Back to try again..

HairyHandofDartmoor

Poor DD 😥 but I'm glad that DS is living the dream 🙂.

It's sad about your employer, do you think that they'll ever be able to open again once this is all over?

foxgloves

Sounds like some good inroads into your gardening, Robin09. I've been busy working outside in our garden today. There's always so much that needs doing & I find it helpful for fitness as well as keeping my spirits up. We always grow quite a bit of food, but somehow at the moment, that feels even more important.
Glad to hear your daughter is feeling better. 
Take care, 
F x

BalanceBy50

Hope you are all ok Robin and staying safe xx

Robin09

Hello everyone 🤗

It has been a while since I last posted. It's all been a bit crazy, hasn't it?!

We are all okay. DD is still finding it the tough, she is really missing her friends and school. DS is doing really well. We have all had moments where it has been overwhelming but have also had so many moments to truly treasure. Life has slowed down here and it is easy to forget about what is going on in the big bad world sometimes. We have done stuff we usually don't have time to do, DD spent a 'school night' staying up until 1am eating pizza and watching the meteor shower. DS is laughing again. I can sleep again (no pills, they never helped anyway) amongst other things.

DH is still doing most of his work. His main job is isolated anyway, literally could be out and not see another person all day long, but there are animals to feed. Some jobs he's had to put on hold. My boss paid me last month and then reclaimed the 80% when the furlough system was up and running. So we are down financially but not struggling, as I am sure so many are, so we feel very lucky.

It's also been a very stressful time as my sister, her partner and my niece all have confirmed covid 19. My sister works in a hospital and seems to have been battered with it as she's been very poorly for weeks now and has been in hospital for over a week as she just wasn't getting any better and her breathing got very bad as she also had a nasty chest infection on top. Unfortunately they said her infection markers are rising still and her oxygen levels are low, even so she has seemed a bit better the last few days so we are hopeful she's starting to beat it. Her partner and my niece haven't had it as bad, but said the symptoms were pretty rough going.

It's DS's 16th birthday next week. We had refunds from what we had booked for London. I then hired a hot tub for the weekend, something different for a treat to do from home but the company booked the wrong dates. Way to much money just for a normal weekend, so I have put the money away and will take him clothes shopping when we are able too. 

Looking at my last updates, I haven't been to the shop since 15th March. I have never liked going to the shops and the thought of going now and being shouted at for doing something wrong puts me right off 😖 so DH has taken on the weekly shop as we cannot get delivery. It's quite comical as not only do I have to write him a list with what to get from each aisle, in order to the shop, but he rings me constantly to check 🤣. I have even offered to go as probably would be quicker but as he's out for work, it's easier for him to go on his way home one day. 

We have got lots done in the garden and managed to get everything delivered from the local hardware store to build our cat a catio 🐈, she absolutely loves climbing out of the window to go outside. We even sorted DH's garage out, wow he had an amazing amount of c*ap in there. He has loads more room to work in now. It's funny the things I will find to do, rather than the house work 😆 in the garage we found boxes of our old CD's from school. Hundreds of them, most not in the boxes so I spent a whole day sorting them out. Pointless really as we don't have a CD player but lots of memories 🤣

Have a happy weekend everyone. 

X

mark55man

hi Robin - so pleased to see that things seem to have had a silver lining for you.  it always seemed that you DS was one of those for whom school was a big stressor, and hopefully he will be able to find something outside that by the time everyone gets to go back 

jwil

Lovely to hear from you, it's all sounding really positive

Sorry to hear about your sister and family, wishing them all a speedy recovery x

Honeysucklelou2

Hope your sister and family recover quickly.

Robin09

Thank you all.

I agree, mark. He really struggled with his anxiety when he was at school. Not having to worry as much about him at the moment has definitely calmed me down too.

DH popped to do the shop yesterday, bit of a bigger one at the beginning of the month as we get enough cat food/litter etc to last the month. He said the queues outside was big, but goes quickly and he got everything apart from a few items on the list. 

Haven't been up to much today, watched a film with DD and made a roast dinner and printed off school work for DD ready for the week, lots of VE day learning. 

My sister has been awake a little more today and her temperature is finally coming down, so managed to talk to her for a bit. She's definitely better than she has been, so that's a good sign  

mark55man

my DS2 was the same - although so not much stressed by school, but just totally uninterested in it - partly from way back, but also because he has struggled with his health.  I'm sure you are right about DS becoming happier is good for you as well.  I don't think they will hurry back and even if they do the run in from May to July is probably the least demanding with the prospect of summer holidays not too far away to moderate any tensions.  next year may be a different story but that's months away and difficult to worry about with all thats going on now  

Robin09

Sorry to hear your son struggled with school too, mark. DS worried to much. With exams, it seemed that he would rather not show up and fail, then take the test and be told he was not good enough. When he actually did show up, his grades were good but he panicked so much about them. God knows what his GCSE's results will be now, but will just wait and see.

Some great news, is that DS had a phone interview this week and got offered a place at Sixth Form he was very late putting in the application, so we are glad he has something sorted for when they can go back. He definitely seems more hopeful about going there, so I hope that continues. It is an amazing school and has really good support system for mental health, which although some of his teachers were great, his secondary school was seriously lacking in.

My sister is doing so much better, she has really had a rough few weeks but has been up and eating. She even sent me a very unflattering picture of herself in her hospital gown and mask 🤣 she looks real skinny so has lost quite a bit of weight. 

School work has been fine this week. Mainly VE Day related and as history has always been my favourite subject, I have found it more fun too. DS isn't being set any work now but has been revising subject he is going to do at SF. Luckily he has lots of books as his laptop is broken. Still in warranty until the end of the month but they've said they will extend it by 30 days after the shop reopens, as they cannot do anything at the moment. 

DH has braved the shops again today, its DS's birthday tomorrow so getting the weekly shop done today and he can grab a cake and ice cream. Think since he was about 4, it's been his tradition to have ice cream for breakfast on his birthday. 

I asked our family and friends to all make a video or photo for his birthday and I have been playing around with a video editor with DD to put them all together. It is really lovely and I think he will like it. But I did nearly cry after spending over an hour and a half trying to explain to my parents how to send a photo 😭 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.