ADs may have buggered boilers but we haven't got the clap

[BogRollBOGOF]

The saga continues to continue with more sequels than a trilogy of trilogies...

@TooManyPlatesInMotion couldn’t agree more that the government and media are heavily invested in dividing and conquering the masses with their blame game. It’s all about control and deflection from the real failing - i.e. the failure of successive uk governments to invest properly in the healthcare system. 66 million people and counting inhabit the uk and the need for more infrastructure to go with it like schools and hospitals and houses simply hasn’t been addressed.
What also worries me is that Boris, Whitty et al, all know full well what the figures are likely to be over the next few months and can see where the peak will be and as such they can expertly time their next “life saving” intervention like stopping two people walking in the middle of nowhere bollocks and to all those on the “other side” it will all look like it’s working nicely and whatever they say is accepted as gospel. Personally I can’t see why so many people are not seeing right through the whole thing. But then again, any questioning of the system at the moment is instantly branded as conspiracy and idiotic.
Beyond sick of it all and have now seen so many people struggling mentally and physically for everything other than shitting covid. Separated from friends and family at times when they need them most and forced to lose precious time with loved ones. It’s cruel, it’s inhumane and yet people scream for more

@Lostinacloud absolutely agree. They're gaslighting the nation. And we're pretty much falling for it. Also agree re your comments on decades of failure to invest in the NHS. It hits crisis point pretty much every Winter.

I've had such a shit day today. I've been on 3 video calls that overlapped for an hour in the middle. Ive shouted at my DD during my shift on the home school stuff and I've sent off some ranty emails to my unsupportive workplace which in hindsight were probably a bad idea but I'm sick of the 'new normal' line. I'm sorry but working from 4am-midnight to try and get hours around school and childcare is not normal, new or otherwise.

There are definitely more posters raising these issues in discussion than there had been. Back in May/ June it pretty much was just AD regulars, and we banded together in this series of threads because it really was a "is it just me that sees it this way???" climate. It's still very much pot luck on how a thread goes, but it's not a guarenteed D fest either.

I've had an exciting afternoon taking a car load of crap to the next borough where you don't have to book the tip with a couple of weeks notice.
DS1 sat with earphones while DH took conference calls...
... I ended up with a check-in message because DS1 hadn't clicked back in for the next session. It's horrible, but I need to give him a bit of space to fail so school can see him as he is without me bolstering him to function.

I'm finding that we're struggling on time to cover foundation subjects. My DCs tend to be a bit more interested, and with my background, I take them seriously. You could actually make a good guess at what feeder school y7s came from by the balance of general knowledge in foundation subjects or their being sacrificed for generating inflared SATs core subject gradings.

I just feel broken again today. The kids have been pushing it low level all day - DD1 is just disengaged completely from it. They're at school tomorrow thankfully. GP can't support my case for needing them full time unless they're at physical risk of harm.

Interview with Russell T Davies about Its A Sin in this weeks Radio Times,
Some quotes.

"i think people will watch Its A Sin with the PPE, the masks , the green hospital gowns and will think i did that on purpose, that its a commentary on 2020. But it was written long before Covid 19. Filming wrapped last January. There are some similarities though , in the chatter surrounding both illnesses particularly in the rumour and misinformation about HIV/AIDS and now the coronavirus"

Uncovered by Davies"s research.......a family burning their sons bedding and everything he ever touched on a bonfire after his death because they feared contamination, and the ailing young man detained in a locked hospital ward under a court order.

Davies lost his husband to a brain tumour back in 2018
"Such a bereavement has left him bubbling with anger on behalf of relatives separated from dying loved ones by restrictions and regulations during the current pandemic. Andrew was very ill many times in eight years and if i hadnt been able to visit him i dont know how angry i would be.

We havent begun to cope with this pandemic , the anger of those households, those many thousands of households will echo for years"

Family in USA god it is bad there still, no relief or fall in deaths yet. Looks like they will be the first to achieve herd immunity, if that truly exists, I have my doubts to be honest.

I hope it went ok for you today @Jourdain11

I've not been on here for a bit. I stopped reading the news/mumsnet on Saturday because I was driving myself slowly mad. We have lots of covid/isolations going on at work. I have more hours than I was expecting now which pleases me because that gets DS his school place. It disturbs me that his attendance at school relies on me having hours at work.

