What is this current situation making you miss most ? Holidays for me

[Lardlizard]

Desperate for a holiday in the sun ! 😎🌞

Festivals and healthcare/dentists.

the ability to confidently plan for the next few months

This^^

The ability to plan anything! You can make plans, but no point getting excited because chances are you'll have to cancel before it happens. I've always been a big holiday planner (we like to go on road trips, stop at different hotels etc) and I had to cancel a big one in Europe this summer - rebooked it for next year but I'm not holding out much hope. Can't plan any Christmas market visits as they're all cancelled, had a meal planned with friends but now they're in a lock down area etc etc. It's just like one giant disappointment after the next.

We are a family of 5, I really bloody miss being able to have friends round, see my SIL, BIL & their two kids, have my brother & SIL round, etc. It is really really horrible.

Yes, foreign holidays

My theatre and singing groups. So much so that I'm on the verge of depression.

@BearSoFair

Live music. I know there have been some outside and indoor socially distanced gigs but I really miss proper indoor, sweaty, squashed against strangers gigs.

Me too, missing the wee gigs the most. Sweating it out on a night in King Tuts seems like a distant memory right now. AC/DC drip feeding info about original line up reunion which will no doubt have a World Tour which I'd normally buy tickets for a couple of continental or other side of the globe dates but I'm not risking getting on a plane and its a long way to walk.🤘

My family. I have seen my parents once since February, my sister twice, and I havent seen any extended family in over a year. I am due a baby in 3.5 weeks time and I have no idea if my parents will be able to come over. Their country is teetering on a total lockdown.

Meanwhile my MIL moans if we don't see them every 2 weeks. Says we live 'too far away' (40 mins drive).

Being allowed to see anyone indoors, especially now it's raining.

All free children's activities have been cancelled which I think is a travesty.

Yes, a holiday would be lovely. We have had 2 UK holidays over the summer (self-catering and we intentionally planned them so we'd pretty much come in contact with no one), but I usually go for a few days away myself every year (abroad). I wouldn't risk it anyway as I'm asthmatic, but mostly because I can't risk getting sick with anything (even a cold with cough) as it would mean both of us missing work and dc missing school, and we have already missed so much time this past year.

That and oddly, commuting to work. I have a very long commute to work (about 18 hours a week) and actually on one hand, it's been nice to not have to commute, even though I get less done (I am very productive on the train). But in strange way, I sort of miss the train and quite time to get ready for the day.

Airports. That feeling of stepping away from the everyday grind as you get on a plane.
Like a pp I am abroad and usually work in the UK in July and August before visiting family. This year I had to watch my mother's funeral over webcast because there was no air corridor. And for that I will never forgive the govt. Because if they'd acted one week earlier, so many lives would have been saved, things would have opened up sooner, and I could have flown over.

Yes, quite entitled, middle class things for me - not being able to go on holiday, plans cancelled, not wanting to book anything as it could all be whipped out from underneath you and then it's another admin nightmare job for the to do list, lack of spontaneity, can't just pop to the cinema, shops, swimming pool, everything has to be carefully planned. And because we're spending so much time at home (as so many others), saving money that's not being spent on travelling, we can spend it on house jobs. Except every decent tradesperson has an order book twice as long as normal. Need to buy a car, it's an even more painful process than normal.

I'm generally a really positive person, but I'm struggling - lacking motivation at work, at home, exercise. I just don't want to do anything, it's too much effort :(

Being able to plan anything with confidence it will actually happen, and not being able to go out on a whim to the zoo etc. Having to plan and book things while knowing they might not happen, but knowing you need to book anyway is such a joy killer.

And seeing friends who live abroad, there are folk I’d usually see 2/3 times a year who I’ve not seen since last year and won’t see now til next year most likely.

Having a group of friends or family round the table for a loud, long evening meal with lots of wine.

Eating out. Yes, I know strictly speaking my husband and I could go out together but we are in local lockdown and are trying to socialise as little as possible. I LOVE eating out, it's one of my favourite things to do.

Today is my stepson's birthday and we were supposed to be celebrating together in a lovely restaurant 😢. And not seeing my adult kids because they have all left home (the leaving home bit is good but it would still be nice to see them 😬😊)

Going to work. Was furloughed and then made redundant. I miss nothing else.

@BogRollBOGOFF @Jellycatspyjamas

I agree with you both- we're in a strange position aren't we where we can't really be spontaneous (every activity needs to be booked in advance) but we can't book much too far ahead with any confidence it will happen.

I also miss being able to just do what I like and go where I like without mentally performing a risk assessment/risk v benefit analysis. I'm really conscious that every activity we do increases the chance that we get a test and trace call and have to isolate.

Anything spontaneous. I find it hard to organise outings to NT places or museums in advance. We obviously always organise bigger trips but otherwise it was often spur of the moment the day before.
Now all tickets are always gone.

Theatre visits

My family abroad, even with the travel corridor still in place they don’t want to see us, they are mid-Eighties and have health issues.

Singing in my choir.

People!

The random chats at work with people, I miss meeting family, I miss my friends.
I'm getting really fed up only dealing with a screen.

As horrible as this sounds, I'm glad my DDad died when he did but its horrible that barely a year after his death I can't support mum the way I'd want to.

Holidays for me too

Am in Sorrento OP. Beautiful.

Big family get togethers.
And work travel. I already worked from home most of the time but travelled regularly between lots of our offices. I miss that.

While also being very pleased on a day by day basis that I don't have to!

Visiting my parents.