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Sigh. Poached eggs was good. The entire can of rice pudding following it was less good. I have reactivated my MyFitnessWanker account so fingers crossed that will keep me on the straight...

We are planning a holiday in Yorkshire later in the year. Looking forward to my fish and chips by the sea. I have booked everything on flexible rates so I can cancel and move up to 2 days before we go just in case they decide to do local lockdowns and restrictions.

Our neighbours have family staying from Blackburn for a few days. They’re due to fly on holiday on Monday and it’s looking like their area might be next for a local lockdown so they got out while they could!

DD2 finished primary yesterday it all very odd feeling.

Last time I have to walk a child to school and back as well after I think 12 years of it- they insisted they were accompanied though ideally she have been walking part way since easter and then only so late as serioulsy busy road to cross and out of catchment.

We have a day otfdisney + and mossisons night in box and tommorow a new walk with a cafe open at it's end.

I’m trying to get out and do stuff over the summer as we need to be so cautious about track and trace once DD goes back to school: she’s missed so much already and been so sad that I can’t bear the thought of having to tell her that she has to be off school for a fortnight. So we’ll be living a very boring life from September till Christmas.

That's a good point I hadn't thought of DD1 will be last GCSE year she really can't miss more school and possible exams and assesments.

Waves ... Uber busy week ... nothing much to report. I’ve noticed the death-ghouls in my life calming down recently, maybe the mask-placebo effect is real! Have looong list of boring jobs this weekend & very little motivation!

Venturing to Hyde Park for the peaceful gathering tomorrow. Does anyone know, are visors "accepted" on the underground, rather than the horrible muzzles? So far I have managed to escape going somewhere they are mandatory.

@LadyOfTheImprovisedBath end of primary is a big milestone!

My children were/are all home educated (various reasons mostly lost in the mists of time!) ... dd1 started school in y7 (she’s off to uni in September now!), ds1 was supposed to be working towards transitioning into an ASD unit (he’ll be 14) - off the table now entirely fucked by CV. For us that’s a disaster. Dd2 was due to start y7 - school for the very first time! - the uncertainty has been a terrible for her (also ASDish), so we’ve signed up her for an online school semi transitioning for next year & withdrawn her ... will try again for year 8.

So my expectation of only have one child at home next year - entirely NT ds2 & doing all the fun HE stuff that we can’t do normally - for one last year of HE before he goes off too is cancelled! Bit of an adjustment. Understatement.

Morning all.

Our internet played up again last night so I gave up (which was probably a good thing) and watched the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony instead.

Both DCs ended up watching with me. We have happy memories of that time.

@ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson I have a DM like yours. I understand her chronic anxiety but sometimes it hurts. I can't drive 200 miles to sit in her garden only to have to travel back again the same day. DF is shielding but I keep hearing, "We'll stay as we are, thank you," from 1st August. But if I don't pick up the phone the moment they ring I get the, "It's very difficult for people like us, we feel abandoned," guilt-trip.

They have excellent relationships with neighbours who have helpee them out, and have had more social contact than me, with plenty of actual chats in the front garden. I miss them a lot, they miss us, but I daren't broach the subject of me visiting.

And now that Boris has mentioned November, that'll be it.

Checking in, off on holiday tomorrow (uk) soooooo excited. Dds beyond themselves with happiness!

I am so fed up with the kids waking me up every . Single . Day.

Constant crisis and food management and jibber-jabber all day, every day.

I’m behind on house admin. I’ve had a direct debit go out yesterday and I can’t figure out what the fuck it’s for. The house is drowning in clutter, dust and crumbs.

I get zero breathing time and it’s exhausting. And I sound like a whiny little bitch.

They eat everything I buy immediately thwarting food plans for later.

I never seem to be “on top”.

Given up on today and gone back to bed.

I well remember the odd feeling I had last year when DD left primary. I’ve only got one child so my time was shorter than most, I can’t imagine how strange it is for people who have years and years of children at the same primary suddenly come to an end. Not that I was particularly sad, some of the other parents weren’t, to be generous, always the easiest people to be around. Also the last couple of years were a bit rough on DD as her two closest friends left. She was much happier at secondary, making new friends and really enjoying the broader range of subjects on offer, I felt gutted for her when the schools closed. Normally at this time of year the holidays feel like a lovely break from routine for her, but this year I’m wishing it away so she can get back.

DS1 finally has a play date arranged. I made an attempt when schools went back in June, which fizzled. It seems the mum is less concerned about social distancing now. DS1 hasn't seen the friend at all in 3 months, and is yhe kind of child who needs his couple of strong friends rather than just company.

Trip to the beach deferred to tomorrow for better weather.
Had a lovely evening with friends, gin and pizza last night

I'm over the border! Visiting family in London. Everything feels very normal and optimistic here. Londoners, you're ace

We’re planning a trip to London next year. We’ve had some amazing trips down there. Hopefully by then all this COVID nonsense will be long forgotten.

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane

I thought they closed the GPs because I expected this thing to be bleak. I thought it’d be an “all hands on deck” triaging covid patients on trollies in the car park.

As it turned out - the slightest whiff of Covid and you were directed elsewhere.

As someone else said, the supermarket workers, couriers et al just had to crack on and the medics pulled up the drawbridge.

Baffling. But I’m guessing they’re being thwarted by the same people hindering Scottish nhs dentists.

