ADs dream of 'bum' tomatoes, gin and tonic sorbet and next year's holidays

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[quote Pixel7777]This looks worrying too

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53986918[/quote]
They are shit scared of overseas students. Who are supposed to isolate for two weeks. A chinese student is coming into DS flat, are the other six supposed to barricade him in his bedroom for two weeks.

@Pixel7777
Domina there have been threads about Christmas face masks. Ho ho Ho! (not) all excited over different patterns etc

For god's sake! Christmas masks! Don't they know we've got Hallow'een first!

Surely a cute mask with a pumpkin design (vomit) & matching tongs to hand out sweeties with is more important to get to grips with. Where's their sense of priority?

That reminds me of that programme Motherland...competative home made masking...can just imagine it

I thought you were kidding about xmas masks but no

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That reminds me of that programme Motherland...competative home made masking...can just imagine it

The hallow'een episode was one of my favourites.

I was mask-shamed whilst wearing one of my home-made efforts. Sewing is not my strong point but there was no need for the laughter & the " that doesn't look very sufficient" comment.

It's not meant to be, it's ticking a box. Boris said wear a face-covering, not hand stitch like you're on the Sewing Bee.

I have had enough of all this. They can all fuck off. I’m rebelling.

Nicola is just going to have to get herself round to fuck. If DS was at nursery it’d be business as usual but because he’s looked after by his grandparents I’m going to have to stop working again after only being back a fortnight? After 5 months on furlough? I’ve just spoken to my mum and we agree that we’re going to carry on as normal because this is bullshit.

@AgentCooper I think most people will ignore it. And quite right.

@WouldBeGood that’s 100% the plan here!

I have just re-watched series 1 of Motherland and it was even better than the first time. I'd love to see a series 3 based on the Corona, there'd be so much material.

*Julia homeschooling with twinkl worksheets
*her husband training for the triathlon by carefully scheduling 1 hour exercise sessions and using different doors as to not be reported by the neighbours.
*Julia doing Joe Wicks
*Julia making face masks in uniform colours
*neighbours making sure Julia claps long enough and loud enough on a Thursday
*a post lockdown birthday party in the park where the cake is a baked potato for blowing the candles out. Followed by a play on equipment all taken away or only allowed one person on the roundabout before it is dutifully sanitised by a council employee
*The faff of post lockdown shopping, mask, gloves, sanitiser, queues, one way system, washing shopping down.
*'Fun' Zoom evenings with Liz and Kevin.
*Going to a garden centre because that's the only thing open.
*Flocking somewhere.

Had my first haircut today. Acquiesced and bought a mask - £4 and it felt like having a sock sucked into my mouth. Sat there in a ridiculous disposable gown (the staff assured me they didn’t lick their old ones, but I’m not sure I believed them). Stared at my reflection and as she showed me the back in her mirror I asked if she knew if I was smiling or seething?

My Botox has long run out. I’M FUCKING SMILING!

DM (82) has been making the most of Rishi's Dishies with her septugenarian and octogenarian mates down the pub. That's the spirit

I'm pretty sure she had the virus anyway. Goes into hospital in Feb for one issue, comes out 10 days later with a stubborn chest infection, has a DVT scare a couple of weeks later...

One of her friends has died of cancer in recent weeks which was unforseen. The kind of octogenarian who was still living life to the full prior to lockdown.
This is why it's so important to live life to the max while the going is good.

My D friend has finally chilled out about her 81 year old dad enjoying his Rishi dishes with his gf and pals.

She’s come to realise he’s 81 with COPD and could drop dead tomorrow of not sadly covid and now believes he should potter about doing whatever he fancies.

I have to admit that DD has gone to a social gathering tonight. She lives at home but is legally an adult so I can't lock her indoors (not that that's on for under-18s anyway).

It's a gathering, not a rave. There will be drink so SD probably not adhered to.

But you know what, she's worked her socks off for EOTHO, could pick up covid from anywhere. Her friends will be going back to uni soon, to god knows what. Her teen years have, until recent times, been miserable. She was so happy going out tonight.

I daren't tell anyone in real life.

@BogRollBOGOF
brilliant - possibly a benevolent side effect. Cancer at 80+ should only ever be palliative
@InsaneInTheViralMembrane
@TheOrchidKiller

brilliant for both - especially your daughter @InsaneInTheViralMembrane

It's sad when you feel that you can't share mundane pleasures. I've had less of it lately, but back when we were climbing over fences into illicit playgrounds, it was sad not to share those little bursts of relief and happiness.

