Aibu...how close to normal is life for you

[jeansandashirt]

Aibu to wonder how close to "normal" (as we know it) is your life right now?

I work from home anyway so no change there but my business is struggling at the moment 😳 I went to the gym today for the first time in 5 months and had a nice swim. It was very quiet and a bit sad though. All a bit meh to be honest!

Mines completely normal apart from the mask wearing.

Getting there.. We home ed anyway so haven’t been affected by school closures, although ds1’s uni start date has been pushed back; luckily he didn’t take an A level route so was able to confirm his place back in May. I guess it will be a new normal just having ds2 at home when he moves out in a few weeks though. I don’t work so haven’t had to deal with that side of things. And I’m beginning to meet friends locally again, go for a meal or coffee or that sort of thing. Biggest things I miss are church, meandering around the shops, and indoor activities like the cinema or trampoline park. Masks obviously aren’t “normal” but I’m fortunately not overly bothered by wearing one, so consider it a small price to pay.

It feels anything but normal. I still feel very restricted and no normal holidays, less day trips. Still doing pretty much essential
Shopping etc

No and it’s just beginning to get to me.
WFH which I’ve never done, atm my job is ok but lots of people around me being made redundant, never seeing my colleagues , on/off furlough. I read at the weekend about the point where you realise you aren’t wfh but living at work .
Don’t like masks
Everything has to be booked and is so much more of a faff
Cancelled holiday

Saying all that I know in the scheme of things all is well just not normal

70% ish. Can't do evening classes, don't see friends as much, avoid shopping because of masks and WFH PT now, but I'm back for brunches and coffees with a vengeance, picked up another job PT, and seeing family/some friends completely normally. It's not the same as it was but I'm actually quite happy with how things have turned out!

2 weeks full on normal.... hubby and I are teachers been working in school and at home throughout, worked over Easter & summer half term and then back to full capacity sept 3rd......

Almost 100% normal. Live in a country that has States and different rules to each other. No mask wearing etc. Live rurally also.

2sq m rule and 50% capacity for events are the only restrictions. Oh, actually also hotel quarrantine for returned residents but that doesn't affect me.

DH still WFH, he would also have had a few trips overseas or other parts of UK by now. My choir and our dancing lessons on hold, usually go out to lunch with my friend. Not booking any kind of holiday.

Not normal
Still shielding as much as I can, still WFH full time. I've never WFH before and I usually like a TK maxx browse but don't want to risk it (local restrictions)
Can't have my dental check up or hygienist, or my glasses altered. And all my hospital appointments are by phone, except the one with a years wait (was 34 weeks pre covid)
Oh and I haven't seen my parents since March

Not normal.
Me and DH still wfh
Kids can't access various clubs or holiday activities (swimming is over 16s only, cinema only opens next week).
One son waiting on IGCSE result in Sept and worried how it will be graded now.
One son missed y9 immunisation booster due to Covid, not sure when it will be offered now.

Not really normal at all, but I live in Spain where they seem to bring in a new restriction every week. I’m going back to work in September and will have to teach for five hours, with no break, wearing a mask and sanitising tables between every class. Not looking forward to that at all!

@Gingernaut

100%

How??? That's pure selfishness. This virus is a killer! We should all be hesitant about getting back to totally normal until after the winter months have passed.

I can’t work our whether you’re taking the piss or not @cuparfull

"Gingernaut

100%

How??? That's pure selfishness.
This virus is a killer! We should all be hesitant about getting back to totally normal until after the winter months have passed."

How is it selfish? Which assumptions have you made to come to that conclusion?

Someone could have lived rurally, seeing friends and family rarely, having always had food delivered and not find their life has changed a single bit by now.

Someone could live in town and do everything it is now legal to do and still find that their life has changed immesurably.

Neither are selfish. One might be a bit more risky than another.

This virus is a killer! We should all be hesitant about getting back to totally normal until after the winter months have passed.

Depends what your normal is. We've settled in to a nice new normal. I'm not talking about a masks and handgel new normal. I'm talking about enjoying time as a family, in our home or out for walks (even in the rain). not missing soft play or the weekly shop AT ALL. Not missing the social obligations or the family gatherings. Not intending to return to the previous normal. But life feels almost totally normal for us now.

I get up ridiculously early, long before the shops are open, go to work in a hospital, in an area where sterility and anticontamination procedures are routine, eat my packed lunch, finish early enough to avoid school kids and rush hour, shop for a few essentials and go home, where I live alone.

Apart from the early part of lockdown, where the trains were cancelled, my life has carried on as before.

Masks excluded, of course.

Only about 25% normal even though we are fine, jobs ok etc...

-still wfh when normally i'm in London most days
-can't unfreeze my gym membership because not in the office
-ubiquitous masks
-no proper running races or parkrun to do and London marathon being run as virtual so lost my motivation a bit
-close friend's wedding and hen do postponed -gutted for her
-hard to know whether to try and go abroad or not
-all the live music and festivals we had booked for the summer postponed
-all my craft fair dates for my part time jewellery business cancelled

I realise this is a list of first world problems but many of them are things that add joy to my life...so I do feel the lack of them still quite acutely. Obviously there will be people affected much more negatively.

More or less just missing the good times such as theatre, cinema etc.

Almost normal . . . I returned to my office but most still wfh so much quieter than usual . More outdoor socialising and my parents are acting oddly but once kids back to school will be pretty normal for me.

@Gingernaut

I get up ridiculously early, long before the shops are open, go to work in a hospital, in an area where sterility and anticontamination procedures are routine, eat my packed lunch, finish early enough to avoid school kids and rush hour, shop for a few essentials and go home, where I live alone.

Apart from the early part of lockdown, where the trains were cancelled, my life has carried on as before.

Masks excluded, of course.

Hope the judgy person reads this and reflects on how quick they were to make assumptions about someone else's circumstances.

I’d say 20% normal. Everything I like doing is still not open in my area eg cinema, gym. I am missing seeing friends and now the weather is awful we can’t even meet outside. Dc have been off school for months now and their holiday activities are cancelled.

I have started visiting the parents indoors but not entirely comfortable with it as they are very frail.

Shops are very slightly going back to normal with shorter queues.

I am hoping for a bit more normality when dc are back in school.

I’d say fully back to normal

I would like the 'fully' or 'almost' normal people to elaborate.

I suppose things I do are 10% affected on average. The real value ranges from 0-100% of course, but I can do most things I usually do albeit in modified and inconvenient ways if the activities involve being near others or being indoors. So I am wondering what one's 'normal' life looks like if 'nearly normal' now, and in UK. All online shopping, only staycation, barely seeing people indoors or outdoors, and that includes no shared indoor spaces I guess? Must live with minimum of others that might have their own independent life that could be disrupted. I've got some hermit ways but no comparison to all that.

@lljkk

I can go to restaurants/days out/gym/hotels see friends. Children are back in nursery, I’m a key worker and going back full time from September, my husband worked a lot from home before lockdown. So yes I’m fully back to normal (apart from masks but they are so minor they don’t bother me)