To still not quite believe the situation we are in?

[Notcontent]

This time last year I had just come back from a lovely holiday. Back in the UK I remember reading about a virus in China but It didn’t seem like anything to worry about. Even in March I thought the whole situation would resolve itself in a few weeks.

I know it has been said before, but it feels like a movie plot, not real life. Particularly after the summer, when things started to feel normal again.

Nope!
2020 was the year my children's mental health deteriorated.
The year my mum was diagnosed with skin cancer and half of her face will need a skin graft.
My mil has been diagnosed as terminal.
My partner has lost his job
I'm on the verge of losing my home and my job.
I couldn't go to my grans funeral

Now I have to serve coffee everyday to thousands of people who are not following the rules and being screamed and abused because we're going too slow (covid cleaning every 20 mins without fail)

I want it all to end.

@2020canfuckitself

Nope! 2020 was the year my children's mental health deteriorated. The year my mum was diagnosed with skin cancer and half of her face will need a skin graft. My mil has been diagnosed as terminal. My partner has lost his job I'm on the verge of losing my home and my job. I couldn't go to my grans funeral

Now I have to serve coffee everyday to thousands of people who are not following the rules and being screamed and abused because we're going too slow (covid cleaning every 20 mins without fail)

I want it all to end.

Just wanted to give you a v unmumsnetty hug

I hope this year will be much better for you!

It still shocks me. It still catches me by surprise that everything can go to shit like this. I’m sorry you’re having such a crap time. I hope we all come out the other end of this soon.

Still shocks me, if you had told me a year ago this was going to be life here i wouldn't have believed you. I had strong belief our government (however much i hate the tories) would protect the uk at all costs and close borders and lock down straight away and thought back in March it was going to blow over, pretty much like New Zealand but now look at us. It's like another planet

Still a bit of me expecting to wake up and it's all been a horrible nightmare. Feels weird to know that this time last year most of us had no idea what was headed our way.

@Wannabangbang

Still shocks me, if you had told me a year ago this was going to be life here i wouldn't have believed you. I had strong belief our government (however much i hate the tories) would protect the uk at all costs and close borders and lock down straight away and thought back in March it was going to blow over, pretty much like New Zealand but now look at us. It's like another planet

We could never, ever lock our borders like New Zealand. Think about it...

I agree, i the first few months of lockdown last year struggling to believe that any of it was real

2020canfuckitself so sorry 💐

I know because we rely heavily on goods and produce from the EU and without it we would crash

I can’t believe it either. I had my first DD in June and kept saying before she was born “ things will be different, this will be gone “ I was not prepared mentally to do the pregnancy alone with no help from midwifes ( through no fault of theirs btw ) to answer any of my questions or concerns or do my labour alone I really wanted my partner there, was not prepared to be kept in a week after my EMCS without any visits from my partner to meet our DD, was not prepared not to be able to hug my own mum on Mother’s Day, not being able to see my grandmother who’s cancer has completely spread all over her body and I can’t even hug her or go and help and quite possibly may never be able to hold my DD, couldn’t even spend what was quite possibly her last Xmas together. I keep saying to myself give it 3 months but realistically I think we may still be in some sort of situation this time next year. It’s shit but to flip it, I did get my wonderful DD who keeps me going and has just found her shouting voice so is currently shouting away at her toys which makes me laugh, is crawling nearly walking and amazes me every day. I try to see the positives but it’s hard some days.

Morning, everyone. We've moved this thread over to our Coronavirus topic now.