Hobby in strange times

So, like most people I'm impacted on by the lockdown going on during the COVID-19 pandemic.  prior to the lockdown coming into effect I was already placed into isolation for 14 days due to displaying some symptoms (which I do not believe to have been COVID-19) - during that time I was rather active hobby-wise; especially painting the basecoat on lots of bases across all sorts of systems!

But since the lockdown proper, and my working from home, it has become more and more difficult to devote some mental space to hobby.

Like many, I viewed this time as an opportunity to crack on with some of the Pile of Future Glory - but it hasn't really panned out that way.

After working for the day (some times on call until 8pm - I'm a key worker but not a particularly important one!) - it's strange but there's a complete lack of energy.  A complete lack of will and motivation.

But I have attempted to persevere - chipping away at little bits here and there.

I've prepped a few minis here and there for Dracula's America, Gangs of Rome and Necromunda; I've assembled some scatter terrain (more on that in the future), I've prepped some Jacobite Rising stuff and a new Burrows and Badgers warband.  I've also prepped both sides of my special Universe of Battle tribute project.  There'll be introductory posts on a lot of this when I find more energy!

I'm awaiting some decent weather (been rather windy recently!) to prime all that stuff to add it to the queue.

There has to be a way to re-energise, I'm sure of it.  I just haven't found it yet!

I know that in the scheme of things this is minor - there are many, many critical and key workers putting themselves at risk to help people (my sister is one, working in the isolation ward at a local hospital).

I think I just needed to put this all down in writing - to perhaps gain some perspective, perhaps to encourage me to take stock of what I have done and show myself it's not been as bad as my head is making out... a true ramble I suppose!