Ka-Boom!

2020 in Egypt 

New Year's happened and went. Life was normal,  still single and going back and forth from home to school (work). Enjoying cafes and hanging out with friends.  Never thinking about how our world was about to change drastically in a few months. 

Ka-Boom!  The world was hit by a pandemic. A horrible virus hit globally, causing horrible sickness in the lungs. You could catch it from anyone. Life was never the same again. Everywhere, countries did not know how to prevent their people from getting affected, so the world stopped.

In Egypt the pandemic hit officially in mid-March. All schools closed, lockdowns and curfews begun. And the start of online education. As an international teacher, we were happy at first to be home and rest. Then the struggle of online teaching hit hard. Keeping students focused via internet was extremely difficult to say the least.

My world was extremely lonely,  Egypt was not completely shut down, but I stayed in and ordered everything  to be delivered. I even started online dating. I craved companionship. So within a month of Corona I bought my pug puppy, Miss Daisy. 

And had online companionship on Tinder, just corresponding with the opposite sex.

I was blessed, after 4 to 5 frogs, I met my soulmate,  my Hamid. It was a fast romance  but it felt calm and steady. I was always at ease and excited to see him. We started dating in end of May and Islamic marriage by early July. Now married for 6 months and still in marital bliss. Now, it's the end of this horrific and fabulous year...

Wish for only brightness to the darkness that so many suffered around the world this year!