To feel a bit of nostalgia for “lockdown version 1”

[Covidchameleon]

This is lighthearted and I’m not making light of the shitty situation we all find ourselves in.
However this lockdown seems to be missing some of the elements that made the first one bearable

Tiger King, great memes, queuing outside Sainsbury’s etc.

This feels instead like and endless slog - so Aibu to ask say the sequel is not as good as the original?

[Nothowiexpected]

Feels totally different this time, the last time was the first time it had ever happened so it was all so novel. Sense of waiting and watching, we sort of know the score now, I'm loathe to admit that even seeing the death figures on the news every night doesn't even touch me now. Seems appalling to say but it's become just part of our lives

[user1471538283]

I liked less traffic and seeing more birds but that was it. The rest of the time there was constant noise, next to no sleep and I was working long hours through it. This time there is still noise but at least not loud horrible music

[Skysblue]

It was sunny. So sunny.

Now it is not.

[LondonlovesLola]

However this lockdown seems to be missing some of the elements that made the first one bearable

Everyone is continuing as normal. Supermarkets are a free for all and traffic is awful. Shops are still open and doing click and collect. Even small local shops round here have 3D store ‘walk throughs’ on line so that you can pick out what you want and collect from the shop the next day.
Takeaways and restaurants are open for collection.
Schools and colleges are open and there are people everywhere. Our town is very busy and it doesn’t feel like any kind of lockdown is taking place.

[Stripyhoglets1]

Never want to feel like I did in lockdown one again. It was awful. Anxiety sky high. Terrified for vulnerability family and so upsetting not being able to see them at all. Work insanely busy while changing to working at home 100% of the time and incredibly difficult as having to advise on implementing so many changes in a situation nothing like anything any of us had experienced before. Trying to deal with colleagues stress about homeschooling young children and working too. Just awful.
This time older child's mental health much better as still at school and work has settled down as we know how to respond to things and what to expect. And I'm not in shock and have less fear of losing family as there is a vaccine on the horizon now.
Anyone who enjoyed lockdown 1 was incredibly lucky imo.

[pinkearedcow]

@Nothowiexpected

Feels totally different this time, the last time was the first time it had ever happened so it was all so novel. Sense of waiting and watching, we sort of know the score now, I'm loathe to admit that even seeing the death figures on the news every night doesn't even touch me now. Seems appalling to say but it's become just part of our lives

I was just thinking the same about the death numbers. We have the equivalent of roughly a planeload or more of people dying every single day. If someone had told us back in January that would be happening, we would have been horrified and scared.

I just feel worn down by it all. I keep watching films where people are at parties etc. and it seems so surreal.

[Covidchameleon]

@pinkearedcow watching tv with any type of group event like a party makes me feel strangely uncomfortable at the moment. You want to shout “don’t touch” at the screen.

[squishee]

I got married during lockdown (not UK), with just the two of us allowed, and it was lovely. I do feel a bit nostalgic about it.

Lockdown 2.0 has got to be easier for lots of parents, with schools mostly open.

I wish there was a better word. Unless your front door is being taped up between weekly food drops, I think "lockdown" is a bit of a stretch.

Where I am, the "messaging" (cringe) is much more about avoiding physical contact.

[Vintagevixen]

Nope don't miss it - lockdown 1 almost scuppered my house sale/ kept me having to live under the same roof as emotionally abusive ex.

I got away with it by the skin of my teeth - lockdown and all the shut downs literally almost made me and DD homeless. There was no banana bread/gambolling in the garden moments for me.

Those who have a safe home and reasonably loving family I'm sure had a great time in lockdown.

Not everyone has this and people seem not to acknowledge or realise that.

[Di11y]

Lockdown 1 was hell on wheels with children, WFH and homeschool to juggle. weekend were nice I suppose.

[pinkearedcow]

Covidchameleon me too, it's v strange, isn't it?

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

The weather and light evenings made a huge difference.

[Muchtoomuchtodo]

Our firebreak is over in Wales, it even that 2 weeks felt a lot harder than the initial much longer and stricter lockdown.

You can’t beat the original!

[pinkearedcow]

@Muchtoomuchtodo

Our firebreak is over in Wales, it even that 2 weeks felt a lot harder than the initial much longer and stricter lockdown.

You can’t beat the original!

I'm in Wales too and I still feel like we are in a lockdown of sorts because of the no mixing in homes and no travelling outside Wales.

