How are you? What’a life like for you right now?

[Hannie123]

I thought this would be a nice space for everyone to say how they are feeling and what life is like at the moment. Let it all out x

I'm not so great. I'm a midwife, still working full time. DH is in food retail and distribution, also still working full time. We are absolutely knackered. I'm scared and anxious. The dcs are 10 and 13, they are both doing ok but home schooling is not really happening although the 13 year old is doing well with keeping on top of the work he is set.

I'm struggling with feeling jealous of those who are able to self isolate, work from home, not leave the house. I so desperately want to be able to do the same but this is never an option. We are dangerously short staffed. Most days I'm just grateful my loved ones are still ok and praying they stay that way.

Sorry, not a very positive response.

I'm withered at the minute.
I'm working from home and we've been put under pressure to do more hours, so I'm now working 7 til 4.30 (at least) every day with a 6 year old and 10 month old here.
I try to get in the garden with the kids at lunch time and we head out for a walk straight after work in the evenings.
I find because ds isn't going to school/seeing friends, I am the only person he has to talk to so he talks to me continuously all day long, which can be hard when I have work I need to concentrate on.

We’re ok. DH working from home full time, I’m a SAHM anyway with a 15 month old at home so the only real difference is having my 6 and 4 year olds at home (and trying to homeschool them!).
However I had a telephone appointment with my Dr on Monday due to a health issue, she referred me straight to the hospital who phoned me yesterday to make an appointment for today for some tests (appointment done, will get results on Monday), so now extremely concerned that they obviously think it’s serious as all except urgent referrals are not being made at the moment.
On the plus side my hot tub is being delivered tomorrow 👍

I've found this week tough. Trying to wfh full time with 2 small kids around , means I'm much less productive than I'd like to be. I've still not got access to everything I need work-wise. One of the kids is getting frustrated about not being able to go out as much. And we live in a flat with no garden.

Grumpy, tired, bored, sad, frustrated, overwhelmed, unproductive. Not in the mood for doing anything. Going to bed.

DH and I and our immediate family are great.
House and garden looking better every day thanks to us all being at home (DH still doing emergency calls as a gas engineer/plumber)

Auntie back up in the NE has been put in a coma and on ventilator - she is not elderly or has underlying health issues 😕

Lovely thread op💐

@Monr0e 💐🥂 It's tough being on the frontline.

I'm not so great either, also struggling with resentment at all those who can work from home when I have to continue working full time and potentially expose myself and the vulnerable patients I care for to covid 19. It's very stressful and I feel overworked and slightly unappreciated by colleagues working from home who don't seem to understand our stress.

I am appreciative for the fact we still have 2 incomes and no financial worries. Dc's are teenagers so low maintenance too. Also I have more time to crochet and have spent lots of money on yarn which I can justify because of the hours I am working.

I feel down. Not too much because of the lockdown I don't think. I'm more frustrated at being a parent. I'm struggling in my head.

I am in a really weird space at the moment - works is mega stressful BUT generally I am much more relaxed when away from the laptop. My wedding has been postponed and my OH is suffering from depression/panic attacks so in a way (personally) much better but in another (family/household) much worse.

So basically I'm super conflicted because I feel bad feeling 'better' when I know someone I love dearly is struggling so much 😞

Thank you @Hannie123. I do try to leave him to it, but it's hard because I'm the epitome of a 'good girl', very very conscientious, massive anxiety about not getting work done, so it goes against the grain so much to see him sitting playing on his phone when I know he has homework to do, or letting him hand in rushed, shoddy work. He's such a clever lad with huge potential but he's never seen the need to demonstrate it - he can never be bothered to write stuff down and is happy to cruise along doing the bare minimum. Polar opposite of me and his dad! Annoyingly he's spent all this afternoon doing a very detailed drawing of a plane (his absolute passion) but would rather stick pins in his eyes than do the detailed drawings of plants/eyes/hands that this homework requires, even after a long chat about how he can apply the techniques he'd learn to improve his aviation art.

Ah well. Just had the most beautiful walk with my lovely dog, taken lots of photos of dandelions, and Grey's Anatomy is on in a minute, so I'm not going to stress any more today. Thank you for this thread!

Everyone is fine. But I’m hoping that this lockdown is over soon. There are only so many card games which I can play at night to distract myself. And there is also a limit on the number of naps I want to have/glasses of wine I can down/worksheets I want to print out/walks I can go on. I have even had to teach a lot of English lessons via Skype this week. I have also marked lots of homework.
Tomorrow we are cycling up and down for exercise. The weather here is beautiful. I want to do a family quiz night as well. We collect some pine cones to use for art lessons everyday.

Im not ok today have 3 year old daugther who has autism, non verbal, and 1 year old daugther, husband is WFH and super busy, im on week 5 i havent left house as have asthma, my 3 year old is just relentless watching her constantly , she is not sleeping waking for 3 /4 hours most nights and im knackered, not having break and beginning to get to breaking point 😣

It was difficult before lock down but daughter went to SN nursery this is another level

It's shit. I've been on furlough for 3 weeks and am at a real risk of losing my job, the first job I've had in years that I actually enjoy. I'm a single parent so I've got no other adult company. DS is an only child and missing his friends. I miss my family and friends. We're stuck in a first floor flat with no garden or outdoor space to enjoy. Going to Asda is the highlight of my week just because it's something to do. I can't wait until this is over.

Thanks for this thread Hannie123. Hugs to all those having the toughest of times, whatever the circumstances.

@chicken2015 do you have any support or not?

I have homestart the charity they r doing a zoom chat weekly and have friends im videocalling, spoke to husband today and he is going to try and spend up to hour in middle of day for lunch so get a bit of break

I was quite enjoying the break from work, but now I'm bored. I'm starting to panic about money because we are both self employed, I feel like I'm being a shit mum because I can't take my kids anywhere apart from a walk around our own town, which gets tedious, and the kids are fed up doing the same thing.
I have to block out the money worries because I feel physically sick sometimes.
On the upside, dp and I have fought a lot less that I thought we would, same goes for the kids. The dog is loving the longer walks and he loves lying on my legs on the couch, so he's getting to do loads of that. We finally cleared the garden (well as much as we could). I did promise myself I would do loads of clearing out, but I did under the bads and haven't got round to anymore, mostly because I'll have nowhere to put all the shit I've got to get rid of.
I also said I would spend time making big wholesome family meals, and bake loads, but I haven't. I just can't face the pile of dishes that comes with that.