Buzz goes on a very long walk...

Hey guys!

After my intro post I wasn't too sure where to begin, or what I really wanted to write about. As everyone is pretty much in the same, maybe sinking, boat I guess it goes without saying that I'm not the busiest bee at the moment. Pre-lockdown I would be seeing friends, family, eating out, having duvet days out of choice... just generally enjoying myself to be honest! Today I wondered if I'd started my blog at the right time, whether if I'd have started next year or even earlier this year that I'd have more interesting or funny content to put out there. Then I took the dog for a walk.

I decided that I'd take Busby on a route I hadn't been on since the first lockdown, where I walked with my Dad in the sun in May. Buzz of course didn't appreciate or know this... he was just buzzing (see what I did there) to be outside, as always. As I walked along I came to think how much had changed in the 6 months that had passed. Speaking for the majority of the time... not a fat lot. I was in lockdown, walking the dog, I had the same trainers on, and I was definitely thinking about food on my walk in May, too.

Then I realised, lots and lots had changed. I was walking holding a keyring in my pocket that had gained a new key to my the flat I now share with my boyfriend. The coat I was wearing I'd bought with the money I'd earned over the summer. I went on my phone to make notes as I walked along so forgive me for the jumpiness of it all. I tried to take photos of the walk to match the sunny ones from May, but the weather was misty and the ground was scattered orange. My camera also had a smash in it, a post-lockdown drunken slip, so I couldn't do the photo the same justice.

Even on my short walk I noticed all of these seemingly minor things that were different since lockdown pt. 1, and I decided I would never have picked a 'right time' to start writing. This month feels like a step backwards and a halt on the reigns, but when I took the time to look back, I felt OK to be stood still. So did the dog as it goes because I got lost in thought and ended up on the longest walk EVER.

I guess what I've tried to get down in this post is that even though this lockdown seems like we've all taken one step forward and two steps back, when forced to stand still, you might surprise yourself to take a look how far you've come in this weird, challenging year.

Write you soon,

Emma x