Is it just me?

Yes, I’m enjoying it. No pressure to rush off to aquacise, voluntary work in school, not having to cook for GC after school. Just me and DH.
Getting jobs done, but not feeling under pressure, as Scarlett O’ Hara said “Tomorrow is another day”.

But knowing we are lucky to have a comfortable home, pleasant garden, our health(hopefully) and no money worries really. It must be dreadful for so many.

Feeling apprehensive about when it’s over though, on so many fronts.

Hi Acer, have tried to be positive. Used to volunteer in a charity shop where my disability was taken into account & I felt valued. Now I just feel like a decrepit old woman. I have friends & family I can talk too. It is the continual round of pretending I do not miss them & hugging my Grandchildren. Not many people enjoy the books I like to read or listen to the music I like so find left out of group activities. My fault I know, I just do not like being shut in. Most of my friends have partners with them in lockdown. Sorry just a bad time & I am a misery now so off to make another cuppa & maybe will walk down to talk to the sea if not too chilly in the wind later. Thanks for your thoughts nice to have someone care even if we do know each other.

Sorry Acer thumbs have mind of their own today. Should be even if we do not know each other.

Yup Parky. I am with you.
Peaceful living that l have not experienced since l was a child. Back in the 1950s it was always quiet like this.
Loving it.

What a lot of contented grandparents on this site! For myself, with the advantages of space and nature on our doorstep, no real worries for our nearest and dearest, I am nevertheless not really enjoying the lockdown. I can't help feeling helpless, not able to do anything other than give money for all the people whose lives and livelihoods are so badly affected.
I'm active in local politics (not saying which party) and am missing the contact with like-minded others of all ages. And I normally depend on the leaflet deliveries and canvassing for the local elections to get me fit for the summer!
So I'm tolerating rather than enjoying this strange period, hoping there will still be events and trips to enjoy later in the year.

I thought that I would really miss my social activities, but I don't. My son, who lives with me, has been home for a couple of weeks, and it has been good to spend extra time with him, but they have called him back to work, from tomorrow, so we will have to be more careful again.
I potter around doing just what I feel like each day. Sometimes I am lazy, and sometimes I pat myself on the back for the amount I have done. The garden is all sorted, as far as it can be without any new seeds or plants. Some jobs in the house, such as giving the oven a long-overdue clean, can wait for a wet day.
I live in a countryside-ish area, so I take a long, secluded walk every day. Although classed as vulnerable, because of my age, I am actually completely healthy, and fitter than many. My DD and adult GD shop for me, and we have a long-distance chat down the drive.
On the down side, I do worry about family members who are still working, and feel sad for those badly affected by this horrible virus. The rest of my family are in Australia, and my trip to be there for my GS's birth in four weeks has been cancelled, which makes me sad. I hope that all goes well. We are planning a family Zoom meet-up for my DS's 40th birthday next week, and we all chat regularly.
I am lucky not to have the worries and problems that so many people have because of the virus, and I count my blessings.
Polnan You must be finding it very hard, and send my deepest sympathy to you.

There are certainly advantages to not being so busy with deadlines and responsibilities. I do miss the grandkids although we see them through video link ups. Likewise my friends. I am beginning to think I might like a trawl around town or meeting up with friends but try to stay thankful for what we have and try not to worry too much about such an unknown future.

No I hate it I m a people person can’t stand having no proper human interaction, no touching, no work to make me feel fulfilled and keep my mind busy
Not for me .... you must be quite an introverted person to enjoy such solitude or perhaps you’re locked down with the love of your life and enjoying their company
I totally agree sillynanny you and me both lost my reasons for getting up each day (of course I do)

I’ve taken my watch off - so liberating!,

It doesn’t make much difference to me. For the past three years I have been housebound apart from hospital visits and until the lockdown went on the Dial a ride for shopping one morning a week.
My family all live miles away and all my friends have died because they were older than me.

I am certainly enjoying the peace and quiet.
However I would feel happier if I didn’t have to worry about getting food supplies. My husband is over 70 and I am a cancer survivor with one or two health issues - so we are staying at home and not going near shops. It’s become impossible to get delivery slots. I do understand that the very vulnerable have to be at the front of the queue. But who else is booking all these deliveries? I even sat up til midnight to see if I could get a slot as they are released. They were all fully booked the minute they appeared. It’s exasperating and a worry.

Nope, don't like it one little bit but I daily ('minutely' actually) count my blessings that I am in a position to be in good health and spirit when I compare myself to so many who are seriously struggling physically and/or mentally. We're constantly being told 'help is available'. I'm not so sure about that in this moment of time. Sure, certainly, many people are going above and beyond but I fear many of the really needy and less articulate will be slipping through the cracks. Nightmare time for all of us. Can find no virtue in it whatsoever.

I was the first week. It was marvellous not being at everyone’s beck and call! Now I’m beginning to find it a bit more difficult and am missing social contact. I have a small garden at the back of the row of cottages I live in, which is not at all private. Sadly my immediate neighbour has mental health problems and seems unable to pick up on social cues, so doesn’t realise that people might be busy or want to conclude a conversation. I feel a bit inhibited by this to put it mildly. At least I do have outside space.
How people with small children in a high-rise flat are coping is beyond me. My heart goes out to them.

