Lots of “needless to say”s but anyone quite like idea of quarantine?

[Bringringbring12]

CDC say maximum quarantine period is 14 days.

Me and the children (9 and 7), chilling out an home, pottering, catching up on lots of jobs around the house, some school work, board games, films, yoga at home, runs around the garden and children on trampoline etc

I have lots of lovely food for two weeks

As I say lots of “needless to say”s that I won’t list here.... but really, 2 weeks at home, kind of appealing!

I'd probably end up pregnant again

I would love it, but I happily would stay inside alone forever.

I said that to my husband last night if families have to self isolate there will be a baby boom next year

The working from home

Neighbour is very senior IT guy. He mentioned that working from home would be limited in many cases as can’t have sometimes thousands of employees accessing an infrastructure not built for 100% of business to be using

Nope, I'm self employed.no work, no pay, no money to pay the bills 🙁

I would love, love, love it. We are real homebodies and two weeks at home would be no problem us, we quite like each other. I wouldn't get paid and can't work from home, but we'd manage. Could get the garden ready for Summer, clear the garage, tidy kids rooms and just be together. Fabulous!

If my school closed for a couple of weeks prior to Easter I'd love it, I have a ton of stuff to do in the house that I keep putting off and an enforced quarantine would be perfect.

2 weeks on my own would be amazing! I'd have lie ins, cook nice food and actually read some of the many books I've been meaning to read (and watch a ton of crappy tv)

But I have 2 DSs (5+2) who have a LOT of energy. 2 weeks locked in a house with children who need a lot of outdoor time and stimulation would not be fun. I'd have to spend the whole 2 weeks in the garden and not with my sofa and hot drinks

Wouldn’t mind so much with me, dh and dc if none of us are ill and just resting at home, got plenty to do here. Dog would be totally fed up with no walks (high energy breed).

This would only be if business kept going in our absence with enough staff able to still be there running things. In reality can see it going to the wall with the loss of 120 jobs (and most likely our house). Plus MIL is visiting with no sign of heading off anytime soon despite no coronavirus in her home country and things hitting up here

*hotting

Me and DH were saying today how we’d really rather like it.
No dc at home though.

i'd love it. luckily we have plenty of space/outdoor and 'hobbies' that are home based. i don't like leaving even at the best of times!

I'm autistic and struggle like mad to keep on top of the housework. The house is an absolute tip. I would love two weeks at home to really make some headway into it. I've had a couple of cleaners but their solution has to been to throw my stuff away and it's been so stressful.

My nearest neighbours are several hundred yards away (rural area) so I could be out and about in the garden with the animals, growing veggies and barely see a soul. Which would be bliss.

I know I could book annual leave and do all this but it doesn't seem to happen as I spend too much of it just trying to recover from the trials of work and life.

I'd absolutely love it if it was me by myself but I'm a nanny and I feel like I'll have to go in unless they or myself get it and being quarantined at work is my idea of hell

...me being quarantined alone at home, not unwell...heaven!!

I’d quite enjoy if for a few days.. I’d the start to lose my shit (3 kids!)

We were just talking about this over dinner. But we had a couple of questions that needed answering before we could agree!

1. Would we be allowed in the garden (semi detached house in built up area)?

2. Would we be allowed out for walks / runs if we stayed more than 1m away from anyone else?

If either of the answers was yes the we’d quite enjoy it (assuming we’d be paid). If no to both it could be quite a challenge.

As I work clinically in the NHS, I assume I’d be in work as long as I stay well so it’s all a bit pie in the sky anyway!

I like the idea in principle and then I remember I'd have the kids with me, one of whom could start an argument in an empty room and I think "Christ, no!". DP would also go stir crazy and he'd need somewhere quiet to work, assuming he wasn't ill.

Also my teens are absolutely bone idle and I would really struggle to keep them in a routine, I think. And then I remember we might be poorly on top.

So, realistically, we have plenty of stuff to get on with and I realise our privilege, but I don't think I'd love it after about day 3.

As long as I can be at my partners house, still get paid and I can go hill walking I'm in.

I'd also very much need it to stop fucking raining.

I would end up chucking my kids in the garden, bolting the doors and then ending up fetal in the bed crying and sobbing

Chuck them out in the garden before you reach the crying and sobbing stage.

So if everyone is in quarantine and cant work would we still get gas/electric/wifi/tv etc if all the people that work in power stations etc were also at home.....?

@DressingGownofDoom

I wouldn't end up pregnant but was thinking along the same lines as to entertainment . Though I think those stuck indoors with their partner could go two ways, extra babies and more divorces!