Cats , Flaps and The Clap

[PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock]

The other thread is filling up fast so setting up the foundation for our new evil lair. One where we follow real guidelines, not made up ones, make sock cocks ,ruin hair and bemoan the shortage of Spanish soldiers.

This is where we'll keep each other sane or descend into madness together... depends on the day.

Currently sat on the costa del sofa, with my third Cuba libre. I dont really drink, so already well on my way.

Best friend and her husband on zoom having a drink with us.

I managed to get Dp to say he would like the clap

I asked him if he worked for the NHS, would he like the clap. He said I would appreciate people clapping. So I kept going, so 'you would the like the clap?'. Eventually he said 'yeah I think I would like the clap!' We all laughed. He called us a set of bastards.

But now....I have discovered I live with am who would appreciate THE clap and a clap. Not sure what to do with that information 🤷‍♀️

Waves to everyone!

Sorry some of you are having a hard time. I promise I will be more use to support when I am sobered up! Promise!

Expect the curve to become a vertical cliff, I've been sinning all day, starting from when I let the cats out at 6am. I rode a very safe horse (at home) that needs exercise for health reasons, and blitzed the tack room. I discovered a bottle of antibacterial shampoo and failed to wash myself in it.

I went shopping without observing deranged glove rituals, and had a cheerful catch up with a friend in the queue, and then bought some none essentials too. I also shopped for some vulnerable people and not only did I buy the alcohol and cakes they asked for, I already know them all and offered to do so in face to face conversations before lockdown. Which kind of renders picking up extra when you're going anyway as pointless, everyone knows you can only shop for other people if you've made multiple posts on the local Facebook page so everyone knows what a great person you are.

I haven't quarantined my shopping, or bleached/ incinerated/ drowned it in dettol.

I witnessed a community nurse going into someone's house and failed to accuse them of murder or even tell them to stay at home.

@PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock it’s nothing in particular I think it’s just everything. Also I have a few days off coming up after the weekend and tend to always do a good job of holding things together until I get a break and then I fall apart. My job has been crazy for the last month largely due to the outbreak, I’ve been really busy and working from home which makes my job a lot harder, I’m also a single parent and my son (12) has had a ludicrous amount of work set for him which is all considered compulsory by the school (I checked because after a week we were already half a week behind). I’ve been feeling very lonely too, and desperate for social interaction. It’s been confirmed that some of my department will be furloughed at the end of the month. We don’t yet know who. I think it’s all just reaching the point where I’m having a bit of a wobble.

My resolve to stay stroppy and sweary has already failed though as I went out to do The Clap and my next door neighbour who is a nurse was in floods of tears which for some unfathomable reason tipped me over the edge.

Never felt like such a daft twat 🙄

But at least I have my painted stones/projectiles 😆

Train
You are an absolute failure in 'The Best Lockdown Virtual Signaling Curtain Twitching Stazi Championships.'

Well done🏆

I know willow. It's all about the optics.

Oh @soupforbrains no wonder you're having a wobble , that's quite a lot on your plate to deal with.

Do you want to be furloughed or keep working?
Surely your son must be on Easter holiday now, so both of you take a break. Anything in particular he's struggling with or is it just too much work?

Online interaction like zoom or houseparty can help some people but tbh, I just feel it's not enough when I try it. Kinda makes it worse really.

@PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock he’s actually very able, so thankfully he’s not really struggling with much, it’s just the sheer workload, he is on holiday now, but we’ve spent this week getting him caught up to where he should have been at the end of last week. He’ll get a proper break next week though.

A part of me would love to be furloughed but financially I live pay check to pay check and have no savings, so even the drop to 80% pay would be VERY difficult.

I’ve done a bit of Zoom/HouseParty stuff, I’ve really enjoyed it when I’ve done it but afterwards I feel absolutely exhausted, I don’t know if that is usual. It doesn’t make much sense to me.

When we get out of this the first person who actually physically touches me might have to pick me up off the floor 😂

It’s all very inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, I’ll be absolutely fine. I just need a break, so if I can get through Themis bank holiday weekend then as of Tuesday I will have the my first whole day off in almost a month. And I get 4 in a row, so it will be genuinely blissful.

For the moment I have gin, and you bunch of reprobates to keep me company, at least until we’re all arrested.

Loving the new thread too. I’ve been “breaking MN lockdown law” all day. Spent 3 hrs in the garden with my youngest, 1 hr of which was spent arguing with next door (2meters apart of course) if he’d been any closer I’d of murdered him. Having put up with his power drill for 2 days he spent this morning “trimming” some tress n shrubbery and demolished the fence which now I’ve apparently got to fix even though he admits it’s his fence. Went for a walk this afternoon with 2/3 kids n distance met my grandmother. Went to the local shop twice as I forgot the coffee the first time. And just seen neighbour down the street has ranted on Facebook about how irresponsible the entire street as she’s “logged” everyone coming and going. On top of that according to her we didn’t clap loud enough.... toffee vodkas definitely my new best friend

@soupforbrains they sound like pretty good reasons to have a wobble. It tends to be the little things that add up and throw us.