[FippertyGibbett]

This one doesn’t feel like a lockdown though as I’m working and DS is in school. The only difference is that I can’t go for a mooch round Home Sense and Next !

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

I got married during lockdown (not UK), with just the two of us allowed, and it was lovely.
@squishee - please please please promise to post this on every future thread with a demonic bridezilla wailing that she can't possibly get married without ten bridesmaids, and how to settle a lifelong feud between the maid of honour and the chief bridesmaid, should the dresses be rose pink or blush pink, life is soooo unfair because covid means she may have to change the date..........

[Thisseatisnotavailable]

The only thing better in this one is that the kids are in school, I am not missing home schooling at all.

[DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon]

Feel like life right now has got all the hard bits but none of the good bits

Im nhs so have been working throughout, i loved the quiet of the mornings last time. The roads were empty, it was sunny. Morale was okay, lots of people sending support, everyone was in it together and generally motivated to do their bit. Just generally everything was quite peaceful

Now just everyones exhausted, nothing to look forward to. Weekends are dark and rainy. Hospital is busy with both covid and non covid. Roads are manic. Fucking shit time. Parents are teachers in school, both of an age where they are at risk. I am worried about them.

I am just tired and drained this lockdown, Id love to just go to the cinema, or to the pub for a sunday roast.

[Sandsnake]

This one is definitely easier for me. It’s 90% the fact that schools are open, as last time DS hugely missed interacting with other children and his behaviour showed it. It didn’t help that his only sibling was newborn DD, so had the worst of both worlds with not having me to himself but also not having a sibling to play with. School being open means the routine of the school run, which gets the baby and I out of the house reliably twice a day.

Also, so relieved that there’s more common sense this time around and less of the no park benches / no driving to exercise malarkey of last time. That felt very oppressive. And things like takeaway coffee - we’ve just come back from a walk to the next village where DS went to the playground and we had takeaway coffee and cake. Things like that make a huge difference to me. I do miss the weather of the first one though!

[WingingWonder]

The first one was shit
The kids are in school now TFFT
It very nearly broke me
WFH FT
Homeschool
Isolation
I wouldn’t do it again

[SecretSpAD]

I would have loved lockdown one if I hadn't had children. Reading, Netflix, gaming, getting to grips with WFH

And yet, a lot of people without children were working harder and longer hours to make up for parents either being furloughed for childcare reasons or not able to take on as much work as usual.

Many Single people living alone - of all ages - were even more isolated from society than normal and months without human touch or interaction.

Many couples who live apart weren't allowed to see each other for ages.

It really wasn't the panacea that some people are making it out to be for a large number of people other than parents of young children.

[ChocBeforeCock]

I didn’t enjoy the first one - heavily pregnant with a toddler and a husband out working long hours, but I preferred it to this. The sunny walks, paddling pool play etc was nice in its way, and I value the time I had with my daughter even though I desperately missed people. I was also really motivated to get the infections down.

Now I’m just thoroughly sick of the whole fucking thing.

At least with the first one it felt like there was a point to it, as opposed to perpetual misery which probably won’t even work that well.

[Bluejewel]

Last time it was warm and sunny - for a while the kids did ok with homeschool ... we struggled balancing the needs of key workers working at home - but by the end the kids were impacted mentally - this time it’s pretty dismal out there - school classes are self isolating , key workers still trying to work from home and a child stuck at home healthy and full of energy ... it’s tough ... but nowhere near as tough as many people’s lives

[isthismylifenow]

[quote Covidchameleon]@isthismylifenow ooh can you elaborate on pineapple beer.[/quote]
You chop up a couple of peeled pineapples and put them into a container or a bucket with warm water, sugar and then yeast. And then leave it to brew for a few days. The longer you leave it, the stronger it gets.

So the pineapple market skyrocketed 😀 and there was a bit of a squabble on to find yeast. But the best bit was, when we found out some friends had made it and didn't realize that the lid is not to be sealed, there were some almighty pineapple beer explosions happening, and they all seemed to be at night 😂

It's potent stuff and kicks like a mule.

Our local Spar even had a special table with pineapples, yeast and sugar on it with a recipe..... We are in South Africa and are known for having a good sense of humour, even in crisis times.

[ssd]

We're not in lock down in Glasgow, though we might be soon. Things feel almost normal here, but with hospitality shut. And less mixing.