Lefty Rankin
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Some people loved the isolation during the covid lockdowns. Evidence suggests it may have destroyed the lives of others. For me though it's hands down my fondest memory to date.
It happened much earlier than when most people probably experienced it, and unfortunately lasted not nearly as long.
My first and only covid "lockdown" experience lasted from January 2020 until April 2020. Three months of free range isolation living in a huge gated compound encompassed by 12ft walls, completely alone with my new wife. We'd only been married for a little over a year.
The compound was very large and had three structures on it. The conditions were extremely basic but at the same time spacious and cozy. We took care of about 27 dogs for my brother in law's boarding kennel and friends who were on long term vacations outside the country, but it was just us. About once every two weeks we'd open the gate to let the delivery girl drive in and up to the main house to unload our supplies. Other than that, talking on the phone with family, and going to a few of the shops in town every few days we had no other human contact for the entire three months.
After our work was finished we'd lock up and go on long afternoon walks for miles through little brick villages, or way past the town to a point at a very large river that had about 200ft of beach stretching from it's banks as far as the eye can see in one direction. Lots of Chinese families always out catching shit in pools of water to take home and eat. Everybody just minding their business and having a great time. On these walks one of the little dogs from the compound would always come along with us. A little corgi name Naiyou that we never had to keep track of and would always wait for us outside shops. After finishing each of our respective evening duties and eating dinner we'd usually watch movies together on my laptop in bed. We didn't have internet but I had a huge external hard drive with thousands of movies, lots of which neither of us had seen.
This was hands down the best time of my life so far aside from perhaps the every day nuances of being a father. Better than any honeymoon anyone could have ever had. Living free together in isolation with no distractions or pressures from the outside world. Going to bed early and waking up early. Working with our hands every day and facing new problems together that were fun to tacle and not stressful. She took care of the cooking, laundry, and housework while I took care of the dogs and compound maintenance. Besides the dogs and their pens I learned a lot about doing rudimentary electrical nig rig type jobs within the two main structures. She'd often stand beside me and assist. I also had to manually pump the septic tanks for those structures every 2 and a half weeks. Life was so good and simple. We'd love it if down the road we can figure out how to make it so we can live that sort of life long term, albeit with less dogs and more livestock.
@isis_Bleach
@Vermilioncore
@kranerman23123
@Bryce
@RichmondBread
It happened much earlier than when most people probably experienced it, and unfortunately lasted not nearly as long.
My first and only covid "lockdown" experience lasted from January 2020 until April 2020. Three months of free range isolation living in a huge gated compound encompassed by 12ft walls, completely alone with my new wife. We'd only been married for a little over a year.
The compound was very large and had three structures on it. The conditions were extremely basic but at the same time spacious and cozy. We took care of about 27 dogs for my brother in law's boarding kennel and friends who were on long term vacations outside the country, but it was just us. About once every two weeks we'd open the gate to let the delivery girl drive in and up to the main house to unload our supplies. Other than that, talking on the phone with family, and going to a few of the shops in town every few days we had no other human contact for the entire three months.
After our work was finished we'd lock up and go on long afternoon walks for miles through little brick villages, or way past the town to a point at a very large river that had about 200ft of beach stretching from it's banks as far as the eye can see in one direction. Lots of Chinese families always out catching shit in pools of water to take home and eat. Everybody just minding their business and having a great time. On these walks one of the little dogs from the compound would always come along with us. A little corgi name Naiyou that we never had to keep track of and would always wait for us outside shops. After finishing each of our respective evening duties and eating dinner we'd usually watch movies together on my laptop in bed. We didn't have internet but I had a huge external hard drive with thousands of movies, lots of which neither of us had seen.
This was hands down the best time of my life so far aside from perhaps the every day nuances of being a father. Better than any honeymoon anyone could have ever had. Living free together in isolation with no distractions or pressures from the outside world. Going to bed early and waking up early. Working with our hands every day and facing new problems together that were fun to tacle and not stressful. She took care of the cooking, laundry, and housework while I took care of the dogs and compound maintenance. Besides the dogs and their pens I learned a lot about doing rudimentary electrical nig rig type jobs within the two main structures. She'd often stand beside me and assist. I also had to manually pump the septic tanks for those structures every 2 and a half weeks. Life was so good and simple. We'd love it if down the road we can figure out how to make it so we can live that sort of life long term, albeit with less dogs and more livestock.
@isis_Bleach
@Vermilioncore
@kranerman23123
@Bryce
@RichmondBread
