Would you be willing to admit

[Samtsirch]

This is intended to be lighthearted so I apologise if anyone is upset or offended.
I just wondered if anyone would be willing to admit to something which really upsets them about the lockdown situation, whilst also being very aware of how petty and selfish it is in light of the widespread suffering and the seriousness of the whole awful situation ?
For example, I am so thankful for everything I have atm and am doing as much as I can to help neighbours and friends, but I am absolutely gutted that Eastenders/ The Archers won’t be on so often, and also that I am about to run out of my industrial strength cover up foundation, which I used to buy at my local chemist and doesn’t seem to be available online..😟

I'm sad that I had booked painters and carpet fitters and have cancelled them.
Also that one of my nieces and my nephew both had May weddings - cancelled.
And that my mother's 90th might be cancelled too.

Yup - totally happy we are safe and well so far and managing to work from home BUT I will admit to being gutted about the following:

DD2 not getting a prom (year 11)
DD3 not getting to leave yr 6 with any kind of fanfare (they where going away for a week, had a day at a theme park, disco etc - kids have been at the school 15 years and she's my last so I'm sad)

Not having my 50th Birthday party - I am refusing to turn 50 until I can

itsgettingweird So sorry that you are going through this with your poor mum. She sounds like a most giving person, and is still young. Some twats just can't wait to make inflammatory remarks, just to goad people. Ignore the fuckwit. Sending you and your mum love and strength

My little DS has a speech delay and is just starting to put 2 words together. He now counts on his little fingers 'shop closed', 'school closed', 'swimming closed' etc with great effort. He added 'happy closed' for a happy meal and for no reason whatsoever really, that makes me really sad.

I wished I could have stocked up with new plants from the garden centre!

Florida trip in May.

It's not our first trip and wouldn't be our last (hopefully) but my mum was coming along for her first visit and i couldn't wait to show her everything. DD starts school in September so not sure when we could rearrange for.

Plus I was on track to being "holiday" ready!! Actually enjoying the gym and losing weight. Now I'll be putting it all back on again!

I wish, that if we had to have lockdown, it was in the winter months

I’m so so pleased with the beautiful weather. Perfect timing. I have a beautiful early run. Children can play in “PE” sessions in the garden. Picnic lunch in the garden and just generally.... brighter

What do I miss.... hot yoga. Really badly. Trivial but that’s what I miss

Im pissed off massively that I can’t go the gym. Miss the cross trainer so much and I’d built up to Level 16 after almost dying after 5 mins on Level 1! Can’t get one online anywhere.

DD has had her driving theory test cancelled which she is most upset about as she’d put it off for months before she finally booked it.

DS2 is very upset he can’t go to college. He’s got ASD and LDs so was already socially isolated but overcame his social anxiety to restart college last year and has been doing so well, also volunteering at our local Foodbank. Months at home is going to really set him back.

DS1 is going to have to give up him part time job after we finish self isolating on Friday as the risk of him bringing the virus home isn’t worth it. He works in a small kitchen area (pizza takeaway) with lots of fellow teens who probably aren’t practising social distancing. Took him ages to find and he loves it.

DS3 will be missing his cub camp and school camp most probably .

All in all though. I totally support the government’s strategy to reduce the effect of this virus.

I'm also gutted that I'll miss my Butlins adult weekender, even though I've already been to one this year.

I'm sad I can't sing with my choir. We can Zoom, but it doesn't work for group singing. We've tried. Got some great friends there too.

There is no skimmed milk to be had and my morning ritual involves a big pot of decaf filter with skimmed milk. No other milk will do. I’ve got enough to last until the weekend (if I hide it from DH and D.C. who will drink semi skimmed if necessary) and then no more morning coffee. I’ll have to substitute peppermint tea. And everyone knows that peppermint tea is for afternoons only.

OTOH I’m very grateful that I did my bumper year of travel in 2019.

Also pissed off that I didn’t do a run to the local tip before it closed yesterday. Garage full of crap but kept putting off clearing it out.

I'm grateful this is happening at this time of year - when the clocks change I'll be gardening in the evenings. A lot.

Gosh I have stopped laughing now and feel like crying the more I read.
It was meant to be light hearted but a lot of the posts are heart breaking in their own context and many of them have really resounded with some of my own feelings over the last few weeks.
Heartfelt wishes to all of you x

Im not getting particularly down yet about anything as my dsis is a nurse and dealing with COVID patients so everything else pales in comparison tbh.

But the things I’m a bit upset about: the crappy and abrupt end of the year for yr11 ds and cancelling dh and mine’s anniversary trip at Easter.

Silly things: I’d just had bright red shellac done and now I’m gonna be stuck with it until it grows out or I can pick it off!
Also, I’d just ordered some lovely clothes from hush & all saints - nowhere to wear them now so I’m just looking at them every now and then....

DS1's football team got through to the county cup final but it has been cancelled.
DS2's music exam was cancelled - he had practised so hard.
Personally I'm ok though

I'm relieved that my friend's hen weekend away has been cancelled because the costs were spiralling, I couldn't afford it but I hadn't wanted to let her down.

I was meant to go to a play last weekend, meant to go to a gig in May and had just got promoted and although I’m WFH it doesn’t quite feel real now that I can’t see anyone.

Plus I haven’t seen my family in 6 months anyway, would be around now that we’d visit, and my dad is trapped abroad.

I am scared the open air theatre won't happen in the summer

@Icecreamdiva - get on to your local dairy. For the first time in over 25 years we are having milk delivered because there's been none left in the shops. Something really reassuring about having the milk on the doorstep in morning. Plus we're supporting a local business. His kids have been feeding the cows, as shown on Facebook.

In no particular order:

I has a minor operation booked for late April that I have waited months for. It's not going to happen now and I'll have to live with the pain that bit longer.

I won't see my grandchildren for many weeks, although I have just moved house to be nearer them!

Gutted that Call the Midwife has stopped filming.

Someone dear to me is involved in a court case which has now been postponed. He'll have to wait even longer for justice now, and he's already waited too long.

My hair! It's already too long and my roots are showing. Ugh.

I fear for my eyebrows, they need done every two to three weeks, I'm one of those who need to stay indoors for 12 weeks as vulnerable. I'll be cutting a fringe in to hide the scary fuckers.

The fact the driving test I've been paying extra lessons for to make sure I pass has been cancelled and I now won't be able to do it till June... So I will only have till November to re do my theory 😭 but our health comes first

By done I mean waxed.

My Mum is in a dementia care home which is obviously closed to relatives' visits. It's going to remain that way for 12 weeks.
She recognises me now.
I don't know if she'll recognise me in 3 months.