Is it just me?

I'm ok with it. But we're shielding so confined to the house and garden. It's lovely to have a garden and DH is happy but not getting out but I find it very frustrating not to be able to help or visit the offspring. Not to be able to see friends. And especially not to be able to use our lovely campervan which is parked frustratingly on the drive outside.

I’d say there was a huge number of people for whom this awful saga is nothing more than a minor inconvenience - which is why the country is in the state it is - they have no empathy or consideration for others and are generally inward looking self serving individuals. And this applies across all sociology economic sectors

I am glad you put concern for others.
So many who are suffering because of coronavirus or the knock on effect..
Extremely vulnerable,we are not able to go out.
So would love the quiet walks but not going.
Family of key workers,.one on I T U,and one on dedicated ward for covid19.
Lots of reasons why I am not enjoying it,but will abide by it.
Hope everyone is well and staying safe.

lizzypop

My nails have grown also!

I feel the same as Hetty58 but we are lucky to be living in a quiet village in a semi rural area and we have a large garden. I would hate to be living in a town or a propery with no garden, as does one of our sons with three small children. So more than ever we appreciate how fortunate we are.

Not being able to go out and socialise doesn't really bother us. Apart from walking the dog once a day we have not been out for eight weeks and are quite happy to remain at home until we feel it is safe to mix with other people again. The end of lockdown is often spoken of in terms of weeks, we feel it should be months, at least until there have been no new CV cases throughout the UK for at least three weeks. That could be a long time away and I know it would be very unpopular with many people. But easing up on restrictions too soon eg. while new cases are still occuring, is madness. We still don't know enough about this virus to predict its longterm progress and future threat.

Me too Polan DH died 3 months ago so it’s difficult having no face to face contact .However I’m thankful he didn’t have to go through this or even worse become ill with Covid 19 and I would not have been able to be with him during his last days .
I’m not enjoying this enforced isolation at all , but at least it seems to be working . I can’t bring myself to clear cupboards but spending time gardening and generally doing nothing .I’m concerned how we are going to get out again , and so worried for my DD and SiL as they are both self employed with no money yet as promised . Also worried that one of my GD (8) is enjoying home schooling too much ,she never liked going to school?

Apart from thinking of the people who are stuck in flats with no space around them, I am enjoying gardening,and doing things which havent been done for a while, not having to rush to do things all at once is lovely,I also love the fact we arent spending as much money! Now what are we going to do with it all at the end of this?!!
I miss planning, which is my favourite hobby, lets hope soon we can plan ahead and enjoy life, even if it is going to be different.

Polnan,Of course this lockdown will be very difficult for you. At a time when you most need people you cannot have them. And for all the others in the same position or facing other problems and difficulties alone.

But

I confess, that I am quite enjoying it. Ihave a huge list of things to get on with in the garden, house and some research projects I have. DH is working still from home and the weather is glorious.

In our village, far fewer cars but everyone is out exercising so I am meeting many more people when out walking and we all exchange the time of day and I have had several (socially distanced) conversations with fellow villagers I have never spoken to before.

I too can see that some good has come from the lockdown - the best of human nature showing in so many ways for a start . I do however feel very worried about our schoolchildren. They will be the ones to suffer, particularly if the lockdown were to continue & they didn’t return to school until September. At that point they would all be moving up a year . New classes, new teachers - many children , especially those with anxieties would struggle . They are already missing out academically & socially, especially those that are an only child . Of course I understand fully the reason we have closed schools - it’s still a worry?

I wish I could enjoy it my DH and I are supermarket workers so nothing has changed for us we are working as usual.

One unlooked for advantage is the improvement in my finger nails! They've been splitting and flaking for months and nothing I've tried has made any difference. I've had to keep them so short you'd be forgiven for thinking I've been biting them! Suddenly, at least in the last three weeks anyway, they are looking so much better and actually growing! No flaking! My diet hasn't changed much and I don't think I'm any less stressed, so who knows? I'm really pleased, though. ??

I am loving every minute of it! I do have serious illnesses and compromised immune system, and am high risk. However, at last people are not expecting me to be out all day every day, and taking them here, there and everywhere.. It is doing wonders for my health.

I’m enjoying the quiet walks but missing my family and friends.
And as has come up on other threads a lot depends on who you are sharing lockdown with. I usually spend a lot of time out of the house because things are stressful at home. I go to different activities meet friends and wander around the town or sit in cafes. Being trapped at home except for a walk is affecting my mental health badly. I know I am drinking too much and eating rubbish

Unfortunately i think the thugs& antisocials will go wild!

Sadly you’re probably right, Nannan2. I know the police officers in my family are having a bit of a lull from it at the moment (though they’ve plenty of other things to worry about), but it’d be too much to hope for that it could last.

