ADs drinking al fresco at The Sleeping Swans

[BogRollBOGOF]

ADs, grab your thermals, long johns and winter woolies, we're finally off to drown our sorrows at the Sleeping Swan!

@LivinLaVidaLoki

@WouldBeGood

I’m anxious as I don’t really want to do anything until it’s actually normal. So I’m not planning anything or going anywhere next week snd I’m scared it will never happen.

I've lost my drive to get out and do stuff, although I'm adjusting to something superficially close to normal routines. At least from July I planned a couple of things per week to ease the tedium.

Things like running races are still prone to being cancelled because of uncertainty of restrictions, particularly for larger road races, or smaller ameteur club races Just found out this evening about a couple of cancellations (I have contacts ) and the better success is the quieter trail races by small companies, although one does fit this description, it's just that the landowner went "computer says no" despite a sucessful event last autumn.
I need to get into a flow and that annual rythmn of events/ goals.

I think one factor is that March-Sept was an easier transition seasonally. The days were similar in length for things like swimming lesson times so it felt less disjointed. Oct on, Nov off, Dec on, Jan off... April on is more disjointed.

It was good to be back out at my youth group this evening. Lengthening spring evenings outdoors are better than autumn! We could do it as one big group rather than seperate pods too which was nicer. It's still a long way from normal because of distancing, sanitising etc, but better in person than nearly a year of zoom!

@BogRollBOGOF I’m no longer happy to go along with the crumbs, and rules, and all the “keeping you safe stuff”. So I’m staying the fuck at home.

[quote WouldBeGood]@BogRollBOGOF I’m no longer happy to go along with the crumbs, and rules, and all the “keeping you safe stuff”. So I’m staying the fuck at home.[/quote]
I hear that, sister!

[quote WouldBeGood]@BogRollBOGOF I’m no longer happy to go along with the crumbs, and rules, and all the “keeping you safe stuff”. So I’m staying the fuck at home.[/quote]
Draining isn't it.

Twice a day, I have to stand for 10 mins on the school playground playing odd one out because everyone's still obliging about the stupid fucking rule about masks on the school site. I can't hear a conversation until the playground clears of younger year groups. I can piece together a conversation when they playground quietens. Some days there's less than a handful of people there between classes for about 5 mins.
Cases in our catchment and surrounding areas are too low to publcise.
No covid patients left in our hospital.
But still this charade must be maintained...
What are we protecting from???

Masks are awful aren’t they, I can’t hear a bloody thing. The poor shop assistant was inches away behind a glass screen/ mask trying to hear a bloody word I said, but yes I want chocolate on my cappuccino
I went shopping to local big town centre and when I came home, I had to have a afternoon nap I was so tired.
I’m also feeling angry with myself because I’m jealous of the people who are brave enough not to wear the masks 😷.
I’m clinging like a drowning woman to middle of May so I can go in my DP’s house. Might give them a hug.

i've just stopped wearing a mask on the school run, so has pretty much everyone else by the looks of it. Solidarity

we'll no doubt get a message on the school app "politely reminding us"

@TrustTheGeneGenie

i've just stopped wearing a mask on the school run, so has pretty much everyone else by the looks of it. Solidarity

we'll no doubt get a message on the school app "politely reminding us"

I don't get it Wearing a mask outside because it's the school run?

They have no legal authority.

That's why I never did. If I were allowed on site, I would wear my lanyard but I am not wearing anything outside school premises on the street. They can fottfsof with that.

No i know it's madness, we are on a public street not on school grounds. But while you're queueing to drop your child off they want you to wear a mask.

As a granny my heart breaks for the mums. When I pick up grandkids, no-one gets to talk to each other we queue quietly along the fence on the main road, all wearing masks, I yank mine down to my chin. I am alone except for a few dads who do the same. The days of yakking on the steps waiting for the kids to come out and build friendships are no more. My grandson went to an outdoors party yesterday his first for a year, the mums did not know each other at all.