We did a day of home schooling when I was off the other day and it wasn't a great success. It was definitely better than March though. It'd be a lot better if we had better WiFi. There's nothing I can do about the Internet, it's shit because we're quite rural and so is school but when it worked it was ok.

DS discovered my covid tests the other day. He asked if I thought I had covid so I said they were for in case I had it and hadn't noticed before I went to work. Anyway, he suggested he be 'the doctor', wear a mask and carry them out for me. Over my dead body am I letting him near my nose with a stick!

Hope everything went well today, @Jourdain11.

@Mrsfrumble.

Thank you @CoffeeWithCheese for the Mac info (from another thread).

@BogRollBOGOF - is there any way you could go out for a run before school, now it's starting to get lighter, or at lunch?

to everyone else going through tough times.

Is anyone else finding the disconnection is making work relations more difficult?

@CoffeeWithCheese

Had my monthly mental health check in with the GP today. I strongly believe she is one of us as we were discussing how catastrophic the isolating people from social interaction and their support networks for nearly a year now has been - and how the load of the home educating is falling disproportionately on women.

Friend's child I mentioned before is now self harming and scratching her face after getting in such a state about feeling school closed as she didn't wash her hands enough... still no room at the inn for a vulnerable kid!

The impact on women is appalling. I am utterly dumbfounded at the way so many men have just shrugged their shoulders and passed on all homeschooling responsibilities. Obviously, NAMALT, but a surprisingly high proportion seem to be...

The medical director of one of our local hospitals just posted a weekly update.
152 people with a positive covid test in hospital, when you take into account people who have subsequently tested positive in hospital its 255.
So 103 people in hospital with covid in this hospital caught it in there?
That's about 40%
Why is there never a conversation about hospital acquired infection?
And he had the absolute fucking nerve to end it telling us all we need to stick to the rules?!!

I'm following rules(even though so many are completely illogical) but I'm really starting to not give a shit about Covid. I don't see why Covid is still the only thing that matters or why I'm supposed to be any sadder about people who died of it than I am about people who have died of other causes throughout this pandemic.

@AllPlayedOut

I'm following rules(even though so many are completely illogical) but I'm really starting to not give a shit about Covid. I don't see why Covid is still the only thing that matters or why I'm supposed to be any sadder about people who died of it than I am about people who have died of other causes throughout this pandemic.

Yes, that pretty much sums up the point I have reached too. I'm not even that bothered if I catch it anymore. I've run out of whatever it is that kept up the 'scared' in me.

@MrsMerrick

Hope everything went well today, *@Jourdain11*.

@Mrsfrumble.

Thank you @CoffeeWithCheese for the Mac info (from another thread).

@BogRollBOGOF - is there any way you could go out for a run before school, now it's starting to get lighter, or at lunch?

to everyone else going through tough times.

Is anyone else finding the disconnection is making work relations more difficult?

I'm struggling to wake up in the mornings I seem to be sleeping very deeply and having very rich dreams. Since the clocks changed my body just doesn't want to wake. Even the Lumie clock isn't doing it which is unusual for me.

DS1 needs to be online at 1pm, so it can be a bit of a rush by the time I extort non-online work out of them having done DS2 only 9-11. The problem is their lack of independence. DS1 has his needs that affect organisation and working memory. DS2 is daydreamy like me. I can't tell whether there is something of substance there or whether it's just a child whose life hasn't been in normal, stimulating circumstances since just before he turned 7.

I have noticed this week that we are past the peak of the long nights. At least that will get easier in the coming weeks. Dark at 4pm extending to 5pm makes a massive difference. Something to look forwards to that the government can't cock-up

Sending warmth to everyone. It's freezing today.

Hope Jourdain got on ok at the hospital.

Does anyone think they could perhaps have just one day where covid isn't mentioned on the news? Maybe a, "Covid is still a massive issue," & then discuss something else? Just for one day...

Had to go into the city centre today. Hardly anyone about, no queues. Everyone calm & sensible. Certainly not "rammed", "packed", or any other hyperbolic word.

