not Looking forward to the lockdown easing

We were talking to a neighbour yesterday (socially distanced of course) about how quiet life is at the moment and how the world seems to be healing itself. It won't last of course and as soon as the restrictions are lifted most will forget and go back to their old habits. We won't be rushing out though. We don't see much of family who are 3 hours away and the other side of the world anyway and I can't see us being any less reluctant to go into crowded shops or out for a meal. The only thing we will do is travel the 60 miles to our holiday home to check things are ok which so far we haven't done for 2 months and where we will be able to walk along the cliff top but still stay away from everyone! Our life will certainly not go back to normal.

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I love the peace and quiet, I won't go back to how I was before.

I m longing for some lifting although I m realistic enough to know it will be done gently I can’t wait to get back to work, get back to just pottering in and around the shops and get away from this tedium and Boredom
I can’t wait for my poor teenage grandkids to be able to see their friends again, get back to work and school I fear for their mental health Yes you can get little ones into a routine of home schooling and having fun at home and in the garden but that isn’t easy when you ve got a 17/18/19 year old tethered at home (especially together !!) with little hope of working or travelling in the near future, for the Year 10/11/12 whose exams and school disruption can change their whole lives I fear for the many people who already have mental health problems, the depressed, the fearful I m afraid for the countries economy the recession that we are surely heading for I fear for the poor, the homeless, the refugees the people who need hospital treatment but have had to be sidelined or are too fearful to seek attention
I m afraid all the posts here that say ‘I m loving it’ are thinking only of themselves and their comfort in their own little bubbles

I’m quite worried about what will be said tomorrow. I don’t think we’re ready to relax too much, otherwise there’ll be a spike in deaths. I don’t want the country to go backwards. I’m happy that most of my family are safely working from home, but very concerned about my daughter and her husband who are both doctors. There’s not a lot of peace of mind when with medics in the family.

Pollution, crime, murder, muggings, drugs, queues, overcrowding, mayhem.
Not for me. I don't feel the need to be busy busy, cramming my life with activity from dawn to dusk like some...

I thought WI only met once a month with the occasional day out at Blenheim, Leeds Castle or similar, plus the annual AGM in town if chosen to go.

Coffee seems to have replaced tea as the drink of choice when meeting friends.

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He added that he found other interests and read more, needed less and liked the quiet time that lockdown imposed.
He became more inquisitive and enjoyed looking things up and pursuing interests he'd forgotten he once had, that we would all change and adapt, even minimally.
I spoke about a certain fish, shaped like dice, a shoal of which got 'locked' in an underwater cave with no exit, probably by a rock fall or similar.
Anyway, the fish eventually became blind as there was no light whatsoever and their eggs eventually spawned without eyes as there was no need for them. This happened over a long period of time.
He immediately knew I was talking about box fish. Wow!
We too will adapt to a 'brave new world'. Hopefully one we will appreciate more for the simple pleasures we were denied during lockdown.

I am looking forward to the lockdown easing. I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends again and being able hug those that I love. I'm looking forward to being able to go to the cinema, theatre, art galleries, museums and NT houses and gardens. I'm looking forward to seeing my colleagues again and going for walks in areas that aren't right on my doorstep. I'm looking forward to being able to book a holiday and have that chap come to the house and fit the roller blind over the dodgy stairwell. And I'm really looking forward to the big family get together picnics that we have in the summer. And it's only that looking forward that's getting me through the present lockdown that I'm following assiduously, but finding tougher and tougher each day.

I was talking to a guy in M&S customer services solutions yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, who rang me about a return.
After business was settled we chatted about lockdown and he (in his 20s, single) said that he won't be doing many of the things he used to do before the virus crisis

Well, I cannot wait for my life to resume again! I am fed up of being on my own and staying in my house. I don't think this is a natural way of life, cut off from everyone and being isolated. I miss popping out to meet friends for a coffee, my numerous WI activities, seeing my family, shopping as often as I want, going out for meals, changing my library books and many more things.

I've filled my days reading, crafting, pottering in the garden, going on Zoom and catching up on films I had recorded but it's not a natural way of life for me.

I can't imagine living this kind of life by choice, I enjoy being busy, rushing around, seeing people with just a few odd moments of quiet and peace.

I like knowing that my family are safely working from home. So, as long as I don't get a phone call to say one of them is ill I actually feel quite chilled. When lockdown ends I know I can [and will] still self isolate but I'll start worrying about my family again.

Miss my family, but see them often on FaceTime. Otherwise, I have come to rather enjoy my time during the lockdown. Crowds are not my favorite thing in the first place, so I don't miss them at all. I do much less impulse spending and enjoy what I have. Projects are more organized...another boon. I hate the fact so many have suffered with this disease.

You are definitely not alone.
I am very happy. It's like Sunday or being on holiday every day. The weather has been great so far and I have enough to be getting on with to last years.
The garden, the birdsong , the wildlife has been wonderful and the days go past so quickly.

I am missing the family of course. Seeing them on zoom tonight. For them it has not been quite so wonderful. Too much work and home schooling. The kids are missing their pals.

I dread when the traffic, flights, crowds, pubs start up again.
Apparently in NZ as soon as the populace were allowed out there were queues for the fast food places and everyone was back in their cars.
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No, you are not alone .DH and I are enjoying this strange time.

I'm not looking forward to it. I worry that things will quickly go back to how they were before all this - pollution, traffic, crowds, and the rushing about.

Me too - I hate crowds at the best of times.

I will be staying in regardless of lockdown being lifted for a few weeks extra just to avoid the hoards who are desperate to get out. I'll venture out when things have settled down a bit.

I'm not afraid of going out, just seem to have lost my appetite for some of the things I used to and they just don't seem important any more.

Yes. I agree. The thought of crowds (and there will be crowds) I find off-putting.

You’re definitely not alone. Apart from missing the dgc I’m quite content. All chores up to date and nothing screaming for my attention. Tbh I can’t think where the time has gone.