I too have enjoyed listening to bird song as I also live in a town. I feel myself suffering from a lack of motivation to do anything. I now live in a flat and I wish I had a garden at this moment in time. Also, my partner and I do not live together and he is isolating in his own home twenty miles away especially as he only has one lung. I miss him terribly, along with my family. He thought about isolating at mines but as I work in the local hospital we decided it wasn't a good idea. Goodness knows when we will all see each other again. I don't see it being for quite a while yet.........

Lockdown has lots of benefits - more birds singing, less air pollution, and no cars passing down my road with loud music blaring, but for me apart from the obvious disadvantages of not being able to interact physically with my grandchildren and other people, I also find my email tray overflowing every morning with updates from every single organisation I have ever had any dealings with. Admittedly, many are inviting me to some free online activity but there comes a point where there's no time to breathe. I would like some happy medium, where lockdown lifts but society takes on a new face including a slower pace of life - too much to ask for I know. I do also realise that living without a garden must be a nightmare and my heart goes out to all those living in flats, and especially those with children.

I am enjoying the lockdown as my daughter and 3 year old grandson moved in with us as we saw the lockdown coming. Nursery closed and she can work from here. So enjoying the time with our grandson despite being exhausted at the end of the day!

My husband is a recluse..... hasn’t been out of the house for fourteen months ( yes count them)! He’s so anti social even the kids/grandchildren visiting were an annoyance ........ so he loves all this lockdown because nobody can come into our house now! I’m more outgoing and gregarious, so I hate it. When I mentioned MY predicament to my husband... he just shrugs... and says “tough”.... but he’s an A* ( I know that cos. he approves of the Idiot President of USA)...so please imagine what lockdown is like for me! Luckily I can retreat to garden or bedroom while he fixates on tv 15 hours a day.

There are things I appreciate - much less traffic, both on the roads and in the air (the planes don't particularly bother me but they're not exactly good for the environment are they).

It would be nice if, when this horrible time is over, we could continue to reduce pollution levels by, for whom it's possible, using cars and planes less.

I do miss meeting up with friends and family (Zoom, etc, is better than nothing but, for me anyway, no substitute for being with people - a hug, a friendly pat on the shoulder.). I miss going to choir and that uplifting feeling I get from singing with other people.

For those of us who are lucky enough to have a garden, this may not be an altogether intolerable experience but for those who have no outside space it must be horrible. When the weather is pleasant, people naturally head for parks but it can be difficult to maintain the required distance. The Green Party suggested that the many private open spaces in this country could be opened up so that people may walk in them without fear of overcrowding. It is apparently the case that there is more land in Surrey devoted to golf courses than to housing. There are many volunteers who might be quite happy to be out in the open air monitoring the use of these spaces.

I think we had a similar thread earlier in the week, and I am another one who has a feeling of freedom during this lockdown. No need to socialise, which I too find difficult and as one post said freedom to do what you like when you like.

But I do feel very sorry for families in flats with young children, and for their sake I hope it soon passes but I think I'll pretend to be neurotic about the virus and continue my own lockdown!

My husband is loving it. His travel to work takes half the time. He says the motorways and roads are empty and it’s like driving when he was young. On his days off he can spend most of the day with his beloved motorbikes in his new enlarged garage. There’s no grandchildren around to annoy him(he loves em really) the house is tidy. I’ve got loads of time to take him cups of tea while he’s tinkering. Apart from long telephone conversations he’s not sharing me with our family so is getting lots of attention. Me? Not so much

I love the peace and bird song. It is making me much more aware of nature. A slower life style back to another time. Focus on what is around us. Yes I am enjoying this rather strange time.

Yes I’m loving it. We are lucky to live with a beach on our doorstep (literally) and I’ve never seen it so deserted. Not usually very busy but now it’s our own private place.

For anyone who is struggling, as I was yesterday, I highly recommend Big Cat Rescue on YouTube. It’s a live webcam in a tiger enclosure in Florida and it’s lovely to watch, especially on a television screen. Listen to some classical music at the same time. It completely lifted my mood. I felt very down. Not now though

Yes you and a few others might be enjoying it. But I and the thousands of others (millions) are not. So please it keep to your smug selves. I watched a young girl in tears this morning after having lost her 58 year old mum to the virus, she was stuck in her mums house as she had to isolate. It was heartbreaking. I had my own DD in tears on FaceTime the other day as she is finding being by herself hard. I know of others who’s mental health is really suffering at the moment being stuck inside. Goodness knows how this is going to end, the financial implications are going to be enormous. I could go on, but what the.....

My major feeling is guilt! I'm extremely vulnerable but medication keeps me well. I feel guilty that my husband is isolating himself because of me so we are trying to get food delivered when others, alone and frail are struggling. I have a comfortable home and a decent garden and I feel awful because I don't enjoy gardening, I'm perfectly capable, even brought up in a family of keen gardeners. So many don't have any open space.

All these lovely gransnetters turning out their cupboards and tidying their drawers with gusto - I take my hat off to you. I really can't be bothered. It needs to be done, just not yet.

I should be following an exercise regime too, is twice a week often enough I wonder?

I'm just blown away by the dedication of all those essential workers, NHS, refuse collectors, postmen and women, delivery drivers, cleaners, care workers, people who keep the electricity going, the mobile phones, internet, such a long list. Before I retired, I was one of these. It has given me a comfortable retirement.

So many are suffering, my immediate family are OK at the moment although things could change and I miss them.

I feel guilty about counting my blessings too....