Comments on: Life in Lockdown {Reality Bites}

By: Jo - Mother of Teenagers

Jo - Mother of Teenagers — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:16:34 +0000

Suzanne I agree that definitely in the early days there was a sense of novelty to the whole situation and then that quickly wore off as the battle for food and some sense of a new normality took hold. I am definitely feeling more chilled than I did. It took me a while to get used to having everyone home and had more than a few meltdowns about the excess of my workload. I have got my teens involved and now if there is a bit more dust around than usual I try not to stress too much – bigger fish to fry and all that. Similarly my list of things I wanted to get done whilst home is still quite long – if not longer in fact but I am trying not to beat myself up about it – they will happen at some point. I have found the most important thing for my sanity is to carve out some time for me in the day whether that is reading albeit a little, chatting to friends on WhatsApp, blogging or exercising it’s precious to my sanity. Look forward to reading your future instalments x

By: Babyadvisor

Babyadvisor — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:45:10 +0000

In current hard time you’ve got a lot of positives there. Whenever life how much hard but there are always some positives we can take. Stay safe.

By: Suzanne W

Suzanne W — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:29:16 +0000

In reply to Sarah MumofThree World. I can normally cope with it in the holidays because you know there's an end in sight. We potentially have them home for 6 months and I don't think this will be good for any of us!

By: Suzanne W

Suzanne W — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:28:24 +0000

In reply to Gail. So this week I'm in the goal-setting but not chastising mode! You're so right because it can easily slip from one to the other can't it?

By: Sarah MumofThree World

Sarah MumofThree World — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:49:03 +0000

It sounds like you’ve got a lot of positives there. It’s great that you’ve been able to volunteer in the community and I’m very jealous that you managed to buy pasta! It must be hard having your eldest daughter away at such a difficult time.
I can totally relate to the kids being on a different timeframe. It gets the same with my kids every school holiday.

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:15:27 +0000

Love this Suzanne, and I think we can all relate to feeling that sense of highs and lows over the last week – it’s a bit of a rollercoaster isn’t it? Like you, I struggle with feeling a lack of achievement, but also don’t want to chastise myself for not ‘getting things done’ in this really strange period that we’re in. I’ve been doing a bit of voluntary work too, which is really helpful, I think. Hope the sun keeps shining for you this week. We have had everything here from sun, to gales, to snow! xx