When covid first came last March, me and dh decided to do a few things to try and keep us safer from covid. Dh is a bus driver and I work part time in a school and am vulnerable.
This entails dettol wiping the shopping, quarantining non food shopping, washing hands after dealing with the post and stripping off when we come in, in the hall, putting all clothes in the washer and having a full shower.
Dh, me and ds8 and dd9 are still doing this. Therefore depending on what we are doing, it could be 3 showers as well as 3 outfits per day.
For example, I showered after I returned from school drop off, showered again as well as DC at 3.30pm when we got back from school and then this evening after we had been for a walk and called at our allotment. Even though we didnt go near anymore at the allotment, we wore coats that we wear everyday and used the car.
I am getting so tired of the washing, ironing, showering and also the cost of clothes tab, shower gel, shampoo, electricity, water etc etc
I couldn't face another shower the other day knowing that I would need another later that day that i sat in our freezing garden for 2 hours until my next errand, did that then showered.
It wasn't so bad in winter because it was cold, nowhere to go, nothing open but now the weather is getting better, we are out and about more eg bike rides, walks, allotment etc.
Not confident enough for other activities yet.
Because we have done it so long and not caught covid, I cant stop. Dh says we should stop now because we had our second jab today.
Yes I have diagnosed OCD and been under various psychiatric services and take medication so the OCD muddies my thinking.
Should I stop now?