November 3 – Life in a Lockdown #31

So what a week.

Halfway through we find out we are moving up a tier to tier 2 at 00:01 on Saturday, which to be honest doesn’t really make a difference to us. We aren’t going out much, we are bubbled with my parents, which gives Ash a break from his caring duties.

Then, THEN Friday hits and there’s a leak from the government. Another lockdown is coming for England. (For anyone not in the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and NI are all following different rules depending on their local government).

It looks like they have realised herd immunity doesn’t work and if we don’t do something the NHS will be overwhelmed very soon. (My opinion please don’t quote me).

So old BoJo had to bring forward his speech to Saturday at 4pm, no wait 5, no sorry wrong again 6:30 (he was still late actually starting nearer 7pm) and I’m sure it had nothing to do with the football or Rugby.

From Thursday we will be back on a sort of lockdown. If you can work from home you work from home, all non-essential shops closed (again), restaurants and pubs closed unless they can offer takeaway / delivery. So much like before I hear you say.. Well not quite. The schools and universities are staying open.. 

You know those places where they say most infections are coming from. 

The idea is after 4 weeks they can bring different places out of lockdown at different times, I believe depending on the local rate. 

We won’t speak about how government furlough ended on the 31st, so lots of people have been laid off, just as the government announced another lockdown and that government-assisted furlough would in fact continue. 

So with that update out the way, let’s get on with the post. 

On With The Linky!

Starting off I must say a huge thank you to Bex from Futures for joining me each week as my co-host and of course Jenni at Lyrical Host (affiliate link) for kickstarting the idea! 

If you would like to take part, it’s simple:

We ask that you give both Bex and I a link back in your post, as hosts of the linkup and you can copy the questions below. 

After that; all you need to do is pop back to mine or Bex’s post and add your link in the inlinkz.

1) How are you feeling/coping?
2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?
3) What do you think the coming weeks and months might hold for you (or the world)?
4) If you could remind yourself something about this time in years to come what would it be?
5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from as mall business.
6) What is a unique (or not) technique you have used to get you through this time?
7) What is something your readers might not know about you?
8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

So what did week 31 hold:

1) How are you feeling/coping?

Screaming, tearing my hair out.. ALL OF THAT.

I’ve not hugged my parents since March. (It may ever have been February as we started being safer and joked about giving elbow bumps).

The summer is my better time of year mentally. Starting around the end of October and coming to a head in the early quarter of the next year I really struggle.

I honestly don’t know how I will cope over the coming months, however, I also know that what we are doing is necessary. 

Oh my CPN is leaving to.. That will be fun.. 

2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?

Not much, it was 7 days of feeling like all day was filled with doing blog work but I don’t feel like I actually did much during that time.

That said I think I probably slept a lot more, I’ve now set 1001 alarms to try and get me out of bed. It might sound silly but I can so easily go into this dream-like state where I’m telling myself this story where everything is sunshine and roses. While it is nice while I’m there, I can be with Sal or Ash and the world is OK. I also know it’s my mental health and that isn’t good. Don’t think I’ve ever admitted I do that before so hey welcome to another weird part of me.

3) What do you think the coming weeks and months might hold for you (or the world)?

Sadness, that I won’t get to see family this Christmas, both mine and Ash’s.

4) If you could remind yourself something about this time in years to come what would it be?

I actually thought of something the other day and I’ve forgotten what it was now – perhaps next week I’ll remember.

5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from a small business.

Check out my new Christmas decorations!

These are from another Kickstarter I backed, this time from Catherine Redgate.

I am absolutely in LOVE with them – they are so cute. The bungalow is so small we don’t have room for a tree, so I normally take down some items and put up some Christmas decorations on the wall instead, so these will look beautiful. 

If you want to get your hands on these, they are on sale now the Kickstarter has ended over on Catherine Redgate’s Etsy (affiliate). 

Also, I have no words (or at least none that show how much it means) for this:

I love entering competitions, in fact that’s why I started running them on here. Last week I entered one which asked me to follow @HouseofDenna, I quickly saw she did commissions and had to get in touch.

After sending over Sal’s old Instagram she came back with a doodle of one of my favourite photos, it was at this point I knew it was meant to be.

The finished necklace is just beautiful, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Please do check out her website: House of Denna.

6) What is a unique (or not) technique you have used to get you through this time?

Did you see my Dad’s reply to my answer to this in the comments last week..
YES, I GET MY SARCASM FROM YOU DAD!

Also writing these, honestly I find it therapeutic. Not sure if I’ve given that answer yet, but so far writing this post alone I have cried and smiled, so it works.

7) What is something your readers might not know about you?

People have issues understanding me a lot because I either speak really quickly due to my anxiety or I struggle with what words are, and stumble / stutter a bit thanks to my ME. One reason I don’t make videos / audio.

8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

The wetroom, like hellooo shower, when I’m not feeling 101%, I had forgotten what being clean on demand felt like.

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