Nannan2 you sound like a slave to your family! Can’t they fend for themselves? OK cook one meal a day, but the rest...
Saggi, you need to leave your husband. That’s my Margie Proops (if anyone remembers her) for one day.
I’m enjoying parts of this lockdown: not bothering about my appearance as I like to make an effort usually, tidying papers from years ago and reading. I started off quite well, sketching, exercising, phoning, but my lazy streak has come to the fore and today, nothing. I have always needed nothing days however. I feel for people stuck with others who irritate them. A cat doesn’t irritate ?. Since my husband died three years ago I have been busy getting out if the house come what may, so this is salutary. It’s harder for my completely extrovert friends, I’m a bit of both and have pondered going on a retreat in the past. It’s rather like being institutionalised isn’t it? Told what to do. And like being in hospital, what can we do but accept it? It’s shadowed by the worry for others though.

Yes enjoying it now after the initial shock. I’m seeing more of my partner as he’s working at home. My village, usually a cut through for traffic, is lovely and quiet. No pressure to go out much means I can pursue my hobbies. I do miss my daughter and my GChildren but it’s nice to have a break from the hour long drive up there and back to see them. Also miss having coffee with my best friend but we talk on the phone. If I could get online Grocery shopping I wouldn’t go out at all!

Enjoying, not socialising, long walks or bike rides every day, the quiet, my garden, nature, time to enjoy my hobby of photography, having my adult son at home due to him having to be shielded.

Not enjoying, not being able to get a shopping slot, not seeing my gorgeous granddaughter and Daughter in Law. Hurting for my son who also cannot see them, they have his sister in law there at the moment, she is an ICU nurse.

As a long time follower and occasional participant of Gransnet, I feel that I can safely say that we are all mindful of the risks to our wonderful NHS, the people out there who are keeping our country running and the less fortunate all around us.
Surely, though, we can count our blessings and say how lucky and appreciative we feel for having a good partner, a spacious home, a pleasant garden, a quiet area. I know how damned lucky I am that I can enjoy the peace and quiet of lockdown but in no way do I feel smug.
I am not an introvert, I miss my family and friends and being out and about. I would be very selfish to complain about not seeing them and being kept safe in view of my comfortable situation when millions are suffering.
I think it's good to have a thread where we can show our gratitude for what we have, show some positivity and some togetherness. I do apologise to any who think me smug, it is simply not true.
I feel deeply for those who are alone, feeling scared and lonely but it doesn't stop me being thankful for what I have.

I love the peacefulness and as others have said ... listening to nature’s world not man’s. I have time to appreciate the home we’ve worked all our lives for. My mother was evacuated at the start of WWII aged six and never saw her home in London again. They tell us this is the worst crisis since those times but our lives in this crisis are pure heaven compared to mum’s and So many hundreds like her and those millions who perished. So I’m going to do my very best to appreciate all that I have!

No not enjoying it at all. Small place, no privacy, too big for three of us. Business affected also, just hope to move to a bigger place when we can. Must be lovely to be in lockdown in somewhere you love living,

For the first time in many years I feel free of responsibilities. I am reading more, researching ancestors, studying online courses, using zoom and really reflecting on what I will do in the future, once this is all over. I won't be going overboard with the cleaning though.

I am fine with it, having done many silent retreats before, I find this a good time to slow down and take stock. I have also been putting off many jobs that needed doing around the house, but, I am still putting them off a bit, and prevaricating with excuses. I have taken to writing letters to family, this is both therapeutic and revives an old custom! I have bundles of old letters written to me from my mother whilst I was a child at boarding school so am going down memory lane. But, I listen with dread to the news at 4.30 and feel for all those stuck in tiny flats with no outside garden, for all those refugees living ten to a tent in foul conditions in camps the size of cities. And I fret constantly for my travelling young daughter caught on the other side of the world, thankfully, she couldn't have picked a better counter to have got stranded in, New Zealand. She tells me they are fine there, and the citizens in New Zealand are taking it all a lot more seriously than we are here. This gives me some comfort. I miss all my family, all apart in different places, but I realise that there are many people far worse off, and so I am thankful every day.
I hope that at the end of this, we all learn something, and that we do not just go back to how things were, let this be a warning to us. In 10 years time, it won't be Covid, it will be Climate Catastrophe. Let us learn please.

Haha,i didnt mean my sons- it was a reply to MaggieMaybe- about the less antisocial behaviour at the moment.

I wouldn't go as far as loving it but I'm certainly very happy and contented. ?
I don't worry about catching the virus, that's wasted energy to me, much better spent on positive things.

Unfortunately i think the thugs& antisocials will go wild!