ADs don't want the greater good, give us our crusty jugglers!

[ISaySteadyOn]

Here you go all, thought it might be my turn again.

@TheYellowOfTheEgg, that's good to hear. Thinking of a theme park for DS's birthday if we are still allowed then.

@IAintentDead

I think I'm in for a cracker of a storm. Thunder has been grumbling for the last half hour, The world has gone that weird 3d colour effect and the rain has just started.

Looking forward to a stunner (crash of thunder and first lightening)

So jealous am a puddle here ditto OH. Spent this afternoon helping DD clean her house for guests tonight, not a great idea in this heat. Jiggered now. I would love a thunderstorm would dance in the rain, will have to make do with a shower later.

Oooh I.love a good storm. Might shake up this crappy weather we have had lately.

We've decided to camp in the garden tomorrow night. DH will put a recording of African animal sounds on his phone so we can pretend we are on safari.

Loki
🥂🥂🥂🥂
I am on it😉
Nothing else to do except eat and drink in evenings.

@TheYellowOfTheEgg That's (somewhat) reassuring news about Chessington, I'm glad it wasn't too dementory.

With the announcement about muzzled worship in churches, this means that with my principles about not accepting the new abnormal, I've made my last visit to church for a while, and I shall be emailing the vicar to explain why, emphasising that it's not his doing, but that I do not want to appear "accepting" of the new abnormal (not using the exact words). It may be controversial of me to do so, but as I've often said, I think that we are being manipulated by the government because we're so docile and accepting, and they keep doing experiments to check that we still are. Maybe I am being paranoid, but nothing surprises me right now.

I had Radio 4 on most of today, which is unusual for me. I kept thinking "these latest measures seem very sensible", and I almost felt on the side of the government, doing their best in a bad situation. Am I being brainwashed by the BBC? When news is presented like that, you don't get the public reaction, apart from their carefully chosen interviews with people (who are probably told what to say). I had to keep reminding myself that the only evidence we have of the "increase in infection" is the government's word for it; for all I know they're playing it up as usual, thinking that people will believe it more because of what's happening in Spain.

And I wish Boris would talk like a human being. I've got his wretched "squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze the brakes" stuck in my head.

@torydeathdrug It was Carl Heneghan, thank you! DF was quoting him last week. Not on twitter but it might be worth drip-feeding him to DM otherwise I can't see her ever feeling safe enough to allow me to visit.

@Dowser I keep thinking if I sit here & bide my time it will work itself out. Because these things sometimes do. I am never going to be the person who starts a revolution. At the same time I don't want them in charge to think that those of us who are quietly doing what we're being told are all happy with it, because we're not.

@BogRollBOGOF I've noticed the extra food consumption at home throughout lockdown. He has a certain amount on his lunch card each week to spend at school, so because he's at home he's eating all the snacks here and needing his school food rations. So much for not making unecessary trips to shops for food early on, that was never going to work! I was warned about teens eating like this. I probably did it myself.
May your 7 year old whippet grow up to be a giant whippet who may or may not be sporting a caterpillar on his top lip manly moustache.

@Mrsfrumble if they weren’t such terrible people I’d feel embarrassed for them :/

Francois Balloux is worth following too - sensible, measured, admits uncertainty & balancing costs. Though even he has his breaking point with dementors ;)

@Willow2017 ... dance & drink & screw cos there’s nothing else to do ... (credits to Jarvis). I’ve been wearing all my old Pulp T-shirts the last few weeks :D

[quote torydeathdrug]@Willow2017 ... dance & drink & screw cos there’s nothing else to do ... (credits to Jarvis). I’ve been wearing all my old Pulp T-shirts the last few weeks :D[/quote]
😄😄😄

[quote torydeathdrug]@Willow2017 ... dance & drink & screw cos there’s nothing else to do ... (credits to Jarvis). I’ve been wearing all my old Pulp T-shirts the last few weeks :D[/quote]
I LOVE that song

@torydeathdrug you're Reading, aren't you? (Or have I mixed you up with someone else...) If so, loddon valley in Lower Earley are doing bookable family swimming starting the week after next. I may be travelling over from Newbury, as we've got naff all here.

