Patronii in person, anti Dementors visit the zoo

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Never started a long running thread before but I figure even lurkers should take a turn. Hope the title ok.

Awww heroku
My heart goes out to you
I went with my daughter to view a house and the family were still there.
I just felt so sad and embarrassed for them
My dd didn’t buy it, perhaps it gave off a negative vibe
I honestly can’t think of anywhere you could go.
I can’t remember if you had children
My go to place would’ve been my mums.
She’d have the fire up the chimney on a chilly day like this

And yes I would’ve gone now..lockdown Or not.
Gawd, I miss her.

I wanna go shopping in a tacky centre and get slightly too drunk in a chain Italian. I want to not see dd and dh for a few hours. I’m sooo bored. Sulk!

And yes this!

I’ve just had my first coffee not made by me or dh since the middle of March - slightly spoiled by having to huddle in a doorway out of the wind but hey ho ...

Already been for a long dog walk so the rest of the day is stretching out interminably, sigh

I hate the feeling of having nothing to look forward to. Even if we are allowed to go on holiday later this summer we can’t afford to. I’ve had a 20% pay cut (allegedly from May to August but wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes permanent) and that was our ‘fun’ money - used for holidays, theatre trips, meals out etc. Dh’s contracts have all been cancelled or postponed for the foreseeable future so we’re now living off my reduced salary which doesn’t cover our costs and raiding our savings. He doesn’t qualify for any of the government bailouts so unless things get moving forward fairly soon we’re stuffed ...

I've never felt boredom like this.

I hate Saturdays the most because there is nothing to get up for, not even crappy boring home school.

I'm considering just not getting up today.

Or maybe ever.

This is like a never ending 1970s Sunday. It’s all just so beige

When the shops open, I’m thinking of getting a train to London and having a solo day out!

DH is military and works away during the week. Every weekday is the same! Going to start having more takeaway this week as have some Uber Eats discount vouchers.

This is all taking its toll and my marriage too I think.
In the week, DH works from 8.30-6 ish upstairs while I look after the DC. He comes down at 6, I go and do an hours work. We put the DC to bed, cook for ourselves, eat, sit mindlessly scrolling our phones then go to bed. And repeat. We have nothing to talk about as we don’t do anything. For around 43 hours a week while he’s working I have absolutely no adult conversation.
Weekends are the same except an extra pair of hands to look after the kids. Still nothing to talk about.
Urgh. What a crappy day.

Sympathies to everyone feeling really bored and/or worried about money (looking at you, Pleasedontdothat) . I feel exactly the same.DH needs to get his bike fixed and we're all so bored that DD and I are going along for a change of scene. That's what we've come to.

God knows what we'll do for the rest of the day. Perhaps try to arrange a photo for DH for his linked in page, as apparently his arsewipe former employer won't even let him use the pic of him that they insisted he had taken for the company page. There are NO words for my thoughts on all this.

According to the BBC lookup tool that shows how many new corona cases there are, apparently there is - wait for it - 1 in my city and 0 in Dorset, where I really want to go. So that's 1 in a combined population of over 700,000.

for everyone who's feeling gloomy today. I'd happily give you the lilies XH presented me with yesterday, if that would help. He's been giving me flowers nearly every week since lockdown began (except one week he gave me prosecco). I don't know why he's doing it but it's creeping me out

I'm actually quite excited today (saddo) Going for a run, might visit the local DIY shop which is apparently closing down so there might be bargains.

And then this evening I'm going to break the law, for the first time in nearly 3 months

Hate weekends. There's no point going anywhere because everywhere is going to be too busy. Normally in the summer we are caravanning every weekend and I just miss that so much at the moment. I can't understand why we are not allowed to go caravanning. Caravans have to be spaced out by law and we have our own facilities on board so could pay remotely and never need to come into contact with anybody the whole time.

So fed up about masks in hospital, how is it going to work for staff in canteens on breaks?

On the news this morning Matt Hancock has urged people to not attend protests for George Floyd. This worries me.
If the protesters stay 2m from each other (which I think they have mostly done so far) and most are wearing masks, how is it any different, risk wise, than going to a busy park or the beach? I dont get it.

We're having a rough day here too. Weather is rotten, DH is knackered and grumpy, there is just literally nowhere you can take small children and nothing to do with them. Can't take them to the playpark, soft play, a playgroup, a friend's. Can't even take them to a cafe or for a mooch around Tesco and a coffee in the cafe, which we've been known to resort to in bad weather. It's all so blah and endless.

