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(too) at home in my home (?)

30 Monday Nov 2020

Posted by azahar in casa azahar, coronavirus, covid

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stay home

I find myself in a bit of a quandary. Let me know what you think. I was going out a bit more a couple of months ago, when restrictions were lifted, while of course still being careful. To be clear “going out more” meant that aside from essential shopping and occasional river walks, I would go also out for tapas a couple of times a week. But since the recent curfew and all that I’ve stopped my walks and maybe meet a friend for tapas once a week. The rest of the time I’m at home.

And the thing is, I’m okay with that on a personal level. The new restrictions with shops/bars/restaurants closing at 6 pm, no going outside our municipalities, and the curfew from 10 pm to 7 am, don’t actually affect my “new normal” life since I haven’t been out in the evening for months and haven’t travelled outside Sevilla since March. But I am wondering… am I TOO okay with this? As a person who suffers from agoraphobia, is all this giving me too much “permission” to just succumb rather than push myself to get out there?

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caturday november 28th 2020

28 Saturday Nov 2020

Posted by azahar in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home

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caturday nov 28 2020My beautiful bright-eyed girl.  ❤

I mean honestly…

25 Wednesday Nov 2020

Posted by azahar in casa azahar, cats, home

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sleepyJust look at this guy. After pestering me non-stop for BREAKFAST (starting anywhere from 6am, and even earlier if I happen to get up to pee before that) he’s had his fill and then DEMANDS that I snuggle with him. I mean, he seriously demands it. Most nights he spends on top of the pillow next to mine, but after brekky he wants to stretch out alongside me and have his belly and shoulders rubbed. Head on the pillow, tucked under the duvet, just like a little man. I actually love that all my cats feel this safe and secure, makes me feel like I’m at least doing something right. Hope I can keep it up!

caturday november 21st 2020

21 Saturday Nov 2020

Posted by azahar in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home

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caturday nov 21 2020

A whole lotta Loki.  ❤

looking for a new home

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

Posted by azahar in casa azahar, cats, home, sevilla

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covid, sevilla

looking for a home

Don’t get me wrong. I REALLY do not want to leave my present Casa Azahar, where I have lived now for more than three years, because I feel more at home here than anywhere else I have lived in Sevilla. And it would actually break my heart to leave here.

But we are living through difficult times and the truth is, I just can’t afford to live here anymore.

At first I thought back in March that getting through maybe six months would be doable, but then they cut off my government financial support at the end of June, so things got even more difficult. And it’s not only gone way beyond six months, it looking like this situation is going to last another year, or even more.

So with a seriously heavy heart I’ve started looking at possible new homes. Of course nothing I see looks like home, and taking into account the cost of moving, it would be almost a year before I even recuperated that cost so that I would actually be paying the lower rent. Is it worth it? Last year I thought about the prospect of taking in occasional lodgers, but unfortunately this just isn’t possible during covid.

I like to think that my real home is wherever those three guys are, happy and cosy on my lap. But dammit, leaving here would just hurt so much. Anyhow if any of you in Sevilla know of someplace nice please let me know. Things are getting a bit desperate.

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