Quarantine days

This quarantine due to the coronavirus has been quite a complicated period. An isolation that seems to have no end.

Cinque Terre, April 2019

Last November, after almost two years of steady growth in work here in Italy, I returned to Brazil for vacation. I was happy to see my family and some friends and recharge my batteries for a 2020 that promised to be even better. My return to Italy was scheduled for the beginning of February.

Since January, the news about the new coronavirus in China has started to increase and there was a concern as most of the customers come from Asian countries. There would probably be a reduction on the part of this audience. When I arrived at Bologna airport and all the passengers had their temperature checked, I realized that the issue was more serious than I imagined. Luckily I managed to do some jobs that were already scheduled for February, but at the end of the month the increase in cases of contagion in Italy already gave a notion that the epidemic was out of control. Since then, all communications related to my work were cancellation requests. I had 2 clients who wrote saying that if the borders were open they would like to keep the sessions and would do everything possible to make this happen. It was undoubtedly an encouragement, but unfortunately it was not confirmed.

At the beginning of the pandemic, probably in a phase of denial, I no longer watched the news, whose content was 100% coronavirus. Then I started to get information and look for news that gave a little hope. We still don't know how far this goes. Here in Italy, the numbers seem to be starting to give way. Even so, April will probably be another month with no funding. The feeling of these days is to be a little depressed, missing my family and worrying about the lack of work. I take the opportunity to study some English, in which I am still very limited and will certainly help me when we go through all of this. Meanwhile, we continue to hope for a cure and the well-being of all!