Have you enjoyed lockdown?

RotherhamBoro said:
The first one was good (even the home teaching bit) as I saved money with no petrol and car parking costs. My 2 hourly commute disappeared so my work life balance was great. I got really fit. No-one I know was affected by Covid. Loving life really.

Since Christmas its been horrendous. I feel so low. One of my children has had to isolate from his class bubble 3 times due to positive cases in his class. The other one has done it twice. Their motivation to want to sit on Zoom lessons is non existent. The Wife is in her final year at uni and is on placement at hospital a lot, and lots of assignments, so a lot of the childcare and running of the house is falling on me. And then my employer has just gone back to thinking its all business as usual, so pressure on the front is here that wasn't there before in the 1st lockdown. And finally (sorry if this is self indulgent moaning but I need to get it off my chest) but I sit here everyday and I'm convincing myself my house is falling down. I've got cracks in all rooms that have suddenly appeared (only small thin ones, nothing you could get your hand in), I think I've got a damp problem. My house makes clanging thumping sounds randomly (its.not the pipes) which has convinced me that I have major structural problems and if I have, I have little money to correct anything. I don't know who is the appropriate person to call and theyll think i have no problems and think I'm.crazy. So I just sit in this room literally feeling like the house is falling down around me. I can't stop looking for new faults and errors. It's driving me crazy.

So in summary....2021 hasn't been the big improvement i was hoping for so far!
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I hope things pick up for you Rotherham.
There's nowt wrong with having a moan, in fact it's good to get it out of your system.

UTB (y)
 
To be honest I've kept working so that's been a bonus. I've not missed shops as I do everything online.

I have missed a sit down Indian and visiting family (as most 300miles away). I imagine it's been horrific for many losing jobs and mental health etc.

It's not overly effected me. Oh actually I do need a filling replaced that's been missing for months....so that needs sorting😕
 
Borobuddah said:
How so, and which bits have you enjoyed?
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ive enjoyed the peacefulness of it all - vehicle traffic dropped by around 75% - i could hear the birds singing.

it was easier to walk through the streets on my daily exercise with my 2 dogs.

people you did see have been polite and courteous, food shopping has been civilised - the good people have shone through with messages, contacts, and so on - one person i know who has a small brewery, drops 2 litres off at my door on a friday afternoon and refuses to take any payment.

at home ive done much more house work and ive learned to like it, importantly how hard and difficult it can be, so a hat tip to my good lady.

ive prepared more meals and have done some simple easy meals that i wouldnt have done otherwise.

ive found time at home to read and listen to music, without having to cram it in between other 'stuff'

ive found the whole experience to be a blessing, and ive liked it
 
I have in fits and starts.

The first couple of months in 2020 I hated it, the lack of football, pubs, meeting friends etc really got me down. I put weight on and was just generally being a slob.

Then the summer came and I got myself together, lost nearly 3 stone, was loving life and felt comfortable in myself for the first time in a long time, then the pubs opened, and I slowly started to slip back into the usual routine of consuming 4000+ calories a Saturday in booze and parmo.

Then the second (mini) lockdown came in, stuck in the winter nights, the Christmas temptations of chocolate and party food, put all the weight back on and from November till about February I was hit with mood swings and just couldn't be bothered.

The last month with things looking on to be getting better I've at least took a step away and realised what I was doing to myself. Still struggling to find the motivation I had during last summer but I'm glad everything is opening back up and I actually have to leave the house now!

*Must add I've massively enjoyed working from home. I hated the office I worked in before (loved the job) and would come home stressed and depressed by how annoyed I would get being around the people I worked with. I love being able to do what I want and still be productive, if not more, and not have to bother with driving to and from work or spending money in canteens/cafes.
 
