This month on the family calendar has been reminding us of the build up to lockdown. We managed a couple of days on the Suffolk coast, knowing that the world was rapidly changing, and getting a small taste of how people felt in the days before war was declared- ‘how bad is it going to be and how long will it last?’ Monty was in heaven on the beaches bless him so we were very glad he had that last holiday. We also went over to Ely cathedral for a costume exhibition- already people were distancing themselves although sanitiser and masks were like gold dust. On the Monday of the third week in March we had a call from Adam and his girlfriend anxious about the supermarkets which were stripped completely bare but also worried about coming to us in case they brought virus. In the end we decided that they would come and behave as if they had the virus. I went to a Governors’ meeting in the evening before they arrived and then cancelled all other gym & art classes. It was just as well because by Thursday afternoon Adam was unwell, shut in his room with paracetamol the rest of us were isolating. For some reason I still don’t understand (disbelief?!) they brought three days of clothes - at some point after a couple of months there was a mercy dash in and out of London to collect clothes for hot weather. We had the pleasure of their company for three months.
Weather: mizzle
Covid: 1 year since lockdown started in our house
Good thing: adaptation
That’s a very topical calendar Judith.....no writing in this months I note...ours seems to be filled with doctors appointments this month....we are fine but just check ups & a few odds & ends. No parties listed anywhere!
It was all so new a year ago and can hardly believe what we were doing at that point in time; scrabbling for loo roll, making our own hand sanitiser and masks, washing our hands to happy birthday twice, doing jigsaws and sitting glued to the figures and updates at 5pm. I remember Adam and Charlotte being unwell and still,can’t believe you dodged it. It’s been a year where so much and yet so little has happened
Wow. And here we are a year later. The time went just as quickly as usual in retrospect. Just a bit more stressful and uncertain. Adaptation is a very good thing.
So glad Monty got that last trip to the beach.
Jane has always been ahead of time, we were sanitising and washing hands long before covid. Those early days before lockdown were scary, watching Sky News (really good news service btw) reporting on what was happening in Italy and seeing our government doing not a lot was unbelievable (Cheltenham Festival and Football mass gatherings were alarming). Still a long way to go Judith ! Stay safe, nice calendar ...Photobox ?
Oh Wow! What a great collage of memories. Who knew where this would all take us. One thing with 365 it is a diary of all that went on during this crazy time.
How I have missed “normal”. I think we all have a deeper appreciation of time spent together and our memories will be deeper and richer in the days ahead.
@phil_howcroft yes photobox. Yes I’d bought sanitiser and ordered some masks and was taking my own weights & mat to the exercise class at the gym from early February but there was still some sort of fantasy that washing our hands was all it was going to take at the beginning of March.
So glad Monty got that last trip to the beach.