Lockdown/Covid Check In
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@JC our 79 yr old neighbour who we have a lot to do with (none of his family are that interested, wouldnt be surprised he he hasnt heard from any of then in the past month) who constantly amazes me with his life stories, knowledge, resilience and positivity given all life has thrown at him (healthwise} is really struggling with this.
Usually we go for 9 holes on a Saturday arvo, or he buggars off on his yacht for a couple of weeks, or just go up for a few beers and he brings out the whisky....not now, and I am a bit suprised at the turn around in his attitude, really negative and down on everything.
We have chatted over teh fence everyday since lockdown, had a beer over the fence with him and the other neighbour on the other side of his drive on Saturday too...which seemed ot perk him up for a couple of days.
He wants to do his own shopping, just to get out and about, although hasnt been in yet, we have offered pretty much every day...
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@JC our 79 yr old neighbour who we have a lot to do with (none of his family are that interested, wouldnt be surprised he he hasnt heard from any of then in the past month) who constantly amazes me with his life stories, knowledge, resilience and positivity given all life has thrown at him (healthwise} is really struggling with this.
Usually we go for 9 holes on a Saturday arvo, or he buggars off on his yacht for a couple of weeks, or just go up for a few beers and he brings out the whisky....not now, and I am a bit suprised at the turn around in his attitude, really negative and down on everything.
We have chatted over teh fence everyday since lockdown, had a beer over the fence with him and the other neighbour on the other side of his drive on Saturday too...which seemed ot perk him up for a couple of days.
He wants to do his own shopping, just to get out and about, although hasnt been in yet, we have offered pretty much every day...
Sounds similar to how my parents are trying to cope. They are in their 80s but when I stopped to think about it, their whole purpose is based around being independent. They want to trot of to the gym, down to the shops, a drive up to the granddaughters etc.
Take away that ability to be independent and even though their day to day life hasn't changed too much, it has a big effect on how they think. They don't have work to fall back on and I can empathise as this is exactly how you start to feel when looking for work for longer than you wish.
All we can really do is try to keep social contact up. Luckily they do have good internet and dad is tech savvy so I might change up the phone calls to maybe a zoom doing the quiz or something. Maybe just sharing a drink via video.
If you r neighbour is used to upping off and going sailing that seems to be his way of proving to himself that he is still functional? -
@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial yeah he is very much in the use it or lose type attitude.
As I'm 'must keep doing things cos if I stop I may as well give up'?
Had a mother in law like that. Chipping thistles up the top of the farm until she keeled over.
It's a tough one. Any jobs around the place you could ask him to do because he knows how (you can pretend that you don't)
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Well after getting married on Saturday my new wife and I are spending the first 2-3 weeks of our married life... at her parents place. I actually get along well with her folks so it's OK for now and the south coast town they live in is pretty lovely. Ask me in three weeks though and I may have a different answer.
Missing the social contact with our friends, so we are doing a HouseParty trivia night tonight. Getting it started up as a standing Tuesday night thing. We're writing the questions and the winner will host next week (Eurovision style). Just one way we are trying to keep our sanity.
But everything is pretty good considering how tough others are doing it. We both still have our jobs and can work from home OK. And being out of Sydney is a godsend.
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@barbarian said in Lockdown Check In:
Well after getting married on Saturday my new wife and I are spending the first 2-3 weeks of our married life... at her parents place. I actually get along well with her folks so it's OK for now and the south coast town they live in is pretty lovely. Ask me in three weeks though and I may have a different answer.
Missing the social contact with our friends, so we are doing a HouseParty trivia night tonight. Getting it started up as a standing Tuesday night thing. We're writing the questions and the winner will host next week (Eurovision style). Just one way we are trying to keep our sanity.
But everything is pretty good considering how tough others are doing it. We both still have our jobs and can work from home OK. And being out of Sydney is a godsend.
Congratulations mate!!
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@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
Kia kaha @R-L. Iโm pretty sure the purpose of this thread is to have a rant/cry/laugh if you need to. No judgement.
Canโt say we can offer qualified support but you are bound to find someone in a similar boat. -
@Crucial ha not really any jobs he knows I can do, but yeah he seems to think if he slows down, he will stop completely...but just try to keep my chat positive and offered to get him some stuff tomorrow in town and he finally agreed (probably fed up of me offering haha)
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
No problems that's good to hear. Life's a bit shit for a lot of people at the moment, so when can help out, happy to do so!
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No dramatic change for me tbh
Live in a small market town in rural Wales.
Essentials are in walking distance.
Shop shelves are well stocked and shopping is civilised.
Out with the dog at sun up and see the same 1-2 guys each morning.
Lunchtime walk round the block I see no-one.
Evening dog walk with the missus we may see 2-3 people.
Missus is working from home so I'm im the upstairs 'office' (see attached)
I keep house when I'm not teaching skiing so nothing different there.
Still having a chance to take photos when I'm out and about, but all commercial photography work is on hold.
Plenty of chat with family and friends via wattsapp and facebook.
And ski forums and the Fern.
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@barbarian You might want to think again re the Houseparty trivia evening. There's some stuff going around that the app has been hacked. Not sure of the truth of it but there was an article on the BBC suggesting house party had offered a reward (don't know if that is for the author of the hack or for the author of the rumour), article not showing now. Maybe just double check?
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@Catogrande said in Lockdown Check In:
@barbarian You might want to think again re the Houseparty trivia evening. There's some stuff going around that the app has been hacked. Not sure of the truth of it but there was an article on the BBC suggesting house party had offered a reward (don't know if that is for the author of the hack or for the author of the rumour), article not showing now. Maybe just double check?
Sshhh .... I was looking forward to watching their game.
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@barbarian massive congrats to you both. Dude, you can do this. Manage the lockdown and you are legit golden for life.. at least with the parentals, can't promise the same with the missus
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Lockdown in Chez Cato is doing OK. I am managing working from home and Mrs Cato has been furloughed. Ms Cato No1 lives at home and her work has dried up (she does PI work and comic book writing). Keeping sane (just about) by getting out and about, taking the dog for a walk - we take it in turns, morning noon and night. Go shopping maybe twice a week. Doing our best to keep fit with some HIIT circuits and trying to adhere to staying off the wine until 18:00 hours. So far so good but we're only 10 days into it.
The biggest problem for my personal sanity is trying to drag the ladies in my life up from the pits of depression following something they've seen on facebook or twitter, purported to be from some expert. I showed them that article that @barbarian posted from the Aussie doctor suggesting that all his colleagues should zip it but to no avail.
I'm self-diagnosing my own sanity by what time of the day I start looking at a bottle of wine.
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@chimoaus said in Lockdown Check In:
That is a multipurpose desk if ever I saw one.
Yeah, we've got one of those in our house. I always wondered what it was for.
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One thing I am struggling with is the eating side of things.
Trying to get into habits I have at work, 10.15 or so, have a coffee, sit on the deck, send a pic to my colleagues on whatsapp reminding them to break too.
Lunching the same time as I would, but it's having more choice readily available makes it easy to make poor choices compared to taking lunch...plus id go for walk round town, here I tend to just go grab a few feijoas from the tree and eat them.
Only consolation is I use my usual 20 min drive home as my exercise time, so exercising a lot more.