Anti dementors not (second) waving but flouting

[Waleshasgonecompletelycrazy]

Welcome one and all. Bad days, good days...we're here for you all

Oh and my neighbours postural pilates has resolved my neck and shoulder issues far more effectively than the physio did. I feel good that I can give her some income as well as she has had all her classes cancelled since lockdown.

Even keeler ffs
Not like his old harridan of a wife

@Dowser My state of mind is gloomy.

I thought I would be working today but the call I'd got booked with the client so we could plan what's needed has been moved from now until Monday. So now the highlight of my day is going to do my Mum's shopping. Whoop-de-doo.

Off to do that now and then, when I return, I think I will be all out of excuses and so I'll have to start painting the back bedroom, aka DH's man cave.

I'm trying to stick to the pact I've made with myself – to get off my moany, whining arse and do something when I get the glooms, which is now most days.

Good to hear Rookie that you’re feeling on the up.

Nice that someone has a bit of good news.
Our Tenerife accommodation is booked for October and December but don’t want to book flights until I know what the rules are.
That we don’t have to quarantine when we get there, not happening, or when we get back..also not happening.

I don’t think we will be travelling down south to Cardiff or Dorset , I’ll be happy to get to our caravan.

@Dowser my DH is similar to yours I think. He agrees that this is shit and wants to end lockdown as much as I do but it doesn't really get to him emotionally. Whereas I'm all over the bloody place!

Feeling a bit flat / down today. Not terrible but definitely not good. I just need to get through to Monday when DD can go to school. Hopefully the excitement of going back will override the strangeness of it.

I'm missing my swimming and classes I used to do when the DC were at school- the small things for myself. Going for a walk soon to clear my head. Feeling quite low today.

All flights
Sometimes that’s all you can do, is put one foot in front of another.
The gloomy weather doesn’t help either.

At least by staying away from the news and most of the tv, I don’t have anyone else’s shit to deal with.

Just my own, in my own little bubble.
Sometimes , that’s enough
Might give my son a ring, see if any of his clients have murdered him, or he them.

At least my kidney infection pain has gone down to tolerable level.
Mr Dowser is loving his toastEd buckwheat bread with peanut butter , so much so he’s had two breakfasts..that and his muesli.
Bless him

I’m a SAHM, who was planning to go back to work once DS started school in September. God knows if or when that will happen now. I was worried about it before, but now I just don’t know what I’ll do. We be slogged through the last 4 years for DS, because it worked for us, but I can’t do it forever. I need more.

Lucky DH. Two breakfasts!

Where's your caravan, @Dowser? When did you last go?

As you can see I'm still avoiding Mum's shopping

Definitely snap there sir Samuel. He does keep me grounded.
He just gets on with things. His motto..no point missIng what you can’t have
Does not work for me.

Orange blossom..yes very hard to recreate swimming I imagine. I suppose you’re not near a beach. My dd had a dip a couple of weeks ago when it was hot, she did that skinny dip up in Northumberland last winter. Loved it. Forgot the name of the place now.. something like druridge bay I believe.

With regards to my mental health not great tbh. I'm stuck in limbo between jobs. I've not officially been made redundant yet, and I can't start my other job as I've got to wait for a Dbs... I feel a bit useless.

Tiny bit happy because Ds goes back to nursery on Monday and he so needs it.

Spudlet of course you need more! on your behalf. And on everyone else's too.

for everyone struggling.

My period is due any day. I have moments of lightness here and there but some days you just claw your way through. Better times will come.

How long will the DBS take, do you know, GeneGenie? Had one last year for a contract job I was doing but can't remember the deeds as they let me start without

Deets, not deeds

allflights I believe up to 4 weeks but could be much quicker. So who bloody knows

I just want it all sorted it's making me uneasy!

