Coronavirus in ROI/NI part 2

[Zantedeschia]

Following on from the other thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/craicnet/3834552-Coronavirus-in-Ireland-N-Ireland?pg=40&order=

I’ve seen a few photos of throngs of people walking on paths, through the middle of parks and can’t understand why some of them don’t walk in the grass. It would be easier to distance.

I live in a seaside town. The beach was packed, absolutely packed, the other night with teens. Think it was their graduation night. Ive found when we're out for our walks since Monday that they're not even attempting to stick to the 2m distance when passing.

The roads are getting busy again. One if the routes I run is a main road. Usually do it on a Sunday as it's quiet. Been running that route for the last few weeks maybe meeting 2 cars at most, ran it on Wednesday and I spent most of the time jumping in and out of the ditch.
I've said it before but I'm getting used to this simple life. I am seriously worried a out when I have to go back to work. I am likely off till Sept.
I was agitated after 2 weeks, restless, dying to get back. Now I'm like..yeah whatever, chill man.

Dh tends to stop and think deep thoughts every so often, and I have to hurry him up if someone needs to pass by. It's easier not to take im on walks, but he needs the exercise..

eggandonion you make it sound like he's a dog. Made me smile. 🤣

The dog is easier, because he is on a lead in places with people about; dh should be on a lead - I'm fed up watching out for people near him. He's currently filling in a form on his laptop, the sighing is getting to me. It's a bank form. He fills in forms a lot for work, but I usually do domestic forms. I seem to have missed the declutter while at home memo, the house is a mess.

I've been doing bits and pieces. Some days I am great most days I'm a lazy sod and I have no work or children to blame. I'm just lazy. I do get a thrill about how the place looks when it's dirty and I clean it. No thrill in cleaning a clean house.

Just realise this morning that I can do the 'big day out' to get babys first shoes.
Have had to dig out his 6yo brothers baby shoes to check for size so I can order on the internet.
I went to town earlier to do my shopping, it was so busy that it was nearly impossible to practice social distancing. In future I will stick to my 9am sunday morning shopping, when its reasonable quiet

Hi everyone, I haven't posted on this part of the site before. Sorry if this has already been covered, but is anyone else really struggling with how long it'll be until we're allowed to travel outside our region, according to the roadmap? We live in Dublin and DS 2 years old won't see his family (who live "down the country") for 5 months. Of course I understand they don't want people from Dublin bringing the virus down to areas where the hospitals won't cope etc. It's just sometimes it really hits me how sad this is for DS. He's just getting to the age where he'd so enjoy little things like the playground, ice cream van, fun trains... And he won't be able to experience any of that, OR see his family, for god knows how long.
I wonder how likely it is they'll bring that date forward. I worry that by mid July we'll all be gone back into lockdown.

Hi @4naan
Yes I'm finding it really sad, all the things we usually take for granted that we can do with the kids, we now cant do.
My family live close by but still under the restrictions we hadn't seen them since March. We had our first visit to family on Tuesday (to my sisters garden) and my 11 month old didn't recognise my sister or her children anymore. My ds1 who is 6 has been stuck at home every day looking after the baby while I'm WFH instead of playing with friends/family and having fun.
I dont think any dates will be brought forward and would be surprised if there wasn't any set backs along the way.

Hi @Dk20, thanks for replying.
That's heart breaking about your baby not recognising his aunt and cousins. We're really starting to buckle under the strain here too, trying to keep things fun and engaging for a 2 year old while having absolutely zero respite ourselves.

You're probably right about the roadmap, I'm praying they have track/trace etc sorted so that cases can be kept under control without having to go back into a full lockdown, but I don't have that much faith. I can't even think about the possibility of a winter lockdown, I think a lot of people's mental health would start to fall apart at that stage.

Sorry for all the negativity, having a bit of a low day today!

I don't think it'll be that long? Won't we be able to travel to and from major urban centres in Phase 3?

There'll just be restriction in numbers. I'm not sure how they'll do that in practice.

Kids will be fine with their cousins. Mine grew up with no local cousins, but always loved meeting up, not that often, and still do.
I haven't seen two of my kids since March, I think one hopes to make it here from Dublin late July. The other is health staff and might be here lateAugust for her birthday. But not to see Westlife.
I'm hoping they might decrease the 2 metres a bit.

Coming towards the end of our second 1000 aporox posts thread - A first for Craicnet !!!!
Could somebody please do a link to a new one ?
Thanks in advance.*
@Zanredeschia* did it the last time but she hasn't been on this thread for a while.
Perhaps she'll come back and do the needful.

Wow a 3rd thread. Think I can start a new one

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/craicnet/3917857-Coronavirus-ROI-NI-part-3?watched=1

Thank you YoungsterIwish.

Clever youngsters! Thanks.

I haven't done any visit since lockdown eased the only person I want to see is my dad but he is 20miles from me.
My teenagers went out to meet friends and bf they did not stay 2m apart. My 16yo dd had a rant at me for 3 hours last night that she was meeting him today outside a busy convenience shop and all I wanted was for her to meet him somewhere quite of course st 1.45am I had to give in let her have her way. I know I cant keep them apart and I don't want to but just don't want ty hem near too many other people.
She said I'm ruining her life making her depressed if I don't give in.
I am also unwell on high dose off morphine for pain but she just did not care.

@andi2020
Sorry to hear you are in so much pain, hope you managed to get some sleep after that
From what I've seen there are plenty of teens, I guess it's easy to say "dont let them out" but the reality is what you have just told us

Teenagers re pieces of work, i have graduated to twenties but haven't forgotten the horrors at times. And my kids were pretty good!