Today was not at all how I expected it to be… its my first day back from a 3-day technology detox and it was spent working on this current website, using a brand new website to do so. From the moment I got up, until the final moment of having a shower and (yes another) bath at 9pm, I was glued to my laptop.
I’ve learnt so much about building a website now! I feel like I could teach an amateur crash course on SEO’s and plug-ins and coding and enabling configurations! Sounds like complete gibberish to my yesterday’s technology disconnected self… But I guess that can’t be taken as a complete loss since I learnt a lot. And again, now that all the technical stuff is out the way, I can just enjoy these last couple of days in quarantine (yeah I almost forgot where I was too) relaxing and forgetting about the world outside these four walls.
I was so into it. I didn’t do any yoga and they accidentally delivered me breakfast (which I normally opt out for) and I wasn’t going to waste that, so I was just constantly eating all day and not cleaning up after myself because I was so busy with all the website building and blogging.
The long table I put by the windows started to look like one of those desks in every spy or teen geek movie. You know the ones that are complete mess with papers everywhere, half eaten sandwiches, empty chip packets and usually a wheely chair. It looked exactly like that!
All three food deliveries today were consumed at this table. It was sickening… but worth it… Meal 1 was a crumpet with scrambled eggs, grilled tomatoes, carrots and squash, a chocolate and chia protein bar, a plain croissant and a chocolate croissants, yogurt, a fruit cup and juice. Meal 2 was a falafel, roasted pumpkin, dried tomato, spinach and pesto wrap, a cauliflower, almond and harissa yoghurt salad and something called a Korean multi grain shot (kind of like a smoothie but not smooth at all – it was like drinking wet sand). THEN meal 3 was couscous with chickpeas, carrot, pumpkin and beans in red sauce, a panzanella bread salad with tomatoes, grilled capsicum, olives and basil, another classy cheese and cracker packet with dried fruits and a slice of pistachio and apricot cake.
It was probably all that brain power I was feeding… yeah. Let’s go with that!
And finally the bath. I could not be bothered doing. a. thing. at this point. I brought a notebook, pen and my new novel to read but I didn’t touch any of it. Just laid there warm, bubbling and on the brink of falling asleep, just listening to the sound of sweet jazz tunes coming from the radio in the room outside. You know how theres a certain style of music or a specific album/artist that will remind you of the certain time? I think that classical jazz will forever be the soundtrack to my two weeks in isolation and I’m glad of it!
I was in a fantastic mood! The jazz was still playing, the candles were dimly lighting the room and I was warm and comfortable in my drug lord silk gown. My night consisted of dancing around to swim music, then singing sombre tunes to the imaginary people in the building across from me and then looking out at all the city lights while the windows fogs up as I’m sitting in the windowsill. Ah, so tranquil.
Knowing i’d be in quarantine in the city, I so badly wanted the waterfront view and was bitter towards not facing the sunset or rise. This reminds me… In one of my dreams last night I dreamt that myself, the fighting couple next door (who I think have left now since there is no more screaming), and the people across from us, all snuck out of our rooms and went into another quarantine guest’s room down the hall. It was huge, with big full-length windows, looking out on the water. This was all a dream of course, I’m sure the room is on my floor are basically identical. Funny that though, because now I am so grateful for the this unexpected scenery. There’s something about how the city lights light up at night that just takes your breath away. Ah serendipity…
However in the daytime, I can’t help but notice the inconsistency of the buildings in Sydney. Do you want it to be a concrete jungle or a glossy futuristic collection? Why must you be both? Maybe it’s just my OCD brain that notices these things… There is always something right!
I think if I have learnt anything from the last couple of days and especially today, it’s that balance is best. Forever learning, forever changing and always creating…