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Many of us have experienced restrictions on movement and social contact during the pandemic. Talk about any restrictions that have especially affected you.

I kind of touched on this in my last entry but I'll elaborate a little more.<strong> I started dating a woman about 7 weeks ago and just before we were landed in to Level 5 again (severe lockdown), I asked her to be my girlfriend.</strong> At the time, level 5 was a possibility but not a certainty. Anyway even if it was a certainty, I don't think it would have changed my actions, she is a wonderful person. But <strong>it has been hard. We are still getting to know each other</strong> and want to spend time together. But at the moment, all <strong> restaurants and cafes are closed. Cinemas and museums</strong> are closed. <strong> No household visits</strong>, indoor or outdoor are allowed. <strong> And its winter!! In rainy Ireland!! </strong> So we picnic in the cold, we walk in the cold, we go to the supermarket together in the hopefully not cold and we get by. But it's hard and there is a great sense of longing for both of us to just do normal things.<strong> I dream of the day I will hold her hand </strong> across a restaurant table <strong> or cuddle in close </strong> as we watch a movie on a couch. <strong>I suppose it will be ever more the sweeter once it happens.</strong>