One more day of the summer holidays to go... this really hasn't sunk in yet. They will actually be going to school after 5.5 months... I'm pleased. It will be good for all of us. Well maybe not stress free for DS1 but he's probably less bothered than usual. I know it's on his mind, but it's not got him into a sensitive mood like usual as we normally have termly patterns of mood through each term/ holidays. I will admit that it's been nice to have a reprieve from that particularly since the pressure for home learning disappeared. Since July there has been a lot less bickering over things like pushing each other into lava and rustling sheep (in Minecraft, but it does spill into real life) Hopefully they should be eased in fairly gently over the next couple of weeks.

[quote RealityExistsInTheHumanMind]@BogRollBOGOF
brilliant - possibly a benevolent side effect. Cancer at 80+ should only ever be palliative
@InsaneInTheViralMembrane
@TheOrchidKiller

brilliant for both - especially your daughter @InsaneInTheViralMembrane[/quote]
I think I'd rather face physical illness at the end of a long life especially if relatively brief compared to a lingering gradual demise and loss of self and independence.

Years ago when I did clinic work in the hospital, there were some amazing volunteers in their early 90s and still mentally full of energy and doing their best to busy around. They were fabulous people. But it is rare to go along way through your 80s with a co-operative body and mind.

I keep feeling guilt pangs about not ringing DM more oftem, but our routines don't overlap well, and half the time by the time she'd be ready to be phoned up, I'm talked out by the DCs! I know DB's been good at regularly checking in as well as keeping her supplied with cat food

Thank you for all the lunch/snack suggestions. I've opted for bread sticks and added a single biscuit. Who knew making a packed lunch could be so hard. DS is a cheese hater which is incredibly unfortunate as I love the stuff. I think we're both ready for tomorrow. Dreading it a little as I'm driving to the city after drop off rather than getting the train (don't want to wear a mask or pick up any germs) and I'm scared I'll get lost.

Most of my friends are pretty normal about everything now. My mother is the hardest person to deal with. Our views are completely opposing when it comes to covid. We had a brief conversation about Christmas this week which was painful. She's thinking mask wearing at the Christmas eve family gathering would be the way forward followed by Christmas dinner (just the 4 of us) with the door open on separate ends of an extended table. I just don't think I can agree to any of it. Then I think I'm horrible because she has cancer so has more to fear than most.

[quote AgentCooper]@zigaziga I think unfortunately my closest friends with young kids just happen to be folk who are especially worried about the virus I don’t get it, and really have to keep my trap shut when the conversation turns that way. Walks are great but it’s rained every time we’ve gone, the past two times really heavily and tbh it’s just a bit shite!

I agree that washing toys at toddler group is sensible considering they’re germy wee buggers anyway but washing and then anti bac wipes seems a bit overkill. One or the other wouldn’t do? I kind of think it’s been suggested by toddler group dementor in chief to put everyone else off from coming back so she can just continue to be miserable in her own house.[/quote]
Lolled at last sentence. It's really tickled me 😂😂

Tomorrow is going to be rough. DD2s struggling a bit again- the anxiety headaches reappeared the other day and have surfaced all day today and emotionally she’s all over the place - which is not dd2 (she is the smiliest little kid going).

Seeing her friend who is moving away today threw her a bit and I think however much she says she isn’t - starting the junior school without any real transition (something they are normally really hot on) is bothering her. Bless her - big junior school is a jump at the best of times and she’s doing it in the middle of a pandemic with masked people everywhere! She’s such a sensitive soul.

Tomorrow I suspect will be more of the same - cuddles followed by outrage. Praying they get a decent run at schooling, mn is gleefully reporting bubbles bursting but I keep telling myself that the key worker ones didn’t

Just seen this linked on Twitter I think its the US.

www.pathstoliteracy.org/strategies/ideas-helping-students-multiple-disabilities-including-deafblindness-wear-masks-and-face?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Things%20Weve%20Learned%20About%20Remote%20Online%20Instruction&utm_content=Things%20Weve%20Learned%20About%20Remote%20Online%20Instruction%20CID_ab47fccc7c9cbac9fc72af0109daca69&utm_source=Paths%20to%20Literacy%20Newsletter&utm_term=Learn%20More

Or don't make them wear one? Just a thought.

It’s all ridiculous. DS has a stinking cold and will need to be off until he’s not snotty at all as the combination of mask and snot would be horrible for him and everyone else; and they’re not allowed to top up their water bottles, and his throat is dry. It’s all just horrible.

I see there’s a move to allow the fountains open again. Both mine are coming home thirsty.