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Guilt Free Railing 7

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WouldBeGood · 14/05/2021 23:20

Perhaps needed

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latissimusdorsi · 19/05/2021 19:20

On reporting Scotland they've said its senior pupils asked not to come unless they have exam. They named 3 schools shawlands, bellahouston and St something (which I didn't catch!)
So not schools closed thank goodness

WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 19:21

Yes, but it’s the start again. We’ve seen what happens.

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IsurviveonCoffeeandWinein2021 · 19/05/2021 19:21

My apologies for causing panic there. Seen a bbc reporter had retweeted then went to make dinner. It's still shit for those affected

WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 19:21

Oh.. it’s just this.. just that.. just for a wee while..

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Y0uCann0tBeSer10us · 19/05/2021 19:30

....just until it's 'safe'...

WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 19:59

Thanks @runningpink. How are you doing now?

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mondaywine · 19/05/2021 20:03

Midlothian shut a primary school last week. It’ll reopen on Tuesday. It also closed a secondary to several year groups.

runningpink · 19/05/2021 20:08

I was doing much better but finding out my friend isn’t willing to hug me or come to my house or anything has set me back a lot unfortunately. I do understand her reasons but at the same time it doesn’t make sense.
Spent all day crying/fighting back the tears yesterday, I was just so so upset.

Really feels like noting is changing, my life isn’t improving at all by restrictions easing, or people having vaccines etc so what’s the point

Well done on all your classes.

WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 20:11

Thanks @runningpink (and @rookiemere!) I joined that gym in the autumn so DS could go but it then shut about a week later 🙄. I feel obliged to get my money’s worth!

@runningpink that’s a bit pants. Keep chatting here.

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WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 20:13

And I do agree we seem to have been sold a dummy with the restrictions and vaccines.

I need my life back!!!

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frasersmummy · 19/05/2021 20:19

In some ways that's better for those senior kids they don't need to attend normal classes as well.as exams

With 5 exams a week that would be easier to cope with I think

runningpink · 19/05/2021 20:20

Iv been lurking away reading everything.

I was too upset to even post yesterday. I just need a few days to get my head around it I guess.

I haven’t gone back to the gym. Trying to get back into running more again. I keep eating as if I’m running every day 🤦🏻‍♀️

WouldBeGood · 19/05/2021 21:34

@runningpink I’ve been up and down but felt so much better for getting to gym this week

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Lockdownbear · 19/05/2021 22:51

Runningpink - I'm sending you a big bear 🐻 hug xxx

runningpink · 20/05/2021 06:14

Thank you @Lockdownbear I do appreciate that virtual hug x

titsintiers · 20/05/2021 08:47

Have a virtual hug from me too @runningpink the fear that the govts have generated here is absolutely criminal.

We all set for another day of railing?

WouldBeGood · 20/05/2021 08:57

I am @titsintiers. Had a terrible sleep because of renewed anxiety about more lockdown.

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Coquohvan · 20/05/2021 09:15

Give the gym a go @running when your ready. Do you run alone? I had a group PT yesterday it was good, the company the chat with the others lifts you. May be get on the treadmill never know who you chat too. All the best.

Bytheloch · 20/05/2021 09:16

Flowers @runningpink

titsintiers · 20/05/2021 09:22

Uch that's rubbish @WouldBeGood

There's a mental health emergency brewing here isn't there, absolutely nobody is actually ok.

Thanks for everyone that's struggling

Scottishskifun · 20/05/2021 09:29

Sending virtual hugs!

Any chance of a short get away to England? Got to admit my stress levels have come right down since being here!

People following rules but it feels less drama (no dramatic wide berth into the road type so far which we get in our town) and people just getting on with life.

Everyone just getting on with it and we have had good days out with DS with a cafe for me to sit in whilst he plays indoors and outdoors.

Levels where we are visiting is lower than rural Aberdeenshire with 3 cases in a week! Makes me realise just how much I had subconsciously believed big bad infectious England from SG!

Y0uCann0tBeSer10us · 20/05/2021 10:08

There's a mental health emergency brewing here isn't there, absolutely nobody is actually ok.

There absolutely is, and not surprisingly so. We've been conditioned (gas lit?) to believe that we're all in grave danger all the time, and we need to constantly be alert or something terrible will happen if we let down our guard. We've been taught that other people are dangerous and not to be trusted, isolated from friends and colleagues, all support networks removed while at the same time often burdened with greater responsibilities and work loads than ever. (I'm thinking of my own case where I've had to work full time while simultaneously home schooling and trying to keep my children OK for long periods, but everyone has different, often extreme challenges.) Everywhere you go you must sanitise, keep your distance and wear masks, and for God's sake don't ever relax! All the while the media are simultaneously obsessing about every last COVID death and how precarious the situation is (more recently cases since there is barely any death any more), and warning that the NHS will take years to get back on a level because of all the other things it's been largely ignoring for a year. GPs are still only seeing people on the day, and getting past the receptionist is more stressful than ever.

We've been under relentless, extreme psychological pressure for over a year to 'keep us safe', and people are breaking. It's like a very sophisticated form of torture.

WouldBeGood · 20/05/2021 10:25

I’m feeling like a mad conspiracy theorist but it’s classic psyops

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WouldBeGood · 20/05/2021 10:25

Not that I don’t believe Covid exists, or 5G or anything!

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