Study in the time of COVID-19 (2019/20 intake): lockdown restrictions, relaxation of rules and repeat... And will the Grinch government cancel Christmas?

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Carrying on from our previous thread.

I believe these threads have probably been running since the summer/autumn of when our DC were about to start/in Year 13 (so 2018)?

We don’t have a camper van

DS is quite capable of getting the train with his bags, thankfully!

Hello
Placemarking otherwise I may loose you all!
Xx

Loose?! Lose
My night tonight

We will drive if we have to. 6 hours in each direction, but we've each done it before in a day.

Teenager - my son is post grad and prefers Bristol and his friends to London and home so he usually comes back at end of each term when the last person leaves his student house. However he is very different from a fresher and his group of friends are all in Bristol studying until next summer. In fact he wanted December lock down to avoid boring Christmas family stuff with old relatives and instead have a non locked down November when all the stuff with his friends is taking place so is not happy particularly s he comes out of quarantine I think the day before the lock down. (house mate has CV19 - only 2 share the flat - and despite eating with her and cooking etc etc he has not weirdly caught it - had negative test).

I think ds would be quite happy if students were all told to stay put for Christmas. He'd much rather be in a city with his mates than living out in the countryside with his parents. But he does have a car and is only 45 mins drive away. I expect he'd feel different if he was a long way away. He's been home twice since moving in in September. He's already said his housemates haven't discussed Christmas yet. So it sounds as if he's hoping they'll all stay in their house. As long as he's happy I don't mind what he does. Of course I'd rather he was home. But it shouldn't really be what I want.

I'm hoping DS2 in Norwich doesn't get left alone in his house, I doubt it will happen as he's in a house of 8, but I'd be worried if it did.
We had a family WhatsApp today and DS1 said he may spend Christmas with his GF (new romance with his housemate but they have been best friends for a year). He had promised me that he'd spend Christmas with DS1, but I suppose it's not surprising that he wants to be with his GF.
DS1 will probably go to family friends in Cambridge, I can't help but feel guilty that we won't be together, but we just can't make it work with quarantine in UK and Canada. It's going to be so weird not being together.

@Itscoldouthere hopefully it'll just be for one Christmas. I hope we aren't in the same place next Christmas too.

@icanbewhatiwant gosh that's hard to imagine, but I think if this continues well into next year we would seriously consider what we are doing in Canada. We came here for (in theory) a bit of an adventure whilst the DC were enjoying themselves at university, if Covid goes on for a seriously long time, I think we'd have to come up with a new plan.
Hopefully it won't go on that long.... But we just don't know do we !!

@Itscoldouthere I can see it going on a few years. But hopefully a vaccine will help the vulnerable.

Placemarking 👋🏻

I really want my DS to come home because I'm not sure lockdown will be over in a month and he lives in a studio on his own, but he is staying put. My mother hen instincts are in overdrive

We're N Wales and I was already glad DD got into York rather than Cambridge which rejected her at interview. It's only a bit over 2 hours to York from here, but a lot longer down to Cambridge. She's been glad she got into York too for several reasons over the last year and a bit.

Totally understandable minesawine. I would be worried about DD if she was living on her own. She hates feeling isolated.

Just feeling fortunate that DD came home last week for a few days during reading week! They are planning to put Xmas decorations up next week in their house 🎄

DS is more than capable of travelling back on his own but DH is worried about infection risk on public transport. He’s probably had the virus and will probably still have antibodies - and IMO that’s safe enough, but DH thinks differently.

@LaBelleSauvage123 your DH is right - can’t assume you’ve had it without a positive test and antibodies may not last - wearing a mask and social distancing on public transport will make it as safe as it possibly can be . Mines coming down in a car with a mate - she has had it but I’ve said they should both wear masks .

Well DD thoroughly fed up at latest news. Although universities are ‘open’ of course we know they’re not. Sport now cancelled too. If they close the library she may as well come home!

Mine has 3 sets of students looking round her house with the landlord for the next year on Wednesday. I don’t think that should be allowed.

.Although even back in March house viewings were allowed as without that I suppose we cannot earn enough money in tax to pay nurses etc. They could go for a walk whilst people walk around I suppose so they are not all breathing on each other.

Yes, common sense says the house should be empty for viewings. Or get the agent to do a video to send to prospective renters. My son rented his house for this year after watching a video. They weren't allowed to look round.

DD is trying to sort a different house for next year with 4/5 of her current household as I e is hoping to be abroad, but can’t view in person so just relying on a virtual tour and photos. We had a FaceTime and she’s fed up but trying to make the most. Apparently Durham had only just sent an email reopening the gym and college bar last week. She’d had a few seminars in person and been to the bar and gym. Such a shame as they’ve had tier 2 for a while now plus quarantine and now this when their figures have improved.Hopefully this further lockdown will improve their chances of even more opening afterwards but I just don’t know what to think anymore.

Oh, just realised I was wittering away to myself on the other thread!

Ha ha feel free to witter in stereo @Piggywaspushed.

@Piggywaspushed you crack me up 🤣