LowMoorBoro said:
I’ve been incredibly lucky, my Daughter was born during lockdown and I’m in a job that I can work from home. I’ve spent so much time with her I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.
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Such a valid point. I get to have breakfast with my daughter now. Get to play in the garden on my lunch, and get to help with tea. My work/life balance has improved significantly. I’ll be working from home permanently now too
 
Nope.
It's not affected me economically, but having to go into work full time with all the safeguards needed and the constant risk of infection has been stressful. Same too for whenever I've been shopping. Catching Covid-19 has never worried me personally, but potentially passing it on to vulnerable members of the house has.
Despite us all having had our first vaccination dose it is still stressful as evidenced by the fact that I had to self isolate the other week due to a potential close contact with some random person who tested positive.
I'm sure it's been horrendous and liberating in equal measures for others, but for me it has been a necessary evil, often made worse by those who obviously didn't give others a second thought.
We'll be living with this for years to come and it'll definitely shape my future to some extent, particularly if this becomes a seasonal thing which I suspect it will.
 
RotherhamBoro said:
The first one was good (even the home teaching bit) as I saved money with no petrol and car parking costs. My 2 hourly commute disappeared so my work life balance was great. I got really fit. No-one I know was affected by Covid. Loving life really.

Since Christmas its been horrendous. I feel so low. One of my children has had to isolate from his class bubble 3 times due to positive cases in his class. The other one has done it twice. Their motivation to want to sit on Zoom lessons is non existent. The Wife is in her final year at uni and is on placement at hospital a lot, and lots of assignments, so a lot of the childcare and running of the house is falling on me. And then my employer has just gone back to thinking its all business as usual, so pressure on the front is here that wasn't there before in the 1st lockdown. And finally (sorry if this is self indulgent moaning but I need to get it off my chest) but I sit here everyday and I'm convincing myself my house is falling down. I've got cracks in all rooms that have suddenly appeared (only small thin ones, nothing you could get your hand in), I think I've got a damp problem. My house makes clanging thumping sounds randomly (its.not the pipes) which has convinced me that I have major structural problems and if I have, I have little money to correct anything. I don't know who is the appropriate person to call and theyll think i have no problems and think I'm.crazy. So I just sit in this room literally feeling like the house is falling down around me. I can't stop looking for new faults and errors. It's driving me crazy.

So in summary....2021 hasn't been the big improvement i was hoping for so far!
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With relation to the house. If it’s subsidence/heave/landslip you are covered under your home insurance (if you have it) excess is usually £1000, but if you think somethings happening they’ll send an assessor out to look at it, and advise accordingly
 
RotherhamBoro said:
The first one was good (even the home teaching bit) as I saved money with no petrol and car parking costs. My 2 hourly commute disappeared so my work life balance was great. I got really fit. No-one I know was affected by Covid. Loving life really.

Since Christmas its been horrendous. I feel so low. One of my children has had to isolate from his class bubble 3 times due to positive cases in his class. The other one has done it twice. Their motivation to want to sit on Zoom lessons is non existent. The Wife is in her final year at uni and is on placement at hospital a lot, and lots of assignments, so a lot of the childcare and running of the house is falling on me. And then my employer has just gone back to thinking its all business as usual, so pressure on the front is here that wasn't there before in the 1st lockdown. And finally (sorry if this is self indulgent moaning but I need to get it off my chest) but I sit here everyday and I'm convincing myself my house is falling down. I've got cracks in all rooms that have suddenly appeared (only small thin ones, nothing you could get your hand in), I think I've got a damp problem. My house makes clanging thumping sounds randomly (its.not the pipes) which has convinced me that I have major structural problems and if I have, I have little money to correct anything. I don't know who is the appropriate person to call and theyll think i have no problems and think I'm.crazy. So I just sit in this room literally feeling like the house is falling down around me. I can't stop looking for new faults and errors. It's driving me crazy.

