So.. what are you going to do when this is all over?

[GreenTeaMug]

I am going to try and either go to a 4 day week or wfh one day.

And I am going on holiday to Iceland. I have wanted to for years and years.

Binge at the gym
Hug kids and grandkids for days
Have a meal in a restaurant
Go to the pub
Have a bloody big party
But sadly this all feels pure fantasy at the moment, I just can’t see a time when all this will be possible again

See my mum & dad
See my best friends newborn
Find a new job

My dad says that one more day in lockdown is one day closer to lockdown being finished.

Have a Big Mac
Go to the seaside
Hug parents and friends
Sort out a decent work life balance
Make do with what we have to ensure safety net for any future issues

what does a decent work life balance look like to you?

Because I want one too but I can't put my finger on a proper single for sure change. (Although not waking up at 3 am to write myself 'to do' memos will help)

Leave my arse of a partner, get my own place for me and my kiddies and stay single forever more!

Get my DS and his wife to visit for a few days.
See my mates for lunch and drinks whenever I feel like it.
Rebook the 4 holidays I've had to cancel this year

But mostly just be glad that DH and I survived the virus last month and are hopefully immune now.

luna when that happens you will feel so great.. :) And your kids too no doubt.

Mumble

See family (absolute priority!) and friends and have our housewarming party which will be a freedom party instead.

Also I'm on maternity and I'm rethinking going back full time to drop 12 hours (I work shifts) a week so I'm at home more and less tired. Yes less money but hopefully more happiness

Lastly I would like to go on holiday if we can afford it.

Take my father to Portsmouth to see the Mary Rose. We were going to go for his birthday in February but he called off because it was horrible wet weather, he's quite frail and he didn't feel up to it. I'm worried that he might not make it though.

Also-
Sing with my choir.
Eat in a restaurant.
Worship in church.

The Mary Rose is amazing. I was meant to take DC1 a few weeks back but did not, so we are planning on that also.

Be alone.

Cry because my son is back at school and I miss him.

See family and my friends baby due on Star Wars Day

Be alone. Where no one can touch me (yes you 4 yo, I mean you)

Go to my son's for a roast dinner.

GreenTeaMug, I used to go to Iceland sometimes but now they deliver.

Hug my mum

@GreenTeaMug I’m really not too sure right now

I work part time but long full days and I think by reducing the hours across a day would help reduce all the rushing about and dc being looked after for so long

I’d also love DH to reduce his working week so we all have more quality time as a family together

Very idealistic though

Try for second child as soon as IVF clinics open again
Reunite my toddler and her grandparents, who care for her while I work
Get back on track with savings to buy a family sized house (unlikely but hey!)
Have some really unhealthy take away food - possibly McDonalds

See my parents
Visit my sister and nieces
Go swimming
Get botox
Huge friends / kids picnic
Split office and WFH 50/50
Complete my house move

Hug my children and grandchildren until they squeal, rebook 2 cancelled holidays to Spain (for 2021?), go to Frinton and watch the tide come in, buy paint to finish decorating the hall, patronise our local shops/cafes and stop buying online. I can't imagine ever buying clothes again - have cleared out cupboards and I'm ashamed of the stuff I rarely wear - so I won't be going to Bluewater!

Get my hall stairs and landing redecorated.
Go for a family meal. We have been separated from eldest daughter.
Go and visit my brother.
Book a holiday with the family

I will probably working even more. I am in NHS and the backlog created by this is already phenomenal. The next year will be all extended hours and catching up/ dealing with the aftermath.

Go to work! I work in a school though, so that might be a long way off yet! I'm in the shielded group, so I haven't been in at all and I miss it terribly.

Then I'm going to invite my friends round for a house warming party, for the house I moved in to at the beginning of February. Never got that far, before it all went tits up!

Oh and I'd love to just browse around a supermarket right now! Being shielded means I've lost all independence when it comes to what I want from the supermarket.

Go to the pub and have dinner with my husband and drink lots of wine.
Go and see my friends and have a bit of a drunken party.
Go to the garden centre and buy lots of pretty flowering plants.

Throw DGS into the air and catch him.
Eat a parmo slathered in kebab meat.
Get a new wetsuit and go body boarding.