The slow crawl out of self distancing

Mikinton

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Perrier

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just heard the furlough scheme is to continue until end of October at 80%.
Its possible my daughter's place of work will be one of the last to re open so i'm glad shes out of harms way and still has a wage to help her through until then.
 
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Stone_Bloke

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There is nothing stopping you driving to Torquay (for example) just as long as you stay longer than you take to drive there and return the same day, as you are not allowed to stay overnight.
 

littleme

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Interesting you should ask. Prior to lockdown I worked from home fairly regularly. Odd days and the odd week being on the bench (bench is the time between contracts) those times at home were fine but my preference was always to be in an office.
Forward to a week and a half into lock down. I am not handling it well. I hate the solitude, I hate not mixing with people and I don’t mind admitting it, the idea of all of those people dying was getting to me. I went out to asda to shop for essentials very early on. I admit now I had tears running down my face. What we had become, what the future looked like, the death. It got me.
Now I am better. I don’t go out. My wife tends to walk the dog. I don’t go shopping. I savour the phone calls and the skype calls and this Friday I go to a friends house to stand metres away to wish his daughter a happy first birthday. Its on the day I should have been her godfather.
When this eases I will drive my motorhome to a quiet spot that I know I can park overnight and have a glass of wine. Not celebratory.
Hope things get better for you soon.
 

Withnail

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Some people don’t have autocorrect switched on on their phones, tablets or computers.
Fair point - i have autocorrect permanently switched on in my head, which makes things difficult for on-line interactions.

I think i've managed to dial down on that front quite well on the whole, but by [insert deity of choice here] i'm biting my virtual tongue on the regular.

@littleme baits me as a matter of principle, which is both understandable and continually insufferable. I see it as my problem, really.

TBF there are worse things under heaven and earth.

Apologies to @cj1 , it won't happen again. (until it happens again because i can't help myself and have to excuse myself again)
 

Withnail

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Prior to lockdown I worked from home fairly regularly. Odd days and the odd week being on the bench (bench is the time between contracts) those times at home were fine but my preference was always to be in an office.
Forward to a week and a half into lock down. I am not handling it well. I hate the solitude, I hate not mixing with people and I don’t mind admitting it, the idea of all of those people dying was getting to me.
I know two people who have, in the beforetimes, been set up to work from home, neither of them liked it, and neither lasted more than three months. The reasons were exactly the above, missing being with people.
I went out to asda to shop for essentials very early on. I admit now I had tears running down my face.
Dude, i've been on the verge of tears for months now - the silliest shit sets me off; i actually volunteered to do the washing up earlier so that i could legitimately turn my back so that no one could see me crying.

What we had become, what the future looked like, the death. It got me.

...Now I am better...

When this eases I will drive my motorhome to a quiet spot that I know I can park overnight and have a glass of wine. Not celebratory.

I'd like to buy you a pint, sit down, and chew the fat with you @PeterD .

When this is over let's do that, what?
 

PeterD

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I know two people who have, in the beforetimes, been set up to work from home, neither of them liked it, and neither lasted more than three months. The reasons were exactly the above, missing being with people.

Dude, i've been on the verge of tears for months now - the silliest shit sets me off; i actually volunteered to do the washing up earlier so that i could legitimately turn my back so that no one could see me crying.





I'd like to buy you a pint, sit down, and chew the fat with you @PeterD .

When this is over let's do that, what?
I would like to take you up on that.
 

markpa12003

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I am totally fine now. Its some time later. My wife says I am too empathetic.

Its not a bad thing to be too emphatic - quite the opposite. I'm glad you are feeling better now.

I can assure you that you're not alone in how you've been feeling. It's a horrible time for everyone. Keep talking.
 

Mikinton

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Upped the daily walk from 3.5 to 5 miles, taking in the Sun Dial (where the fire was) and down to Milford Common. It took us a little under 2 hours, though we did stop a couple of times and Mrs Mikinton was definitely flagging towards the end.

Saw a few groups on the Chase but not so many on what would have been our usual walk. I guess they're all queuing at garden centres.
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Upped the daily walk from 3.5 to 5 miles, taking in the Sun Dial (where the fire was) and down to Milford Common. It took us a little under 2 hours, though we did stop a couple of times and Mrs Mikinton was definitely flagging towards the end.

Saw a few groups on the Chase but not so many on what would have been our usual walk. I guess they're all queuing at garden centres.
Garden centres aren't open are they?
 
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