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Nameisthegame · 09/03/2020 21:34

Anyone else in Spain and finding the jump in numbers from yesterday to today shocking? www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html 700 to 1070 in one day.

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BirdandSparrow · 04/04/2020 17:08

OMG yes a walk would be amazing. Totally fabulous. Even one walk a day like they get in the UK.

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Nameisthegame · 04/04/2020 17:17

Yeah some sort of slip like France and go walking about! Atleast me and mum can go the bins or shopping but I can’t take her out at all. My ex sent me a message today saying he’s sneak out to have lunch at a friends so wants to speak to dd earlier

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Nameisthegame · 04/04/2020 17:19

I copy and pasted the abuse he sent me when I had to take dd out.

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Nameisthegame · 05/04/2020 20:00

Quick check in with everyone how are you doing. Any positives today? First drink in 23 days 😂 the photo was for instagram lol

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Novia · 05/04/2020 20:45

@Nameisthegame - 23 days?! I can barely last 23 minutes at the moment! 😂

I am really hoping this weekend is the start of the turning point with numbers beginning to drop a little. The additional days are gutting, but expected.

At least it's Easter holiday tomorrow so I don't need to homeschool as well as work!

Cheers! Hope you are doing okay.

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Nameisthegame · 05/04/2020 20:58

Wooo Easter going to eat all the chocolate I ordered a new toy for dd which should arrive in time so I’ve made a paper mache balloon to put it in with a cookie and small chocolate. I’m going to hide it in the flat lol

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Nameisthegame · 06/04/2020 09:57

Anyone else feeling positive with the recent news that they will start lifting restrictions slowly? My area isn’t to badly hit so we might be one of the first to come out of it 😊 and of course I’m glad the numbers are finally going down steadily!

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BirdandSparrow · 06/04/2020 23:00

I've been feeling better the last few days. Maybe it's like Stockholm syndrome or something? I feel like I can't do anythign about anything so there's no point worrying.
Andalucía is making noises about cancelling the cuota de autonomos for March and April, which would help. If I'd known that, I wouldn't have droped it back down to the minimum, but anyway.
Still no work in basically. But at least it means I just have to worry about schoolwork. Ours are moving to Google classroom after Easter to make sharing info and tasks easier and maybe do some video conferencing with the kids and the teacher. The headteacher said to be prepared that the entire trimestre might end up being online, which did make me feel a bit miserable.
Hoping Google class can be used on a tablet because otehrwise we only have my laptop, which i need for work. If I get any....

Watching the news tonight about Boris being moved to ICU which is, well....fuck. Like him or not (I hate him) that's really bad news.

BirdandSparrow · 06/04/2020 23:04

I've heard about possible restrictions beinglifted slightly in a week or so, but they' like everyone to wear masks to do that. Being able to go for a walk would be so amazing. I'm so tired of people saying it's essential and they couldn't do it. What do they think 47 million Spaniards and however many Italians have been doing???

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Nameisthegame · 06/04/2020 23:45

I know and all the people stuck in refugee camps if having a jolly good walk was a human right then we would all have it. It’s important and fingers crossed is working! Worried about the mask thing no way I could get my two year old to wear one and no idea how to get one now...was going to make one but my seamstress skills are ahem not great. 😬

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Nameisthegame · 06/04/2020 23:48

I’m a Boris basher feel bad for poor leaderless uk but no sympathy for him tbh. Sorry to hear about the school work it’s hard sharing tech with kids, ave you read about the possible introduction of the living wage here? My family won’t count sadly I would give up my british passport in a heart beat right now as I have no plans to return and would love to have continued access to Europe.

