well that escalated quickly

so much has been going on again. as it it often does, in life. starting today we are on a 14 day quarantine because both of us are ill atm. doctor got ill last week in helsinki, and me just today. we were supposed to stay in helsinki much longer but luckily made the right call cos obviously, just now, everything is closing down. every border, everything. we managed to change our flights for free (thank you Finnair) and just got back last night. which is nice since indeed today noon i started poor as well, i already had a stuffy nose but thats normal, but then felt so lethargic which my sinuses aching and cough etc. i mean i am fine as usual, fit enough to work, but under the weather. and doctor has on-off fever and headache.

for me all the talk about working from home and how tough it will be staying in is interesting. obviously im so comfortable working from home as it is, and often stay in for days anyway. so im kind of in my comfort zone. but of course the knowledge that i now must stay in for 2 weeks does something psychologically. like, suddenly things dont feel normal.

our food hoarding habit finally pays off though. the cabinets are always full of canned tuna and whatnot. and the freezer is full. so we're good for a while and i didnt even consider going to the grocery today (before i felt ill), i knew they are all empty anyway. and we had paracetamol and all that.

i was supposed to celebrate my 40th with a big party in helsinki but then last minute pretty much i had to cancel as doctor got ill and although its so minor, with the corona panic it just didnt feel right.

the weekend before, we had a birthday and housewarming party in our wonderful, cute home. also our friends from Edinburgh visited, VV & partner. and then we were straight off to helsinki. i got to work at the office for 2 days after which people were advised to start working remotely.

at our housewarming we has turkish pide and some mezes to feed people with.

also a friend (Anni) made this amazing finnish cake for us. i was looking around for a finnish style cake cos the british cake ive had was dry and meh. this was the best ever.

i got some paper plates for the party. 

 a couple nights before the party i prepared some drinks. i like making a punch but felt like there was not going to be space or time for a punch bowl so instead i bought juices and made the punch into the juice bottle/carton. they were all different. worked out pretty well i think.  

and before the London party... we had friends visiting. first miss R and then Arttu. it was great to have friends over, they were the first guests in our very own home! im lucky i have people in my life would travel to london to spend time with me (& doctor). buuuuut after that was pretty blissful too, finally alone for a few days.

with miss R we went to a cool drag brunch, it was better than expected. Vinegar Strokes at Prince of Wales, Brixton.

went to Wellcome Collection with Arttu.it was...inresting.wonderful library there;

uh, just saw in the Guardian that campaigners are demanding that plastic sachets are banned. the kind were u get instant coffee for example. i admit i didnt even realise they were plastic... but of course they are. next step: order a load of Nescafe 3 in 1's cos i bloody love it and will miss it when gone. although hopefully they will invent another material to pack them in...

got these flowers from our neighbours below, for my birthday. very thoughtful. 

in helsinki i had time to go get botox the day before my birthday. i considered it a birthday gift to myself. just the frown lines between my eyebrows. i felt like they needed a break, i frown like...permanently. its still not 100%, botox takes like a week to kick in, but i will try remember post before and after later.

some good stuff i read:
Guardian/Steven Poole: Why Bad Ideas Refuse to Die
NY Times: Jordan Peterson-Guardian of the Patriarchy

Next Up Comedy seems cool.