@justasking111

As a granny my heart breaks for the mums. When I pick up grandkids, no-one gets to talk to each other we queue quietly along the fence on the main road, all wearing masks, I yank mine down to my chin. I am alone except for a few dads who do the same. The days of yakking on the steps waiting for the kids to come out and build friendships are no more. My grandson went to an outdoors party yesterday his first for a year, the mums did not know each other at all.

That's so sad! We are allowed in the playground and all stand around having a matter at sub 2m, of course fully protected by our magic masks!

Natter, not matter.

@TrustTheGeneGenie

i've just stopped wearing a mask on the school run, so has pretty much everyone else by the looks of it. Solidarity

we'll no doubt get a message on the school app "politely reminding us"

Oh I loathe being 'politely reminded' about things. It's just nagging with a rebrand, isn't it?

There's a lot of that here. Our building now has a one person per lift policy mandated by the management company. It is communicated in the form of a 'polite reminder' or 'polite notice'.

I am counting down the days until we move out. Although the new place is a flat too so maybe there'll be more of the same, who knows.

I should clarify -- one person per lift unless members of same household, obvs

We are on the school site, but it never was a likely method of transmission.

If Covid is going to enter the household it's far more likely from the children in a room together 6 hours a day than by hanging around on the playground for 2x 10/ 20 mins per day (depending on the sibling year combo)
The daft thing is that social distancing died first. The masks pulled people closer together to be able to hear, and since Easter, there's no real attempt at it while people mumble on together.

If we'd had to collect at the external gate, mine are old enough that I'd stay on our side of the road and walk parallel with them to crossing point a few yards up.

TBH DS1 is old enough to walk but he's not got the confidence yet. DS2 is more independently minded.

More of the older parents wait by the gates in the afternoon, so ironically it causes more crowding than just letting people behave naturally. With the two pick-ups, the playground is safer for loitering.

@BIoodyStupidJohnson

I should clarify -- one person per lift unless members of same household, obvs

Does anyone pay attention? My sister had that and early on, like last April, people started to realise they should just get in the lift, which she was fine with.

@justasking111

As a granny my heart breaks for the mums. When I pick up grandkids, no-one gets to talk to each other we queue quietly along the fence on the main road, all wearing masks, I yank mine down to my chin. I am alone except for a few dads who do the same. The days of yakking on the steps waiting for the kids to come out and build friendships are no more. My grandson went to an outdoors party yesterday his first for a year, the mums did not know each other at all.

Plus no parties.

With the spread of birthdays in DS2's class being Sept-Oct and Apr-Aug with a big gap in the middle, DS2 hasn't been to a party since he was 6.5 18m ago!

I'm supposed to be working but I have a dentist appointment later and I feel anxious...lord knows what my teeth are like after the grinding!!

Our school has two metre markings on the pavement just to make sure of adherence. No chance of a misunderstanding. It is batty.

Photo of young swans in our local park. They're really not bothered by people and you can walk through them and past them and they don't stir.

Curly how lovely!

Does anyone pay attention? My sister had that and early on, like last April, people started to realise they should just get in the lift, which she was fine with.

Most seem to stick to it Sloe

We have quite an authoritarian management company anyway, they're always laying down the law about some nonsense or other. So people stick to it for an easy life. It wears me out, I can't wait to leave!

I do my AD bit if I'm in the lift and it opens on someone waiting, I just ask them to get in.

Some do, some don't. Those that do usually seem quite thrilled that someone actually wants to share a lift and have a conversation.

I do also get the odd alarmed look, as though I've just wandered into Louis Pasteur's lab and asked if I could lick all the petri dishes.

Bloody "I do also get the odd alarmed look, as though I've just wandered into Louis Pasteur's lab and asked if I could lick all the petri dishes."

That made me laugh.

The worst client I had, there was sanitiser on a table by the lift...and a little shelf had been fixed in the lift with sanitiser and a sign said
"please sanitise your hands before and after pressing the button for your floor".

Sloe Yeah pretty sure I've seen the double-sanitise routine a few times too. 'You can't be too safe!'