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BirdandSparrow · 07/04/2020 08:41

I read somewhere that under 2s would be exempt from having to wear them. Maybe it was El País. I've found some tutorials for making masks, it looks pretty easy, even for me. I can't sew or anything.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/06/how-to-make-no-sew-face-mask-coronavirus

BirdandSparrow · 07/04/2020 08:43

Apparently Google class works on a tablet or a phone even but they've said it's best on a computer. Hopefully it'll only be to access work because I only have my work laptop. We do have a desktop computer upstairs but it says our IP address is not valid, which I assume is because DH is connecting to another IP for work, but I can't do anything about that.

amigababy · 07/04/2020 08:49

I'm having a bit of a low point, after feeling relaxed all last week ( I had that Stockholm syndrome and felt quite chilled then)
Now dh's medicine isn't working yet so he's still grumpy and stressed, he feels like he'll never get better, he's very impatient. And we fell out with DD in England yesterday about something she wants to do that isn't wise. And I just think we're never going to get back to England. Even though it's better being here! I'm being a bit irrational really, and it's confusing.

There's talk of Mallorca plus the other Islands being test zones for relaxing restrictions, because the rates are low and we're a closed community, sort of. In a way, I hope so, going out for a walk etc. Dh needs to feel better before he can go out walking though. I quite like the idea of being an experimental zone, but I think we'll all be more cautious about being outdoors in general.

amigababy · 07/04/2020 08:51

On the plus side he was given a facemask during his trip to hospital last week.

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Nameisthegame · 07/04/2020 11:22

Dd is over 2 but small for her age so fingers crossed it’s a bit older, numbers seem to still be dropping so that’s great! Atleast you can have them use the tablet until it’s a problem x

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Nameisthegame · 07/04/2020 11:26

@amigababy sorry your dh is still feeling poorly. I get the Stockholm syndrome thing I want to get away so badly! Fingers crossed you get to be a lab rat! Lol

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MissMoiselle · 08/04/2020 18:41

A friend of mine said that the lockdown would finish on April 26th. Has anybody heard anything to confirm or clarify this?
I've read in El Pais that measures will progressively get relaxed from 26th April onward but not really any details.
I sway between being grateful there's light at the end if the tunnel and at the same time thinking it's too soon to let society "go back to normal"... eek.

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Nameisthegame · 09/04/2020 11:33

@MissMoiselle I think they have to wait a little longer to officially extend it but it’s already agreed to extend to the 26th. Then it will be gradually lifted so no normal straight away. The least effected areas will get more freedom first with hopefully exercise, takeaways etc but there will most likely be more lockdowns happening in the future.

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Nameisthegame · 09/04/2020 11:35

I don’t think students will be returning this academic year.

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BirdandSparrow · 09/04/2020 11:44

The lockdown will continue as it is until April 26th. The order hibernating the economy for all but essential production (last week and this week) will be lifted, so from next week we're back to the original lockdown. So, for the average person no change really.
From the 26th there may be some lifting of restrictions but they haven't confirmed this and it will depend on how things are going. The lockdown is almost certain to continue in some form after 26th April, it may be with slight changes, but we don't know what changes or even if there will be changes.

One thing that I've seen talked about is allowing some more freedom of movement or opening up more sectors but only if everyone wears a mask when outside. But this is not definite and is problematic because there simply aren't enough masks to go around.

My goal is to try to make some masks for us this weekend, washable ones. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/06/how-to-make-no-sew-face-mask-coronavirus

If I can shake off this feeling of gloom. Not a great day today.

MissMoiselle · 09/04/2020 11:54

Thanks for the clarification @Nameisthegame @BirdandSparrow
Yeah, i thought it all sounded too sudden to just lift all restrictions and go back to normal...
Not that I have any say in it, but I do prefer the idea of slowly lifting restrictions to see how it goes (and how reasonable people are) rather than going back to the old "normal". Numbers are looking better as far as I can tell, so there is hope. Here in Alicante you do see that people's mentality has changed though. Dog owners walking their dogs together (not much distancing), yoga mums running together, neighbours congregating in their front gardens for drinks... i can't help but tut-tut on the inside when I see this. How is it in your corner of Spain?
Hope you feel better soon @BirdandSparrow, it is tough and emotionally draining, but try to stay positive.

BirdandSparrow · 09/04/2020 11:58

yoga mums running together In Alicante? How are they getting away with that???!!! That's not allowed surely? You'd be fined for that here.