Anyone else teary tonight

[StealthPolarBear]

It's not like me. It's just hit me.

I felt teary today saying goodbye to my colleagues who have left to wfh and I will say goodbye to more tomorrow as I will be wfh from the foreseeable

What's sad is that we don't know when we will see each other again.

Yes. Today's the first day I've felt overwhelmed by the enormity of it. I'm generally a stoic, plan for emergencies type so I don't often feel like this.

It's a bit shit really.

Yes I felt the same today. People leaving to wfh and not knowing when my team will be all together again. My boys are gutted about school closing and trying to keep them cheerful has taken alot. We have to believe we can do this though it has to be worth it in the end.

I don't know what it is for me. I suppose just a few hours ago this seemed so much less serious. Last weekend dd was at a sleepover. Life was mostly normal. Four days later and it just all seems out of control.

Me! It's all just suddenly hit. Fear of the unknown.
Closure of childcare, and hours/pay cut at work.
Hats off to the frontline staff keeping everything going!

Definitely. I am pathetic as my job is secure I am very lucky. I really feel for those with worries about their job and/or childcare.
And I already work from home the majority of the time. So no change there. As a team we can got six months without meeting.

Yes. For my DD and all her friends who wI’ll have their last term at primary messed up. I know in the scheme of things it’s not a biggie, but in her life it is. I know she won’t still be fretting over it when she’s 21. But Life is about enjoying all those little things, and instead of the big leavers assembly and the party that is always organised, that they have seen every other year have, they will just not get to hang out with their friends in the playground again.
And for the little girl in my class who has been talking about her party for ages, and who is now in isolation and is heart broken. Again, in the scheme of things, no biggie. But she’s five and it is huge in her world. She can’t process or understand the big stuff so for her, this is the big stuff. My own DD, age 6, who also knew exactly what she wanted to do for her birthday and now won’t be.

All these little things that make up the fabric of life and a fun childhood. And yes, losing relatives and loved ones would be a million times worse, but I still feel sad for them.

I didn't see this thread.. I just made a post. I'm feeling the same. It's so hard as I feel I have no right to be upset, there are people that are dying.. but I've lost my job, my wedding is off, I'm stuck on my own trying to entertain a baby all day everyday while my fiancé is working 7 days a week and I'm barely seeing him. I want the life I had just a couple of weeks ago back.

Yeah I'm feeling pretty down today. I think it was all just really new and unreal before and in a way (and I know how vile this sounds but can't think of a better way to describe it) almost exciting. Today it's suddenly become real.

It is. You're right, this is the big stuff for them.

Yes, fear of the unknown. I work in a schools and a few were teary today thinking of some of the more vulnerable children. Also my own little one, might have had his last wee day at nursery - he has no idea what is in store over the months ahead. Hopefully we all see the new school year in August.

Me too- this morning.
I'm lucky, I will continue to get paid, but it's just all so surreal.

A little bit. It's Father's Day here and I don't have mine anymore and DS's seems to have given up on him.
It's not new, but I think this whole situation makes it more poignant to me.
We've been socially isolating since last friday, and I've been able to keep in touch with friends and family over messages, students over Skype, etc. But not sure how long we'll keep the good spirits up.

Sorry goolish :( you sum it up for me ". I want the life I had just a couple of weeks ago back"
Where did that go, and so quickly?
Ive had some bad news about a colleague and feel similar, if I'd stuck my head in the sand and denied it, it wouldn't have happened. Stupid.

Yes, the reality has set in. Before it felt like a movie now it’s scary

Not teary, but feeling stressed, confused and a bit overwhelmed.

Although I'm lucky in that my job is relatively secure , I was desperately trying to get out and get another job. That's all on hold now.

As I say, I'm aware others are losing their jobs left right and centre and how fortunate I am in comparison but it's still a blow that I've got to stay where I am now for the foreseeable. And my husband was also trying to get back into work which seems very unlikley now.

It's just the uncertainty of it all and the speed at which things have moved the past week or so.

I've also been downplaying it for the dc, and pretending it's no big deal to parents (while emphasising I will nt be seeing them and they need to stay in). My mouth is playing it down while my brain s screaming.

I felt the same last week when our schools closed here in Ireland. I was teary and anxious. It has subsided past few days though. Schools closing suddenly makes it feel real, it's not just in the papers anymore or on the tv, you are actually living it. You will be ok, just take it one day at time right now and we will make it through this.

It feels like grieving for the lives we had, the plans we had, the things we never noticed and took for granted.
I’m finding it very comforting to think of all the people before me in history who felt the same as we do now, who felt this same sense of unreality and fear of the unknown, but who ultimately survived times of isolation, war, fear, disease and hardship. There’s something universal and human about the experience, and it’s very humbling. We are not alone

Thanks donkey. I'm not usually like this. But you're right we're living it and I suppose the big thing for me is there is no end. If they said after end of May we will start to return to normal I would cope but this indefinite timescale is causing stress.

Yep, here too. I've felt increasingly on edge all week. This evening I've heard I'm going to have a massive pay cut and may lose my job entirely within a short space of time if my industry doesn't pick up. My DH is a teacher who'll be in as a babysitter for the foreseeable, and it all seems a bit shit. And scary.

Someone summed it up for me this morning - for many of us it's been a fairly charmed life so far. To have this is all a bit of a shock.

I love your name. And it reminds me of a Facebook post, probably fake, but of a lady who had crocheted a face mask for her grandchild :o

Wet dog

I was like this last night, OP. Everything hit me: schools closing, people dying, working from home for the foreseeable, thinking the world will never be quite the same again, etc. Then an emotional rollercoaster of uplifting stories and amazing videos from Rome. I just drank wine and sobbed. It was amazingly therapeutic!

Yep me glad to see I'm not only one :( like others have said we have been watching this unfold and kind of knew what what was going to happen but now it has I think we are a little shocked.

My sisters baby shower is cancelled shes in isolation so may not even see her for a while and will maybe miss most of her pregnancy which is so strange and so sad.

My year 6 wont have that exciting last few months of primary and all the fun stuff that goes with it.

All minor in the grand scheme but still feeling a bit emotional. I think the uncertainty of it all is unsettling most people theres no way of knowing how it's going to be in a months time and no way of predicting how our lives will change and that's an odd feeling