I agree about not trying o take on too much of other people's stuff right now. It can be overwhelming. Just trying to look after yourself and DC is enough

Lol all flights, we sneaked three days in after we got hauled back from Tenerife , so we were there till March 23 , we had three nights.
Would’ve stayed longer but site owner was closing the site.
I really can’t complain, I’ve had 4 breaks this year
Caravan end of January for two nights that coincided with our monthly dowsing meeting
Three days at Beatrix potter hotel in February, in Windermere, luckily between the two storms,
Two weeks out of three in Tenerife as we were evacuated when they went into lockdown in early March
And the three nights at the caravan end of March

Like I said, I really can’t complain but because I’m a moany old bag I will complain that I missEd going to see my friends and rellies in Dorset and Cardiff late April/ early May. However as I realise they are all in full dementor mode ( one even sanitising their shopping) it’s maybe a good thing for the sake of our friendship.

Will you have a nice cuppa and chat with your mum.
Said to mr Dowser the other day, my mam would’ve definitely been down here and I’d of been at hers had she been here..we wouldn’t have had any truck with this staying away nonesense. Heck my mam lived through the war and did 20 years widowhood and put up with lots of other shit, there’s no way she’d have complied.
They even had to put her out of her care home.

Morning everyone. Oh dear, lots of us seem really fed up this morning :(

I've been a SAHM for many years and, prior to this, would have said that I'm actually quite self-sufficient and don't 'need' many people in my life to feel fulfilled.

What I hadn't realised was just how much that small social circle, and its activities, enriched my life.

This really struck a chord with with. I always knew I was a bit of an introvert, but actually didn't appreciate how sociable I am (or "needy" as my sister charmingly put it the other day). Of course I'm bloody needy at the moment - I have had years of total shit happening, am self employed with no idea about when proper money will start coming in again, and now my boyfriend (who lives 14 miles away and with whom I mainly communicate via Whatsapp with at the moment - not great) seems to have gone incommunicado. Why do that? With self esteem never great, it's a massive headfuck and I'm officially Glum.

This is not living. It's shit.

I’ve just had a call from the nice lady in the next village whose prescription I collect. She’s lovely. Cycling over to hers once a month is one of my highlights, we stand in her garden and set the world to rights... she has no idea how much I need that, never mind her prescriptions So anyway, that’s a nice thing.

My period is due any day now, which I’m sure is partly why I feel so fed up too.

Gene genie
My son waited ages for his check as well.
We thought it was all going to go pear shaped for him..but for once his luck changed and so far he’s with a good company who pays well.
Well more than minimum wage.
Amazingly he gets more for answering phones than when he rolls up his sleeves and provides care for the clients.
Says a lot doesn’t it?

@Nihiloxica, thank you for your kind words about SAHMs, they are really appreciated. Before this started, I volunteered 1 day a week in a library that was staffed entirely by volunteers and 1 librarian supervisor. I loved it; I was doing something useful in an environment that was paradise to me. I had sorted out a routine where I had individual time with each of the DC after school and I had completely recovered from my depression. Then this.

I can't teach my children for toffee. I tried but I am crap at it. It makes me feel stupid and useless. I guess @Dowser, that answers your question about my mental health.

Spudlet I'm very much in the same boat as an SAHP. I'd just got the youngest settled in Reception and was beginning to think ahead, but now I have no idea where we'll all be in September. Right now I know I'm 'lucky' that I can actually focus on the DC & that we can manage on one income for a bit longer, but its bloody frustrating.

*I've been a SAHM for many years and, prior to this, would have said that I'm actually quite self-sufficient and don't 'need' many people in my life to feel fulfilled.

What I hadn't realised was just how much that small social circle, and its activities, enriched my life.*

Yes! And me! I spoke to a friend yesterday and we had a most delicious moan. So many small pleasures have gone - jumping on a bus, getting a coffee with a friend.

I am a SAHM. I usually describe myself as a pensions actuary who's taking some time off to hang out with the kids while they're small. I was wondering whether I should start thinking about looking for another job - mainly because I so often meet people who are completely aghast that I am not working.

I am a SAHM. I usually describe myself as a pensions actuary who's taking some time off to hang out with the kids while they're small. I was wondering whether I should start thinking about looking for another job - mainly because I so often meet people who are completely aghast that I am not working

Same here, I always considered myself a Marketing Director on a career break! Just due to PND and unresolved psychological issues after the death of my brother it turned into a longer career break than planned!