Bought lunch in a cafe to take home. It felt good.

Okay, I am pulling together a list of the things I'm planning to do once this is over:

(1) I'd like a foreign holiday (even for only a weekend). Some friends have just moved to the Middle East so perhaps that will be it. My children are interested in the idea of snorkelling so it would be good to try that. I'd also like to go skiing but it may be that we miss the season (although I really hope not).

(2) I want to go glamping with some friends. We were supposed to go last summer term so perhaps I'll resurrect that idea. My children are enthusiastic - my son missed the year 3 camping trip.

(3) Visit my parents every week. See my brother a bit more.

(4) I'm going to plan some big nights out, with lots of people.

(5) I was having a course of laser treatment for some dark hair on my upper lip - I'll finish this. Perhaps next autumn / winter, I'll get my legs done (have to stay away from UV light during).

(6) I'm going to go shopping in person (which I'd never normally do) and buy one expensive thing.

What about you?

Apologies, it's behind a paywall, but if you do have access then this is sobering reading. An article on the devastating effects of school closures:
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/01/13/devastating-impact-lockdown-school-closures-children-laid-bare/

Throughout, there has been constant talk of protecting the "vulnerable" from Covid. It makes me furious that the term was and is so narrowly defined; aren't children vulnerable purely due to their age? Who has been advocating for them?

Further to my previous post, I don't mean vulnerable to Covid. I mean vulnerable members of society in general.

My DD is becoming very tearful every night and screaming/sobbing. Not like her at all. I hate this

@CruCru

Okay, I am pulling together a list of the things I'm planning to do once this is over:

(1) I'd like a foreign holiday (even for only a weekend). Some friends have just moved to the Middle East so perhaps that will be it. My children are interested in the idea of snorkelling so it would be good to try that. I'd also like to go skiing but it may be that we miss the season (although I really hope not).

(2) I want to go glamping with some friends. We were supposed to go last summer term so perhaps I'll resurrect that idea. My children are enthusiastic - my son missed the year 3 camping trip.

(3) Visit my parents every week. See my brother a bit more.

(4) I'm going to plan some big nights out, with lots of people.

(5) I was having a course of laser treatment for some dark hair on my upper lip - I'll finish this. Perhaps next autumn / winter, I'll get my legs done (have to stay away from UV light during).

(6) I'm going to go shopping in person (which I'd never normally do) and buy one expensive thing.

What about you?

Ooh, nice idea. Where to start?

• A few nights away with my dear friend.
• A holiday with the kids. Anywhere but the city I live in.
• Teach my second DD to swim. *A few really lovely posh meals out
• Sweaty group exercise classes
• A feckin orgy.

My mum, aged 70 with insulin controlled type 2 diabetes and a few other underlying health issues, has been given an appointment for her covid vaccine tomorrow! Very pleased, as is she. She thought that she would have to wait until February but her GP's practice said they are rushing them out as quick as they can. Bearing in mind we live in plague pit London (saw that on Twitter and nicking it!) I am pleased!

I'm liking that list Crucru
Mine is

• hug my mum & dad (& not let go. We haven't hugged for over a year)
• go to the theatre
• have a holiday
• get on a train & go to another part of the UK just because I can

-go out for dinner -shop, try on clothes in the shops, have tea & cake in a cafe without having to leave contact details

• have the house to myself for a few hours

-actually go out properly with DH (not just for a walk) -celebrate the milestone birthdays we've missed / will miss this year -go to a carol service & sing very loudly with other people

Yes to going to a carol service! I also need some new clothes and shoes, mine are fine are lurking around the house playing Assassin's Creed but are a bit too shabby for going out.

I'm also going to buy some new make up (at least eyeliner) to go with the lipsticks that I will very much enjoy wearing when I no longer have to wear a mask.

I might get my tragus pierced.

Someone who is in hospital with Covid 19 has posted in a local fb group. He followed all rules. Wore a mask everywhere, Socially distanced. Sanitized. Poor bloke is really struggling

Posts underneath? "Remember to always wear a mask everyone. Socially distance. etc etc"

"Remember it can get in through the eyes as well"

Perhaps I'll drag some people to the pub for a random pint in the middle of the day ... just because we can.