Come and tell me your dull and unexciting news 10: Calmly through the day

[MissConductUS]

I've started a new one. Please join us and share the boring and mundane things happening in your world. It will be calming for all.

Does anyone fancy a joke?

Man on deathbed asks wife, "I always wondered about our youngest child... can you tell me, did you have an affair or am I really his father?"

Wife says, "I swear to you darling, he is your son."

Husband dies happy.

Wife turns to the priest and says, "thank god he didn't ask me about the other three."

I hope you have sth against the itchiness Iklboo
I love all the cat pictures.
What did I do today apart from working?

• looked for a parcel DHL delivered next door (not neighbours - next block) and found it
• had to tell DS that his blood has to be taken again (lab has 'lost' a tube), that did not go well. He is still suffering from last week.
• bought another batch of hot water bottles, as DH managed to kill another one - same method.

@AmandaHoldensLips

That's excellent news @HelenaJustina. You definitely won't feel guilty about it now. Just maybe not tomorrow...

I'm not sure that popping home to check on your children's home schooling progress is what you need. I would imagine more sitting around in your dressing gown having a relaxing morning coffee, not rushing home from work to do something quite like work, before rushing back for more work!

@Silkiechickscat

I heard the sonic boom too.... And yes was from a RAF fighter jet...

I wonder how close we are to each other 🤔

@Squirrel26

I'm not sure that popping home to check on your children's home schooling progress is what you need. I would imagine more sitting around in your dressing gown having a relaxing morning coffee, not rushing home from work to do something quite like work, before rushing back for more work!

I have to agree with @Squirrel26. Take some time out for you. Just you @HelenaJustina. (Need to take my own advice on this too). We have had two days of rainy weather here so no walks for us. I've realised I need fresh air daily.

We should all make a resolution to do this once during this week! Thanks gang.

@Squirrel26 it's really difficult being cooped up. Glad you're getting the test done. I got mine today and posted it back so am hoping Thurs for results, I don't have much food in so it'll be a mix mash of leftover store cupboards, but someone is dropping off a bag of food on Thurs so not too long.

It looks like mine is tonsilitus as they're wildly inflamed and dwarf my throat, but I could have COVID as well.

Does your boss know you've ordered the test? Did colleague do one too? It's your prerogative!

Shingles sounds painful.

Anyway watching a film but not getting into it so am going to choose another, I'll have a more thorough read of everyone else's news in a bit

I've been sent home from work as a close contact of a positive colleague. It may well be overturned by PHE but for now I have to isolate.

So I may be back tomorrow night but I may not

@iklboo I hope you get over them quickly. I had shingles as an adult and I was really sick with them. They were on my neck and face and v painful.

Welcome to the club @Champagneforeveryone!

Whoops I meant @Sunbird24

Very tired today

@HelenaJustina

We should all make a resolution to do this once during this week! Thanks gang.

Agreed! I did mine yesterday. Eating lunch in the living room and watching Netflix.

Sorry to hear you're now isolating @Champagneforeveryone. On the upside, you'll always be on hand to hand feed DDog1.

DH went shopping. We now have dishwasher tablets and it's done three loads tonight.

I'm almost warming to self isolation.

I told DH he would have to do the food shop, make sure the dogs were walked, pick up DDog1's potions and pills, the car could do with a trip to the nice Polish men at the valeting place and I was sure there was more but he could choose when to fit it in. I of course wouldn't be idle, but I couldn't go out so the bulk of it would fall to him.

He's muttered off to bed, wondering how I could possibly expect him to get all that done as well as working three days a week

My 7 week old just fell asleep after an hour of crying. I'm shattered. I'm scared to put her in the cot as she might wake up. Lockdown and pregnancy/newborn has been harder than I thought. Lack of sleep doesn't help.
My husband has been pretty fantastic though. I must be a nightmare to live with right now.
I also think I have PND. I have a phonecall due next week so at least I'll speak to someone about it.

Welcome @atz333 and I'm so sorry you're having a hard time of it. Thank you for coming here to share your struggle. I had PND and felt completely overwhelmed when I had a newborn. I urge you to seek treatment for it. Talk therapy and antidepressants both work but I couldn't have made time for talk therapy and the medication was a godsend. It's caused by your hormones trying to stabilize after giving birth and is incredibly common. I'm assuming that this is your first child. I went on medication for my second too. Good job that your DH is seeing you through.