Yes, at the beginning they told us (I'm a nurse at a GP surgery) to expect to be busy with Covid and need to stop doing almost everything else. Yet at the same time the message to the public was 111 for the slightest hint of Covid, so despite setting up half our building as a Hot Hub, we barely saw any potential Covid cases. We were ridiculously quiet for a while as the public didn't want to come in, though the GPs carried on with their work just mostly by phone or video and only bringing in people who needed to be examined.

We keep getting updates from the CCG about things we are 'allowed' to start doing again. All of which we actually carried on doing throughout, because we had the capacity and didn't see why we shouldn't! So many places stopped doing smears, we were actively calling people in for them. We didn't stop anything except annual reviews and health checks, but speaking to other surgeries I've no idea what they've been doing all this time as they stopped pretty much everything! I felt quite rebellious bringing people in for ear syringing and b12 injections, things that make a huge quality of life difference but apparently aren't essential...

It's frustrating to know that people have been so let down by the health care system when in many cases it was completely unnecessary. We've terrified and guilted people into not wanting to use the NHS, it's disgusting. I've had to insist patients make appointments for things that need urgent attention but they say 'oh we don't want to bother the NHS at the moment' - it's not okay. So many patients are waiting for things that could have happened, could be being treated, it makes be angry that the system is letting them down. I didn't sign up to work for the National Covid Service!

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane and @NothingIsWrong sorry you're having a shit day.

How's @Bubble? Haven't seen her for a few days or is half the group on Facebook now?
I tried going back on there and last 10 minutes before I saw something stupid and had a little rant, remembered why I should not be on Facebook and quickly went away again. It wasn't even a Covid post, I just have a very low tolerance for stupid and people who can't apply critical thinking to things (did anyone hear about the Wayfair thing? I love a good conspiracy but that was bonkers!).

Sat in the car waiting for DS2 to finish his outdoor fitness/weightlifting class. Couldn't face town this morning, too much hassle and I'm tired and have a headache.

Camping for 4 nights from the 3rd and decided I shall book meals out for the Mon, Tues, Wed meaning half price meals and I get out of cooking (usually self cater on holiday due to cost but then it just doesn't feel like a break as I still have the stress and mental burden of food shopping, meal planning and cooking).

Apparently the eligible restaurants will all be listed somewhere online next week, so should be able to book them beforehand

Checking in! After being bombarded on fb by pro mask wearing memes and threats I stupidly stated I don't agree with it and I won't be wearing one but I will be avoiding anywhere they are needed! Still got called selfish and uncaring even though I stated I wasn't going anywhere! Can't bloody win!! Xx

Have also been working in the NHS "Business as usual", Lethargic.

It's been steady but our workload has shot up the past two weeks. I suspect people are going back to the GP, or starting to really struggle with their health now & are seeking help. Which is good, but they should've felt able to do this all along.

I went to our local bakery this morning and two people in the socially distanced queue were talking about how they expect life to be like this until at least next summer.
I pipped in with what was said in the announcement yesterday and one of them said "I work in a safety business, we have been helping shops and businesses get ready for opening up so I think we are a little more clued up, there is definitely going to be a second spike and winter will be awful" I may have definitely did point out that she is hardly an impartial opinion when she is making money out of this.
Though I did stop short of telling her that I am involved in a particular steering group at work and we get weekly input from our director of Public health, he pretty much spoon feeds us what the numbers mean, what the local picture is and the actual risk. So I see your security company info which sounded like it came from facebook and raise you actual information from someone who knows what they are talking about.

Or maybe I was just pissed off as she also added that schools shouldn't be back until next Jan at least and added "I mean I suppose I'm OK as I can homeschool" thus proving my point that the only people who think this is a good idea now are those least affected. Or making money from it.

Visors arrived. Using my label maker, I'm going to stick a label (in tiny print) on one which says "It's not about a virus. It's about government fear and control."

@PinkFondantFancy DH isn’t remotely dementory and his holiday reluctance isn’t driven by anxiety. I’m not sure why he’s been such an Eeyore, other than he’s turning into a grumpy old man at 44.

It’s nice to hear you’re enjoying London @NannyPhlegm. I think the fact that Londoners are so good at minding our own bloody business makes us seem more chilled out than other parts of the country right now. Also it’s harder to be fearful of being around other people when there are 7 million (or is it 8 these days?) of us crammed in together.

Sorry to hear you’re feeling rubbish @InsaneInTheViralMembrane and @NothingIsWrong. The sun has just come out here, so hopefully it will start to shine where you are too. I understand about the relentlessness of the children demanding attention. Mine stand outside the bathroom door and talk to me while I’m on the loo! I hate to wish away time, but I keep fantasising about their first day back at school in September and having a silent, empty flat to myself.

Mine stand outside the bathroom door and talk to me while I’m on the loo!

We have a ‘don’t talk to mummy while she’s on the loo, unless you have a limb hanging off’ rule.

A fb aqaintance is horrified that her ex suggested taking the child down to London, and has had lots of frothy comments as though it's still a hotbed of pestilence.

Admittedly I avoided it at Feb half term and we went north to a different city instead, but that's because at that point London seemed to br the most likely early spread point... which was not incorrect!
I'll admit to not being arsed about going now, but that's due to my mask phobia and the logistics of having to book and plan things which I find stressy rather than enjoyable. But the actual virus itself? It's not a bad place to be right now.

@LadyOfTheImprovisedBath, that's appalling. I'm so sorry and hope he is now getting the treatment he needs to make a good recovery.