Luckily I remembered right at the start to close the vellux above my bed. I would have been trying to sleep in a puddle. Thunder quite loud, a few flashes and a total stair rods for about 10 minutes. Satellite tv off (even Beeb and 3 and 4) and now it feels a little fresher. Still very warm and humid though. Lounge temp dropped from 29 to 27. And I've had to mop the floor because there was no way I was shutting off the patio in this heat.

@TuckMyWin OMG yes I am ... thank you so much 😊 if ds can go swimming he’ll stop scratching his skin off.

@Willow2017 my DS has that, "it is what it is," attitude too. I suppose it meant he didn't try to break lockdown & gives us no trouble really, but the "right-on/ rightousness" of youth can be a bit irritating sometimes. He doesn't have any adhd traits. I can imagine that's very tough to negotiate.

We were in a similar situation to you with DD this time last year, trying to persuade her to find a job. Luckily it came good & worked out for her. I have thanked my lucky stars that covid wasn't happening 12 months ago because she would not have coped at all.

Anyway, I think I am forgiven & I think he knows he has crossed a line. He is being incredibly helpful, & has taken a funny photo of the cat, which is his man-child equivalent of a hug.

Also smiling at @torydeathdrug "irresponsible grandma killer"

Thank you all for cheering me up.

DH was a 6ft whippet until he was 30. I'm expecting whippets taller than me by 12... and exponential increases in appetite...
They were the kind of whippet puppies that initatated weaning before the guidelines for age by pilfering food off our plates and eating it, and at 1 could demolish a child's meal when out. DM found it incredible that they could demolish corn on the cob with so few teeth

I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up about swimming. I'd love to go for a swim and there's no logistical reason why I can't other than it being shitty to go when the opportunities to take the DCs are so dire.
They must be skimping on staff to man one pool area at a time looking at it because there is no reason from a distancing point of view why you can't use the training pool at the same time as the main area.

But why so late in the day??? Mine are night owls so that's not too much of a problem, but why have sessions 17:00 to 19:00 and nothing earlier in the day? Why not swap the adult lanes with the family times in the early afternoon so that families find it practical?

I could do the evening, and pay the price, but going at 6pm means that it's not the main energy burn of the day and they need to be managed until that point IYSWIM. It doesn't break the day up so loses some of the point.

@torydeathdrug you can book up to a week in advance so I'm planning to try and log on and book on Monday. You might want to try the pool at the Hilton as well- the one in Newbury is doing bookable sessions and non members can ring on the day to see if there are any slots left.

Kids now at grandparents. I intend to go to the hairdressers tomorrow for my highly decadent second corona-cut (I normally get my hair coloured every 4-5 weeks - which will make MN gasp with horror) and then hibernate in between revising for these damned exams and re-doing my animal crossing island.

@TheOrchidKiller I've been so snappy and on a short fuse with the kids it's terrifying - been keeping it in, but been feeling so on edge and sensory inputted out that it's been awful (and DD2 has no concept of space or not lying all over you which has felt so awful for me but she doesn't understand). I've felt like such a shit mother. I'm hoping I can just recharge enough to keep on coping through a bit more of the shit now.

I hope the recharge does you good Domina.

I have a velcro 7yo and it can get very wearing!

I recently deactivated my twitter account because it was sending me slightly insane, but....Francois Balloux is fab & one of the few things I missed about Twitter

Save our rights uk
Uk United for freedom groups
Are holding gathering in London, cardiff, Plymouth , Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Brighton,,Belfast , Norwich Southampton, Leeds
On sat aug 8 at 2 pm
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Don’t know the others

We’ve had a thunderstorm in N Yorks
Still hot and humid

We've had the same storm, Dowser, just at the north yorks / west yorks border. Hasn't cleared the air at all!

I'm having to try not to think ahead at the moment. Even little plans are being shat on by this new unlucky dip in the Corona measures box Boris has got going on. I was planning on doing regular trips to the library and trying to restart my volunteering there, for eg, but now that will involve wearing mask. So I don't want to do it anymore. Going to have to go back to just getting from day to day because I can't take any more things being taken away from me.

Hagrid Hair being dyed and cut 6august. Thank fuck

Teeth not being looked at till November ffs
Grrr grr.

Having t9 book something just to go somewhere doing our heads in

Holiday to Spain benn cancelled by EasyJet. Was in September. Sigh sigh sigh.

I decided to have an early night due to excessive wine consumption. I can hear Dh downstairs telling g one of the dogs off for walking into the house with a pigeon.