Welcome, @iklboo and good luck with your case of shingles. I had a thankfully mild case a few years ago but even that was very annoying.

And for the rest of you, it's nice to see that you behaved yourselves in my absence today.

Atz Congrats on your baby, sorry to hear you are finding it tough, the first few months are very hard but it gets better once they sleep through. I remember with our first we could never get her to sleep until 4am then we would go to bed and then cat, then 1, would start playing mousey charging around our house for an hour or so. It was very cute but annoying. Try and get as much rest as you can.

DH got almost everything cleared so is going down for the 4th final trip tomorrow evening though no sign of exchange yet so almost no chance will complete on 14th now but we want to be ready. He will also take meter readings.

Having a hot milk and have a hot chocolate.

I was telling DD that DS got invited to a tutor group meeting but only 5 mins before it started so we didn't see it and only two people went. The first told the tutor about his new dog,the second the tutor asked a question to and he replied sorry got to leave now got to feed the cat. Silkiecat heard from downstairs me saying feed the cat and howled as she agreed with feed the cat.

@MissConductUS behave?! Err sorry I mean yes, we were little angels

So it's me, Sunbird24 and Champagne under COVID house arrest. I keep wanting to go for a walk then recoiling from the front door like it's got an invisible force field around it. I was impatiently waiting by the front door yesterday for the kit to arrive then needed the loo, so hopped around thinking about it and opened the front door slightly and went upstairs as quick as I could. Of course that minute would have to be the moment the bloke arrived, so I came back downstairs and he'd left a missed parcel card but bless him he'd obviously noticed the door wasn't properly shut after he'd written the card and left the parcel just inside. I looked up the missed parcel reference and he'd taken quite a funny photo of his feet just inside the house

I was pondering self isolation yesterday, and decided the best scenario (with none of them being particularly great) would be if I was identified as a close contact but everyone else could go about their business. I’d do loads of yoga, cleaning and tidying, reading, sleeping. Not that I’m wishing for it you understand and I’d probably have run out of things to do by the middle of day 3! Hope it goes quickly for the three of you.

@atz333 welcome. I too had/have PND and it's bloody tough so don't be too hard on yourself.

Some days are v hard but at the end of each day I tell myself we got through it and everyone was fed and warm and I did my best and that's all I or anyone can do.

As @MissConductUS says it's a hormonal imbalance and you are doing the right thing to get help by having a call next week.

Your DH sounds like a good support - you will get through this. One day at a time for now. Try to rest - easier said than done I know- but do try.
Here if you want to PM or chat more x

Oh @atz333, welcome. I was where you are this time 5 years ago by the sounds of it - you’re so much braver and more sensible than me though because I never spoke to anyone about it. You don’t have to go through this on your own, we are all here and there is help in the real world as well. Tiny babies are such hard work and it’s such a huge life change it amazes me anyone doesn’t get a bit depressed about it all! But I promise you, it does get better and easier over time. Keep talking to us and to people in real life too xxx

Welcome @atz333. I echo everyone else. It is bloody hard work and your hormones have a lot to answer for. I think I had PND, but never sought help, so it wasn't diagnosed. As @MissConductUS said, if you need it, medication helps. I wasn't coping a couple of years ago so went to the doctor and just broke down in his office. I was put on Sertraline. I was only on them for a couple of months and I weened myself off. They essentially rebalanced things for me and helped me feel in control at tr same time. Keep talking to us. Life with a newborn is tough and in a pandemic without yor extended support network, it must be even tougher.

@HelenaJustina/@Champagneforeveryone
Back in September, there was a chance I was going to be identified as a close contact. I was half hoping as that meant that I could have a couple of weeks off work, but that the DC could still go to school, and DH would have to do the school run. It was sounding like a pretty good deal to me. Alas it was not to be.

Yes, DH and DS are free to come and go as they please (not that DS has anywhere to go except for a walk)

I've received a notification now from Track and Trace telling me I have 8 days left, which doesn't fit with the supposed contact. I now need to wait to see if PHE will overturn it and allow me back out into the big wide world. I'm actually reconciled to it quite quickly and will be disappointed if I have to put outdoor clothes on before the 21st

Morning all. I had a strange dizzy spell this morning. Seems to be better now.