So in summary....2021 hasn't been the big improvement i was hoping for so far!
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Is the house fairly new by any chance? Used to live in a new build and had this problem in every single room for the entire time I lived there. Nothing structural and was told its fairly common, but its always a worrying thing to see
 
JM14 said:
Is the house fairly new by any chance? Used to live in a new build and had this problem in every single room for the entire time I lived there. Nothing structural and was told its fairly common, but its always a worrying thing to see
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Thanks for replying.

No its not. Its a 1960s semi. I look at all the external walls and I can't see any obvious big cracks or any bricks out of alignment. I've had a damp issue due to a broken drainpipe and also a pipe from the sink into a drain causing damage, which I've now sorted, so I wondered if the sounds might be to do with things drying out. But whatever it is its driving me crazy, in more ways than one.
 
Really like lockdown to be honest.
But feel guilty saying that because I know people have died and many more suffered.
So I'm not saying I'm glad covid19 happened as I really am not.
But for me lockdown was good and it probably saved my life as I was one of vulnerable ones.
 
It's been so varied for me it all depends on which bit of lockdown. Working from home for the first 6 weeks in the 1st one was quite good as I've never WFH before, but sometimes frustrating due to technology not being in place from the start. Then I was furloughed towards the end of April which was great for the 1st 3 weeks because I was on 100% and the weather was great, but then I got a bit bored and frustrated because there was zero communication and I was told to be on 24hr standby to return, but that lasted all the way until July when I went back into the office only to be told I was being made redundant

The following months were very stressful trying to find a job when there wasn't too much out there and I was trying to change career direction. I had some proper wobbles during this time but 124 applications and 14 interviews later I was offered a role at the beginning of December and so it swung back the other way and I've never been happier in the workplace. I'm in the office seeing people most days but can WFH a couple of days a week if I choose

I've missed seeing family, friends, footy, the pub, meals out, gigs, holidays, weekends away, but on the other hand I've found my walking/hiking hobby and the exercise is great plus the new job is going great and for once I enjoy my job which has given me a much sunnier outlook all round
 
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RotherhamBoro said:
The first one was good (even the home teaching bit) as I saved money with no petrol and car parking costs. My 2 hourly commute disappeared so my work life balance was great. I got really fit. No-one I know was affected by Covid. Loving life really.

Since Christmas its been horrendous. I feel so low. One of my children has had to isolate from his class bubble 3 times due to positive cases in his class. The other one has done it twice. Their motivation to want to sit on Zoom lessons is non existent. The Wife is in her final year at uni and is on placement at hospital a lot, and lots of assignments, so a lot of the childcare and running of the house is falling on me. And then my employer has just gone back to thinking its all business as usual, so pressure on the front is here that wasn't there before in the 1st lockdown. And finally (sorry if this is self indulgent moaning but I need to get it off my chest) but I sit here everyday and I'm convincing myself my house is falling down. I've got cracks in all rooms that have suddenly appeared (only small thin ones, nothing you could get your hand in), I think I've got a damp problem. My house makes clanging thumping sounds randomly (its.not the pipes) which has convinced me that I have major structural problems and if I have, I have little money to correct anything. I don't know who is the appropriate person to call and theyll think i have no problems and think I'm.crazy. So I just sit in this room literally feeling like the house is falling down around me. I can't stop looking for new faults and errors. It's driving me crazy.

So in summary....2021 hasn't been the big improvement i was hoping for so far!
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These cracks - are they only on the plaster of the inside walls or on the outside walls as well? And how old is your house?
 
HolgateCorner said:
These cracks - are they only on the plaster of the inside walls or on the outside walls as well? And how old is your house?
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They're on the plaster on the inside. I can't see any on the outside. Some are dead straight (so crack in the edge of a plasterboard maybe?), while others are more wavy. Pretty much in every room there is cracking where the top of the wall meets the ceiling. Not bad big cracks, but cracks nevertheless.

House was built in the 60s. Does plaster just get old and go off? Maybe it just needs a good lick of paint or just a complete replaster?

Apologies for hijacking the thread...
 
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