ADs picnic in the park with Twinkle the Tortoise

[ISaySteadyOn]

Thought it was my turn to start a thread.

TooManyPlates
That's the thing: there is so little joy... A nice glass or two of something in the evening is one of the few small pleasures. Lockdown is so unhealthy, from comfort eating/drinking through to the lack of exercise from every day stuff like walking to the tube or whatever. I'm counting down to April 12th and gym reopening. Too old and broken to run very much and the bloody daily walks lost their appeal about 10 months ago!

@fallingthroughtheair oh yes, I am so sick of walking round various parks. I would love a really sweaty group exercise class and a meal out in a busy restaurant.

@thenightsky
I understand it is 65 - I went for my last one at 65 - at least that's what I thought. They discovered HPV - this wasn't tested for on previous smears. So they asked me to have another one after a year. I had that last year and HPV was still found so then I had to go to the hospital for a colposcopy - which wasn't conclusive so I now have to go back again next year

I missed my smear test for ten years. Oops. Wasn't scared or suffering trauma - just couldn't be bothered. Have had two since having children. Read something on here a couple of weeks ago about the validity of the test - as in, how effective it is at picking up something / how likely it is you have something Vs how invasive it is - that has made me think I want to do some more research on it before I book in for my next one.

Somebody's been scribbling over the bus stops again.
"Every day at home/covered face is making a difference. Let's keep going."
Orwellian dictats fed to us in the form of sugar-coated pills. I could vomit.

Indeed, let's keep going. Sending our mental health even further down the pan, as the snail slithers along the extremely slow path to the rightful normal. Still more than a hundred days of this torment to go.

wanderings that's probably the work of a Covid cop. I'd have to scribble it out, might keep a sharpie in my handbag.

SirSamuel I was very pleased to see recent threads showing that women are asking more questions about smear tests.

I didn't realise gyms were opening that soon. I don't really like mine because it was dominated by men - gangs hanging out I reckon - but I wonder if they will go now? I like the rower and elliptical.

If it's T&T then no way though.

@AcornAutumn it’s not literally a scribbling: it’s the government’s latest offering of propaganda, so that we don’t think lockdown is over now the schools are back. 🤮

[quote wanderings]@AcornAutumn it’s not literally a scribbling: it’s the government’s latest offering of propaganda, so that we don’t think lockdown is over now the schools are back. 🤮[/quote]
Oh phew.

If I could find the courage, I'd graffiti "commit suicide - SAVE THE NHS" on that.

But also I'd be worried some poor soul would be tipped over the edge.

I'm not very good at spotting street cameras. But I will be tempted to write something on those.

The Gov. have already done that
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9326755/Grandmother-terrified-giving-family-Covid-killed-stepping-train.html

as in tipped someone over the edge...............literally

@110APiccadilly

I don't go for smear tests. I'm so low risk that when I saw a GP about something related she told me she wouldn't advise me doing the test. I've been asked about it since then but I've always felt it's just because I'm flagged in the system, not because there's a need for me to do it.

DH has been my only partner and he hadn't been around much before that. Plus lockdown has quenched my libido... not that it was exactly lively. For instance a have a sleepless child lying next to me on bed discussing artithmatic at me.

The DCs have discovered youtube videos featuring pokemon mods within minecraft

I was knackered... went up for a quiet lie in bed at 5pm and woke up after 7! I did suspect that after such a long absence from the osteopath and that SPDesque burn in my hip, I would feel pretty mangled afterwards.

Shortly after the school run, my watch was on 30% daily activity done... that's more than lockdown days unless I've deliberately done a chunk of exercise. Hopefully I can shift the lockdown lard. It's not a lot innthe grand scheme of things, but half a stone more than I need does show up and doesn't help my ropey joints.

What I'm finding odd is trying to remember what my old routines were as there's been so much chopping and changing in the past year. Other than about 2.5 weeks of tier 3 in December, it's been 4+ months of lockdown in reality. I suppose that by the time life picked up in September, there'd been a recognisable form of normality in August in that there was enough to do that it felt vagyely like the summer holidays rather than lockdown. My sense of time is now totally scrambled!

