I wanted to visited Kerala and be
with my parents for a long time but 7 days of mandatory quarantine, forced me to
stay back in Bangalore. I was under the assumption, that one day quarantine norm
will be quashed and I will travel. Other reason for me to dodge quarantine was,
I am claustrophobic and I wasn’t sure, if I will be able to survive for 7 days in
a closed room, all by myself.
Later I realized that this quarantine
norm is going off anytime soon, so I decided to visit my parents after a year (longest
so far). For quarantine, I zeroed upon my aunt’s house, where my cousin sister
had successfully completed her quarantine period.
I landed up at my aunt’s place by
evening 6 pm and directly went to the room allotted to me, followed by a quick
shower. Since, I was too tired due to exhaustive journey, I took rest for some
time and for the l dinner to be served and immediately dozed off to bed.
Next day, my aunt said, full
first floor is for you, so you can go to other rooms also, instead of being
confined to one room itself. It gave me a fresh breeze of life as I could freely
roam to other rooms of the floor without any fear. This made my life little pleasant
full as being confined to a room was too monotonous.
I had planned lot of activities
for those 7 days of quarantine but nothing materialized. As most of the time my
ears were glued to the staircase, as my aunt would get me sometime things to
eat at regular interval. Any sound on the staircase was an indication that
someone is coming up. Usually I don’t feel that hungry but during those 7 days,
I was starving most of the time, hence ate a lot and piled up some weight too.
My only way to communicate with the
members of the house was through a glass panel. It was little difficult but
good for the current situation. My dad was enjoying this scenario a lot. Couple
of time, I felt like a new creature in zoo and people are visiting the place,
to get a glimpse of me. But I was happy, in that situation too, as I was in the
company of my loved ones.
First two days of quarantine were
spend in taking rest as I was too tired due to hectic travel and my right feet
was aching too. Since it was travel related ache, I decided to stay away from
medicines and applied ice pack at the effect area, it severed the purpose for
me.
I was very particular about few
things during my quarantine period, first was to meditate daily, drink lukewarm
water, eat healthy food at regular interval and take lukewarm water shower.
Lukewarm shower because water is little cold in Kerala as they are pumped from
well directly and people who are not used to this water, will get cold
immediately. And I wanted to avoid falling sick especially during the quarantine
period.
My friends and family members
would call me frequently to keep a tab on me, so I was usually engaged with
someone over call. Evening from 5pm – 7pm, I would at the balcony to get some
fresh air and could see people walking down the road along with some vehicular
movement. This was my, “me time” when, I didn’t want to take phone calls but
enjoy the beauty of nature, as balcony would open to rubber plantation.
Despite all these activities, I felt
lonely at times, then I would watch some movie or web series in my laptop.
Based on my personal experience, I can say that it’s better to be quarantined
with someone. Because sometimes your energy level goes down, there will be
someone who will understand your situation better than others. Basic reason for
energy level to go down was about the probable outcome of covid test, that
people have to take after their quarantine period. This happens usually when
are approaching towards the end of your quarantine period.
To sum up I can say that, quarantine
period is like spending quality time at a resort where food and all basic amenities
will be taken care for you but a visit to the pool or other places are barred. In totality, I can say that my quarantine
period was not that bad as I expected it to be, still I don’t to experience it
again unless I have a quarantine partner.