Hang in there until your break, sounds like you bloody deserve it.

As an aside to this lawless murderous rampage, I’d like to add that cycles of ok/not ok are really normal. More particularly in this circumstance where we have so little control. The guilt of laying waste to dozens of vulnerable people every time we buy snacks gets hard to live with.

Having a meltdown for no reason at all is absolutely normal and we’ll probably all have wobbles. Recognising that it will happen and planning for a bit of self-care when it does happen, is sensible.

Attention to things like good sleep and getting enough protein (for women this is important particularly I think), and exercise are important.

The good news is that a wobble is usually followed by renewed capacity to cope. So hang in soupforbrains, you will feel better soon.

Now back to my regularly scheduled spiced port and chocolate.

morning all
soup you are indeed dealing with so much. My ds , also 12 , has also been set masses and masses of schoolwork. Way more than he can manage. Ive been slecting a certain numer of tasks for him each day as otherwise hed just be too overwehlmed. Thats tricky if your school say he has to do it all though. I used to home educate my oldest 3 years ago and it was nothing like this. Definitely way less pressured and they did ok academically (oldest just finishing his masters at Cambridge!) so try not to stress too much. Your ds will be fine. Hope today is a better day for you and work not too bad.

Well, I actually didnt drink last night and went to bed super early so do have to admit I feel better today! The Clap was crazy here last night, a new level has been reached. Car horns, pot banging, whoops, whistles.....all the bloody Tory voters were out in force...

I'm just having a coffee then off to Aldi - there will be non essential purchases, will just have to dodge the trolley searching police!
I do then need to give the house a good clean (not talking about bleaching ect...just generally reducing the level of squalor it has decended into again with so many poeple in it all the time!)
I will NOT be dissinfecting my shopping however
The cat is up and out already , murdering people as he passes.
Take away tonight, with wine. That will ramp up my sin rating after being relatively good last night! Should really go for a run as well but not totally sure I can be arsed.

Hope everyone is feeling not too bad today. I totally agree with dance that I think is is normal to go through cycles of feeling ok and then having a wobble. These are really difficult times and you can only be strong for so long at a time. Do whatever you need to do (safely)to get through. Ignore the judgy folks out there.

sorry, just re-read my post and it sounds quite boasty re ds at Cambridge - didn't mean it like that, just pointing it out because he was home educated for 3 years and I was always being told I was ruining his education and future chances. We did way less structured academic work each day than the kids seem to be getting set now as well. So my point was try not to stress about kids falling behind, not catching up etc....

@maxandezera

We had a delicious take away last night too. Today a local lady who normally does wedding cakes is delivering us a freshly made afternoon tea. How best should I disinfect it?

grobags oh that is genius . I would love that. off to search my local area! And I would just spray it all liberally with a bleach cleaner. Although Alcohol kills viruses, so maybe just eat it all washed down with adequate alcohol?!

Morning all.
Not a great start i broke a bit of a back tooth eating my toast! 😠😠

Soup sounds like its an accumulation of things all piling up on you no wonder you had a wobble. Hope week end goes smoothly and you can slob out doing whatever you like on you days off.
Off to work soon hope its not too busy and people use thier common sense.

Morning all! I have delicate head 🙈

soup I hope you are ok. The people on this thread, taught me it's ok to not be ok. Some people may think we all just need to accept it and be fine with it. But it's really ok, to admit you aren't ok. And as pp said, for most us, it comes in cycles. Up and down.

We pass the wobble baton around the house regularly here. I was in a right state last weekend, found this thread, and started to feel a lot better. As soon as I felt better DH decided he couldn’t cope any more and got really down. He perked up yesterday morning, and then about lunchtime my young adult dd, who is living with us, came down with floods of tears. It will be my turn again by Sunday.

Morning all

Willow ouch,hope tooth is ok. Have a good day at work.

Shits HOW ARE YOUUUUUUU? Just kidding... have a fry up on me.

soup hopefully you have a better day today, and if not we're here.

The Clap is highly competitive over here. We had actual claps,pans and pots, whistles, cheers, car honking, fireworks (the first weeks) and bangy things and it culminated yesterday with trumpets and horns and other instruments that I don't know the names in my native language,much less in English. Curious how they will top THAT next week.

cherries as long as you remember it's not a race it's a marathon .

Someone told me that when I had a previous wobble. Sure mate, because what I really ,really need to acknowledge right now is that this is here to stay and it's gonna last quite a while.

Morning all!!

The MN Stasi would have an embolism if they knew what I'm doing today....... Virtual IronMan Duathlon - I'm doing the ride indoors but I'm doing the 5k and 10k runs outside.

Fuck it. I live in the middle of nowhere and didn't pass a soul (or touch a gate!) when I did the 5k run earlier.

Currently in the midst of the 40k ride

I think I pulled a muscle and got dizzy just reading that.

I heard honking last night that must have been about the clap....

I was busy running at the time though so didnt participate .

I've got to go shopping today. Which one of you nutters is gonna send armed police to my door?

I heard absolutely no clapping last night. Obviously people here got sick of the novelty pretty quickly!

HOW ARE YOUUUUUUU?

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