AIBU to try and cheer up by trying to look for any bright sides to shielding? Light fucking hearted

[LetMeJustLookAtTheFuckingHam]

I'm in the clinically extremely vulnerable/shielded group and live in a local lockdown area too. Obviously it's been shit (not just CV related here, a really very shit year in general in our house) and continues to be shit but I am trying to have a positive mental attitude. Anyone else fancy trying to look on the shielding bright side with me? (This is meant to be lighthearted and tongue in cheek to cheer us up, so no snippy comments please )

Prompted by threads about classrooms and ventilation in winter, it cheered me to think I have finally won The Window Wars with DH. I used to go around opening windows (especially at nighttime) and DH would follow me round closing them. My shielding letter advised us to always have windows open for ventilation. I win. Sorry DH.

This doesn't actually apply to me (as DH and I have a successful marriage through the specific policy of Never Being Obliged To See Each Other's Family ™️) but my shielding best friend has been happy to have an officially sanctioned get out clause to avoid her MIL with no feelings of guilt or recrimination from her DH. Win for my friend. And everyone who doesn't like their in-laws basically the whole of Mumsnet

"Take your meals back to your room to eat where possible" = it's OK to eat in bed, don't even feel guilty. Win.

Also, jumping the queue at Aldi (who in this area still reserve first half hour for elderly and vulnerable). Win.

An official letter to wave around from the actual government telling you to clean your bathroom after you use it - and teenagers in the house. Big fucking win.

I'm trying desperately to think of others.

We couldn't live separately in our house for various reasons but I imagine if I had toddlers again and a large house with spare bedrooms and bathrooms, being officially advised to avoid them and eat in bed would have definitely been a Win.

Have I missed anything?

Oh yes, cocooning sounds lovely. Shielding sounds a bit war-like and hard work.

I'm merely "clinically vulnerable" and likely to be sent back to Coventry (wfh) which I was dreading but I'm quite looking forward to it now although it would be much better with a velvet dressing gown with pockets for fags.

Everyone needs a velvet dressing gown. (I'm a bit sad I'm not a man so I could get a velvet smoking jacket ) I buy vintage nightwear on eBay, it's great.

That reminds me of another positive, with all my free time I got all my vac packed clothes out and sorted them (I usually do this for Summer/Winter anyway but had lots of bags of "old/unsuitable stuff" to look at.

Doing this cheered me up as my wedding dress was too big for me my DCs saw all my 90s stuff and were amazed. They have now my cropped T shirts and velvet dresses etc etc and it makes me happy as well as them. They also saw all my expensive, should really sell some work clothes so they know I had a proper life outside pyjamas once and wore lovely suits and posh frocks (found an amazing backless halterneck floor length black dress I have no recollection of buying or indeed wearing, those were the days

Okay I feel bit sad now I've typed all that. Own goal much