The Edcawber Principle

Suffolk_lass

What is M&D's beanie?

beanielou

It was/is an entertainment park in the west of Scotland Suffolk. 

edinburgher

Oh how silly seem all our plans of even a few weeks ago! Still, what can we do but carry on living, time for a diary update

Like so many families, we are trying to stay close to the house and are minimising exposure to other people. Mrs E is working from home, but unfortunately I'm still expected to go into the office on two days. In time, I expect we'll all end up being told to stay home. I'm trying to be sensible - driving in, limiting trips to the supermarket and washing my hands frequently.

DD is at home and while we have tried to be very sensitive, she is presenting a strange mix of holiday mode and underlying anxiety (baby chat, mad half hours in the evening, a bit of disobedience). We're trying to keep her entertained and exercised, but smarter parents than us obviously realised that craft supplies delivered to your door would run out verrry quickly now that schools are closed.

Our initial plans to up Mrs E's pension to 40% of wages fell by the wayside, as the portal is crap and only allows up to 20%. Still, better than a poke in the eye. She has contacted HR/payroll, but they would have taken a week to respond even in a normal world! I suppose she can just add the extra to her V@nguard SIPP.

I'm continuing to pay down the CC at the expedited rate (paid off by 31st May), but won't be able to sustain this for long as extra income has completely dried up. I've closed my remaining eB@y sales etc., as trips to the Post Office are frankly moronic unless you have to make them for reasons outwith your control. We have, however, dropped our Childcare Vouchers down to £1/month, as we can't spend them anyway.

I'm sorry if anyone finds this "normal" chat offensive - I figure there's more than enough anxiety and misery in the world right now without me moaning on here

Take care of yourselves and enjoy the bits of life that are still there for the taking - (hopefully) quality time with your immediate family, relaxation and warmth and slightly fresher air if you brave the great outdoors for one of the strange walks that we've all developed where we pass our fellow humans at 4', shooting them a nervous smile!

South_coast

Normal is good, we need to remember it's still out there

Karmacat

Hello Ed, still catching up on diaries - and I agree, normal is good in this strange world we live in now.  I've definitely been prattling about it on my diary - not only Coastguard helicopter for non-covid illness, but dolphins and porpoises and well rounded cats (ooh, and fish markets in the "basement" of veg markets, we were watching mahoosive tuna being chopped up for sale). 

I hope your visits to the office are stopped really soon - a couple of my rellies have had to go in, but the admin one has stopped, and the managerial one has stopped after the $-£ stabilised a bit. 

As for me, I'm really thankful I live in a small town, and a walk into the countryside is completely feasible even for me.

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edinburgher said:

I'm sorry if anyone finds this "normal" chat offensive - I figure there's more than enough anxiety and misery in the world right now without me moaning on here
Still not fathomed out how to multi-quote yet, sorry.  Just wanted to say 'normal chat' is anything but offensive. It's exactly what we all need so please keep on informing , entertaining and amusing us.   I think everyone in the country will be heartliy sick of non-stop virus talk before much longer!

Take care of yourselves and enjoy the bits of life that are still there for the taking - (hopefully) quality time with your immediate family, relaxation and warmth and slightly fresher air if you brave the great outdoors for one of the strange walks that we've all developed where we pass our fellow humans at 4', shooting them a nervous smile!

I know exactly what you mean about  passing people at a distance and shooting them a nervous smile LOL.  Been doing a fair bit of that.  I was really cross yesterday though when 2 people knocked on the back door.  At separate times,. both chancers touting for work.  One was a scrap collector and the other a jobbing gardener who found himself without any work because sensible people have been cancelling contact.  The back door is double-glazed glass and I tried to find out what they wanted but couldn't hear a word. I opened it a crack to find out what they wanted.  It hadn't become totally ingrained to cut everyone and everything completely off. It is now though. DH was working down the garden and saw them off but not before they'd approached him well inside the recommended 2 metre 'zone' and spoken to him. EEEK. I made a notice last night to attach inside the glass door telling people that we are self-isolating and if they need to speak to us to phone us..  The trouble is, people are so thick I expect anyone spotting DH in the garden will just go up and speak to him and not see the notice.  We don't have gates at the roadside to keep people at bay.  We have a solid wood front door with a bell (and a spyhole) so I can ignore unwanted callers if I want but these sort of chancers always come round the back

ajmoney

I fear what we knew as normal may not be that way again but I am trying to normalise as much as I can otherwise it is going to consume everything.  I always read your thread but don't often post, I hope you manage to find a way for Miss E.  All the best to you and yours x

rtandon27

Ed - a bit of 'normality' is what we need xxx RT

Suffolk_lass

Oh yes, loving a bit of normal. Some of my regular online places are full of references to the intellectual incapacity of people of differing views from their own and what are normally helpful places are suddenly full of vitriol. In our community we are trying to post entirely in line with the official government line and stop people posting vitriol and diatribe.

I hope to go dog-walking (2m is no problem as one pulls forward while the other hangs back) - imagine us, all shouting our conversation from several metres - bonkers but at least it was a bit of talking to someone different

beanielou

Stay safe & happy  xx