**I've never felt boredom like this.

I’m the same. I am so fucking bored. My head is all over the place, I can’t concentrate, I read work emails 5 times to get the gist of it. I don’t want to knit, sew, or read. When lockdown started I had a pile of about 10 books I was working my way though. They are still there as I can’t concentrate enough to read them. Even going out bores me now as everything is shut, I want to sit in a cafe and have someone else cook and clean up. I see the shuttered up businesses and worry what won’t be reopening. Two of my favourite places have already gone.

I am sick of thinking about food, what to cook for 2 autistic kids with allergies and sensory issues, where will have the shortest queue to get in and buy the bloody stuff. The only thing I want to do is garden, but it’s pissing down and blowing a gale.

Everyday is like the shitty bank holidays at home when I was a kid. Nothing open, no one around, and so bloody quiet.

I stayed at my parents house for a few days when DH was away. Change of scenery was nice! I’m beyond caring now.

Exactly. It's the inability to concentrate. Yesterday it took me about six hours to do a really easy job that should have taken 2 at the most. As I'm self employed there's no one criticising me for that and as I'm not busy it's not an issue. But it is very very dull.

I'm sorry I can't remember who it was that mentioned it, about sales of books going up whilst people are off work. My book sales had ground almost to a halt after lockdown started. They started to pick up again on May 10th. (I don't know about the series that has a mainstream publisher as I get my royalty statements quarterly, but I can track the Kindle sales of my self-published stuff in real time.)

This morning I have written about 250 words on a novella that's been stalled since March - and that's the first time other than footling about online I've actually typed a full sentence not work related.

I thought it was just me who couldn’t concentrate. My memory is shot to pieces too.

It's probably bad form to quote from other threads, but I thought you lot would appreciate this gem:

"The whole economy would have collapsed very quickly and would have been irrecoverable if only the vulnerable were in lockdown. The NHS would have been overwhelmed and collapsed very quickly. Mortuaries overrun. Infections would have been so high. There would be people lying dead in the streets. Decaying corpses at home unable to be buried. How long do you think you'd hold your job down for with people dropping dead around you?"

🤣

I'm struggling to do things at the moment. I have no real concentration, I can't sleep, my head is a mess because I just can't see an end. It's taking a toll on my marriage because he's coping fine and I'm really not. He gets to go to work as normal and continue his weekend hobby. My workplace is closed, I have no idea if I'll even gave a job soon and my hobby can't be done because it's closed. I'm so used to spending my days seeing people and now I don't. I have no escape from my household, if I want to be on my own I have to go out for a walk or a run or something, fine at the beginning but now it's taking its toll. I don't have any local family, my friends all have their own kids and I really can't be doing with sitting in the garden making sure we are 2m apart for fear of being reported and being given a hefty fine.

All over the place is people judging others for breaking the rules and at first I had some sympathy but as we approach 12 weeks of isolation instead of feeling sympathy I feel suprise at how they can't understand that people are lonely and need to see others. Video calling really isn't the same no matter how much it's argued. I'm surprised at how many are still totally and utterly sticking to staying at home and not even going out for a non essential item.

This can't continue much longer, it's going to very quickly cause way more harm in the long run.

@AnotherEmma

hahaha! hilarious, and why on earth would there be dead bodies in the streets?! If I felt unwell I'd go to bed and rest, I wouldnt be choosing to lie in the gutter or on the pavement FFS. What a load of hysterical nonsense. I'm also loving the thought that I'd be at work as normal and my co workers who seemed absolutely fine at 9am would all be suddenly dropping dead by 11 break time!

@AnotherEmma that's a classic!

It is amazing me how much stamina the dementors have. It's still all over here, and sm. Another thread I was on has turned from political chat to spying on neighbours and moaning.

Even a friend suggested that schools could go back if teachers and children wear masks.

They are so dedicated to doom they are breaking my spirit. I'm now loathe to leave the house. There's nothing to do and the world is full of these horrible people.

Where is the evidence for masks?

There’s an article here. TL;DR: outside specific settings and specific properly-fitting masks they’re useless or worse..

I’ve really started to dislike people now. Some of my friends on Facebook have acted like total arseholes.

The world didn't stop when my dad literally dropped dead in the street in 1992. Admittedly Dudley was a bit of a dump at the time, but that's coincidence

We also haven't gone on to ban cream cakes, chippies, cigars, beer, brandy and Murray Mints which all contributed to his premature demise.