this is the information pack that we were given when we checked into the hotel so we are in
managed isolation and that's because we haven't tested so far positive for covid so we get tested
for covid day three and day twelve so here we've got a laundry facility you get we've got these
small little vouchers given to us and you're allowed 10 items per bag and one voucher per
person and then you have to pay after that so they give you all of your food so you're not permitted
to take photographs or film in any of these areas um don't talk to the public to the to the media
stay in your room day three quarantine um we have not quite got the sleeping right we've all been
up again since about 4 a.m but nevertheless we've been outside the sun's shining we've been outside
twice already and it's just gone nine o'clock and but today is our corvid test and we got
given these forums yesterday so you have to fill them out and there's lots of questions or whatnot
and then somebody's going to call us today and we'll have to go down and then we'll get tested
and then it says that we'll be notified of whether we've tested positive or negative either via text
message or on the hotel phone phone floor yeah so it says if you test positive that you'll then
there's a very high chance that you'll be moved to a different quarantine area and i think either
14 days start all over again or i'm not too sure either way we are obviously praying for a negative
for all three of us and it says that they're going to put a swab up your nose so i don't
know whether they'll do that for george or what's going to happen i'm actually quite nervous about
it because george has fallen asleep because he's really really tired nathan's parents have come
to visit us i'm in the lift and we've just been called to go and get our corbin test stressful
just had our corbin test um so they put a like a cotton bud or whatever your nose um and then
for george they did the same so we had to kind of hold george down i had to hold his arms nathan
held his head it took three goals but they got in there so i mean it didn't it didn't hurt does it
it doesn't hurt uncomfortably it's just yeah it's just a bit weird and uncomfortable my eyes were
watering after i got it done but yeah pretty quick and easy for me anyway and then for nathan maybe
because she's just got big man nostrils and it took a lot longer but there was no cries of pain
but you do it in a room in front of everybody else as well so there's like no privacy
so food's just been delivered so it was a ham sandwich which is not eaten
chocolate milk thankfully we've just had a package of strawberries
and grapes from grandma and granddad yes yes you got a chippy that's exactly what she said
and george has put half of his milkshake in his fruit bowl and has been dipping chips in
we're going to do some laundry today we are allowed 30 items per person for free
you just have to do your laundry before 8 am just leave it outside
your room and i think you get it back within 24 hours hopefully so just trying to be productive
day four of quarantine my straighteners aren't working
for some reason maybe the voltage or whatever so i'm going to have to rock the curly hair
for a while um last night i think was okay we've all woken up quite well rested jordan's had a full
breakfast so i think that today might be the day that we've actually transitioned over to
new zealand time yesterday however was a pretty rough day for everybody and with the corvid tests
and george not napping it was just yeah it just felt like a really really really long day
and just not maybe just not ourselves and we were determined to try to stay awake
and then as soon as we got into bed um just before nine o'clock to try to talk to stranger things we
were both like nope we're out of here um so george woke up again about three four o'clock but um
we might just put him in our bed and he's falling back asleep so today's sunday so we've all had a
really nice sunday breakfast and we're just gonna take it really quite mellow today not really put
any expectations or pressure on ourselves to get george in and out just try and have a bit of a
calm day um and see just take it as it goes really it's so weird you know being in and out just in
this one hotel room and then going outside we've made a few calls today hope for torah english
friends and family today so that'll give us a bit of a perk and see how we can amuse ourselves
we're outside it's a beautiful day we're just trying to find different
distractions and things to make into games so this is the slide that we found
good morning day five of quarantine uh we've all been awake early so we're just
enjoying the sun's sunrise and watching a movie last night somebody tested positive for covid in
our hotel and we got given a little sheet outside the door saying like stay in your room or whatever
and then um about an hour later we got a phone call from reception saying like it's all
it's all okay now they've either been removed onto another facility and they've had a deep
clean of all the communal areas so hopefully today we'll be allowed to go back outside and
get back to our normal timber and last week we've got this morning
just got our test results back and we are all negative of corvid
this is uh our laundry should have been returned looks very i don't even do our laundry like this
all for free as well valet service in quarantine every day is kind of blowing
into one now all seems the same we don't know what day it is we kind of look forward to meals
now just to see if there's any good food or whatever judge keeps finding new things to do
so
good morning day nine maybe we've kind of lost all track of time i'm enjoying these horrible masks um
yesterday was a bit weird just all blended into itself every day seems the same
the best bit is that every time we go out george finds something new to do or play with and we're
making more friends or seeing people on our exercise look that we hang out with them we talk
to
day 11 in quarantine it's a bit wet as you can tell great skies windy
today we have to go for our second corvid test some people have just got freedom
you can see there that's where you get out of the gate um watched the matrix last night couldn't
get any beers because we're in a lockdown all becoming very same same but we're almost there now
so today we'll get a phone call and then you have to go to the second floor and you
get your covered test not looking forward to it the first time didn't go very well
what i am looking forward to is getting these masks off because you wear them all the time
we've always got runny noses um this is quite spotty or whatnot but
yeah you kind of like going to like what like when it was locked down in britain and you become
very sloth-like because there's not really much to do i feel like we're in a very mellow
constant state of mind you know very subdued sunday as well today which is a traditional
day of relaxation so we'll probably have to just get through this test and then
sloth mode straight smooth sailing today 14 hopefully