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Year 2 of Lockdown, Day 1
Wow, it's been a year since I started doing these!*
When DID Lockdown start in the UK? Oddly, that's not an easy question to answer. I found this article: When did lockdown begin in the UK?, and the answer is both the 16th and the 23rd of March. The 16th is when Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that all unnecessary social contact should cease. (My 15 year old: 'Matt Hancock is just a meme!') But the 23rd was when Boris told the country that 'You MUST stay at home' and closed businesses and so on.
It's interesting to think back to a year ago... We knew we had to self-isolate for 14 days, but figured life might carry on more or less as normal around us, and I thought I'd get the time off work (HA!). We still don't know if Darcy & the Eldest actually had covid or not, since tests were impossible to get hold of back then.
And now, working from home is the norm (and I was lucky that this was possible) and we have home testing kits sitting on a shelf inside the front door. Half the family have had their 1st shot (as in Darcy's family - those who are elderly or working for the NHS, ditto my parents) and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Not just metaphorically - quite literally too, what with the increase in daylight and the lovely sunshine we've been having the past few days.
Anyway I have saved up loads of stuff, so will put all the rest under the cut. :)
First of all, these two videos which I also posted on that first day.
From Yes Minister, Britain's Coronavirus response plan summarised (INCREDIBLY accurate):
And the evergreen 'Remain Indoors' from That Mitchell & Webb Look (especially like the "It's March or November" part. Uncanny.):
With hindsight, I should also have posted this:
I liked this article a lot:
Acedia: The Lost Name for the Emotion We’re All Feeling Right Now
The ancient Greek word that so aptly describes our current state was lost to time and translation.
And here's what Very British Problems posted a year ago. Still funny now, although the idea of being able to go into a regular shop is... weird (this 3rd Lockdown - which started in January - has now lasted more than 70 days):
From the annals of 'that did not age well':
Going back in history, self-portraits by Edvard Munch when he was recovering from Spanish Flu:
Hope for the future:
Some long-haul covid-19 patients say their symptoms are subsiding after getting vaccines
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I wondered how to end this post, and then realised there was literally only ONE option: Staged. Specifically, Georgia Tennant being a HBIC:
*I went back & checked because I was only up to 364, and turns out I have two Day 106. Ah well. I don't THINK I have the energy to update them all.
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Stacey
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What is a shop???
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Nah. I'm delusional.
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How did you get on? Any culinary masterpieces?
What is a shop???
A place where one purchases accordions... (No, I don't know either)
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I had a terrible urge the other day to go into a shop and buy completely stupid things. Luckily they are all shut so I can't.
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That sounds like a flawless plan. :)
I had a terrible urge the other day to go into a shop and buy completely stupid things. Luckily they are all shut so I can't.
Ah, online shopping is the problem there. When the older girls were here there would be almost daily deliveries.
Lockdown Year 2 just started out in L.A., California
Re: Lockdown Year 2 just started out in L.A., California
That is worrying for L.A. county! ;)
Anyway, welcome to! There is a whole year's worth of posts in this vein if you ever get bored. ;)
(Most are... less expansive or interesting than this one. I just posted whatever I'd come across that interested me that day.)
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And goodness yes, Sir Humphrey is scarily on point. D:
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It really is.
I’m taking my lockdown dates from 24th March as that’s the day the shops etc actually shut.
Yeah, I've had the 23rd in my head all year. We went into quarantine 'early', but the 23rd was when everything shut down completely.
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Our pastor told us on Sunday that he was week 52 preaching to camera
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It felt weird to write. Partly because it feels so much longer??
Our pastor told us on Sunday that he was week 52 preaching to camera
Wow. And I've been watching Mass online for a year as well. Incredible.
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I like to call them 'things that aged like milk' :'D
Wow, one year... one whole year.
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Fair. Although thankfully the internet does not yet feature smell-o-vision. ;0
Wow, one year... one whole year.
Aye. Although Tuesday is the ~official~ day...
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Although Tuesday is the ~official~ day...
My personal lockdown anniversary is 26th March as that's the day I started WFH (thank goodness I was able to get back into the office in August). Since I formed a bubble with my parents in summer 2020, I've been able to see them for Christmas and Mother's Day. I'll be spending Easter by myself as it's my dad's birthday the next weekend so I'll go down then.
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Good point.
My personal lockdown anniversary is 26th March as that's the day I started WFH (thank goodness I was able to get back into the office in August).
Working from home did not agree with you?
Since I formed a bubble with my parents in summer 2020, I've been able to see them for Christmas and Mother's Day. I'll be spending Easter by myself as it's my dad's birthday the next weekend so I'll go down then.
<3 Happy Birthday to your dad!
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I was working on a half-moon table - two monitors and keyboard, wasn't enough room for the mouse(!) so I had to create a whole stack of books just for that. That got old really fast, as they say.
The only good thing about working from home was being in for deliveries.
Happy Birthday to your dad!
I'll pass on the wishes when his birthday comes around (it's the second weekend in April)! :)
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That does sound very awkward. I am lucky in that I have a desk to work from. Although - when we were all at home - there was some hot-desking going on. But I got a laptop from work so I can basically work anywhere. The dining room table is not bad. :) Working from home means being able to stay in bed for another hour and no phones ringing. But being in the office means all the equipment at your fingertips and a large screen and seeing other people. We are all hoping we can keep working from home occasionally...
The only good thing about working from home was being in for deliveries.
Ah yes. We got a LOT of them. (The older two have student loans. Since they were spending less than they otherwise would, there was a fair bit of online shopping.)
I'll pass on the wishes when his birthday comes around (it's the second weekend in April)! :)
He might even have properly good weather!
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Working from home means being able to stay in bed for another hour and no phones ringing. But being in the office means all the equipment at your fingertips and a large screen and seeing other people.
Yep. Being able to sleep longer and being in for deliveries was really great but I still prefer the office. If I could move to a bigger flat with another bedroom, it might be different.
Since they were spending less than they otherwise would, there was a fair bit of online shopping.
Guilty as charged. *lol*
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*nods* We were just populating every room in the house! :)