Aibu lockdown weekends

[grubbygangsta]

Aibu to wonder how you are all spending your weekends in lockdown currently?

Have huge sigh of relief it's the weekend & that I don't have to get up dead early....

I've been spending the last few weekends gardening & getting ready for spring. It's quite cathartic & because I've loads of time to kill, I can take my time & don't need to rush anything.

They are so dull aren’t they?! Drag children for walk to get the paper. Go the long way round. Home for snack, play, lunch them attempt a longer walk in the afternoon.
I deliver for a food bank every other Saturday morning so that’s something different but still.

If the weather is bad it’s so hard isn’t it?!

We are in the national trust but rarely get a booking slot as others are obviously booking them all up at a minute past midnight when they are released! I’m understand why they do a booking system but it
Does rather bugger any ideas Of spontaneity doesn’t it?!

Eat crap
Repeat

Helping my mum out, walking, cycling, playground, coffee, takeaway

Walk dogs, drink wine, drink wine, drink wine, drink wine.............drink wine.

I am feeling a lot of guilt and self loathing because my house is grubbier and more untidy than it ever was before, because I feel too demotivated (due to lockdown blues) to do much cleaning and decluttering

So yes, I watch tv, eat too much and complain

Going for walks with kids,taking kids to the park,takeaways,doing jobs in the garden when weather allows
We are all getting a bit bored now of every weekend being the same!

Walking. Walking. And drinking. And Netflix. With the occasional supermarket shop thrown in just to really spice things up!

Wake up, go downstairs, make 2 or 3 coffees in travel mugs, forage for food, go back upstairs, watch tv, graze on food, snooze, read, check emails, talk to partner on phone (200 miles away), snooze, tv, more food ..... try to sleep. All interspersed with drinking the coffee, loo trips and shouting at the dog!

To be honest my weekends in lockdown aren’t any different to non lockdown. Apart from maybe going to the cinema on a Sunday morning once in a while. The rest is the same. Kids and husband glued to screens. I clean. Watch Netflix. Repeat

Meet a friend for a walk, run, clean,

Not much difference to what i did before lockdown apart from going to a football game.

At home. Not going anywhere. Isn't that where everyone is supposed to be?

@Oblomov21

At home. Not going anywhere. Isn't that where everyone is supposed to be?

As well as doing their shopping, going out for exercise, meeting friends for a walk/sit on a bench etc which are all permitted activities, yes. But as most people on this thread are describing the activities that they’re doing at home at the weekend, it’s a bit of a disingenuous question.

Unless you just sit at home staring at a wall, @Oblomov21?

I also spent a couple of hours working on my current jigsaw at the other end of the dining table. It does help.n

Friday night is takeaway night. Kids take it in turns to choose.
Saturday is Movie night - after nearly an hour of arguing over which movie we're going to watch, finally agreeing - the kids fall asleep after 30 minutes. We usually let them sleep downstairs (which they love!)
Weve done this for about 10 months and it's really helped the kids having something to look forward to at the end of the week.

Cooking, looking after the three kids, short walk with them if weather's good, and putting in a few hours of WFH as it's impossible to all the necessary hours on the weekdays. Same as every day, except for putting on a weekly wash and watching something on Netflix in the evening.

I used to have my two,granddaughters to stay overnight on alternate weekends so it’s really quiet for me. I work from home and am self employed so there is always lots to do but the days seem to merge into each other. Even though my son popped round yesterday with the girls for a doorstep visit for Mother’s Day I had convinced myself it was Monday by teatime!

Weekends at the moment are a mix of drinking, watching films, playing games, sleeping and eating. No pressure to go out for walks, to socialise or go shopping. Will be gutted when the restrictions end.

Not much difference from before tbh. Housework, laundry, put the food shopping away, go for a walk if it's nice enough and I am motivated to or make time to, read a bit, try to keep on top of paperwork, and rest. You'd be surprised how quickly a weekend goes if you refuse to get out of bed before 10 am at the earliest and you want to squeeze in a nap in the day at some point too. This weekend, I didn't even go further than my back gate between 6.30 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. this morning.

Feed cat.
Breakfast and Bath.
Life admin (remember that the energy companies are going to hike prices on 1 Apr so now a v. good time to shop around for a deal. We are looking at green deals. I don't work for anyone - just thought I'd nudge you all to save some £ and the planet too)
Allotment if sunny.
Read with DS.
Tidying/cleaning.
Cook.
Watch a film or documentary together.
Jigsaw or board game.
Maybe walk with a friend in the park/up to the woods.

@skirk64 I feel the same :) Introvert quite happy to bumble along sleeping, reading and just pondering life.

I would quite like a change of scene though. Not sure whether a camping hol later in year is a good idea though...

Wake up at 7ish with 4yr old. Sit in living room with her and husband, drink lots of coffee, take her to the park/woods. Try and play/get her to sit and watch TV. Dinner, take her to bed c7:15, Netflix and wine/gin.
After being at home since Christmas nothing is entertaining her, not toy's not TV, i hoped being back at school would have helped, clearly not yet......

It's boring not being able to go out to the pub and socialise.
We've been sorting out our campervan so we can go off in it as soon as possible.
Started gardening.
Weekends are crap. We've been invited to a barbecue at Easter and pretty tempted to go only be 6 of us.