Splurged on - 

* new pillows and pillow protectors

* Kollab lunch bag

Watching - 

* The Invisible Man at the movies with my boyfriend

* The NRL first couple of games until it was decided to call it off

 

Went to - 

* A Sunny Afternoon Concert in the Park at Wollongong with my sister. Seeing Missy Higgins and Kate Miller-Heidke perform

* Love What You Create Book Writing Course with Cassie Mendoza-Jones in Woolharra

* Royal Caribbean Cruise with my elder sister and her family

* Breakfast at Griddle with my boyfriend

 

Booked - 

* a night away in October to the Hunter Valley with my boyfriend

 

Cooked - 

* gluten-free chocolate mud cake, chocolate brownies, jam slice, creamy chicken mushroom pasta

 

What's new - 

* Turned my lights off for Earth Hour

* Maintaining my 60kg weight

 

Looking for - 

* spray tan machine

 

Sold -

* Moroccan Handira Wedding Blankets x2, sandwich press, 100 piece cookie cutter set

 

Started - 

* my novel writing

Attempting to -

* clear more work papers I have at home

How was your month? Are you now working from home? What does your new normal look like? Let us know in the comments section below…

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