Day 1 - March 16th 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

Accidental/unintentional self-containment day 1. Why? Well, I had to stay in for the builders.

4:45pm Boris Johnson tells us that we should avoid everyone and everything. I'm supposed to be going to the theatre and refresh Twitter until SOLT announce that theatreland is going dark.

And I got released from a pencil for a job.

Overall, pretty shitty day.

My local Sainsbury's now has no actual food - pasta, rice, tins all long gone - now there is no fresh fruit and veg except grapefruits, beetroot, green peppers (the worst one) and spring onions - Ready Steady Cook anyone?

I buy three bottles of (vegan) pinot grigio and far too much chocolate and spend the evening exchanging Disney song voicemails with my old drama school buddy and watching Cheer on Netflix.

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