Someone has defaced the wear a mask signs in our borough with some lockdown scepticism. I love it.

@ISaySteadyOn awesome

Sorry to vent this morning but I just feel so tired and down with everything. Play group was cancelled yesterday due to sickness of staff and it just made me realise how much we depend on them for a break and for dc to do things.

I want to return to work and have applied for jobs. It's difficult as mil and dm say things like it's difficult to be a working mother and what is the point in having kids if you don't want to be with them.

I've had enough. I know we all have. I don't enjoy weekends with dh and dc anymore and just feel sad all the time. It probably is depression but if I could socialise with other parents like we used to do and have a bit of a life I'd feel a whole lot better. None of my teacher friends have kids and all they've done the past week is complain that they have to be back in the classroom. I feel like I'm on a different planet. I have stay at home mum friends but one is silent (probably because she's feeling like me), and the other is getting on with it (her kids are older and she agrees I have it tougher).

I just feel isolated (like everyone else).

Argued with dh yesterday too. I'm just miserable and want him to help.

Hi all. Didn't get the chance to type this out on Sunday, but, thought I would share here as its equal parts horrifying and hilarious.

I had my first encounter with a self appointed covid stasi on Sunday. DH, DS and I took a walk around a local lake/park. 10 mins drive from our house. So, local. It was busy but not "rammed" (by BD standards).

DH had popped to use the loo so I was talking with DS. I am not from here so don't have the regional accent. This man on his bike, as he passes (slowly) takes out a camera snaps it (one handed, must've been practicing) shouts "stay local!!" picks up speed and zooms off.
I know its an overreaction but I felt so so violated. Told dh when he got back and he was angry.

We walked further along and there was Mr Peloton. Sat on a bench having a drink. I pointed this out and DH went over and asked him to delete the photo he took of his wife and son. At first he said 'I'm sure the police would like to know there are tourists here' (probably Facebook police). DH insisted

DH then pointed out that he was sure the police would be more interested in him photographing random children out and about without consent and again asked him to delete them. This time he did.

Again I know I'm reading too much into it but I feel as though he did this because as a woman with a child he felt he could. But he didn't seem so brave when approached by 6 foot 5 DH......He looked like he were trembling when threatening us with the police.

Livin that’s horrendous, what an absolute nob and coward that man was. How horrible when you’re all just trying to have a nice walk.

I don’t think feeling violated is an overreaction at all, photographing you is a hugely intrusive thing to do. And just so weird, right?

All this ‘stay local’ stuff is getting very League of Gentleman, isn’t it? ‘This is a local shop for local people, we’ll have no trouble here!’

All this ‘stay local’ stuff is getting very League of Gentleman, isn’t it? ‘This is a local shop for local people, we’ll have no trouble here!’

@LadyCounterblast 😁

@LivinLaVidaLoki. That is truly awful behaviour. I’d look for him in local Facebook pages and shame him back. These people are so tough when it’s women and children they are bullying. Glad your DH was with you.

@LivinLaVidaLoki I'm angry for you. Sad your children were involved.
Glad your husband was with you.

That's horrible Livin. Some people are such dickheads.
Hope all those back to school had good days. Dd came home with all her Christmas cards as she missed the last 4 days of school. I put them on the mantle piece.
Made me feel so sad of all the time she has missed out on with friends.
Feel very despondent this morning, and worried that all the things we hope for aren't going to happen and that this will carry on for ever.

@LivinLaVidaLoki that is so disturbing on many levels. How awful.

Had to have a sobbing DS2 prised off me by a teacher at the school doors, he wanted to go home with me. He's not done that before, just DS1 occasionally (normally the penultimate week of term)
They normally cheer up and sort themselves out pretty quickly once they get going, but it's still tough on them and not nice to push them in when they resist.

Poor you Bog. It’s horrible when they are tearful and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it

I’ve had to turn the radio off as Chris Bloody Whitty is dementing about another wave if we open up too early. I’m absolutely sick to the back teeth of the good news/bad news game being played with our emotions.

I'm ignoring all the whitty et al doom mongering. Reckon it's just to keep us scared now schools have opened, make sure we don't get ahead of ourselves. Bugger em.