Another day in the house. My son gets to leave the house tomorrow, but the rest of us have to wait another week. Saying that, we can go into the garden.
The grass is growing and our lawn mower is not working. I have ordered a spark plug on Amazon and hopefully that is the issue which needs to be fixed. If not, it is more of a wait until it can be sorted.
Today was quite boring for me, work work and work (from home). My daughter is being quite diligent and my wife has been active as well sorting out things at her job. The only person treating this like a holiday really is my son and we are going to have to address that soon...
I had done some learning about COVID on Saturday and in the evening we bought a delivery, the lady hurriedly leaving it on our doorstep when it arrived. I also spoke to a friend who is ill with probable COVID19 who like me is not able to work seeing patients. But he is will with it while I am in isolation because my son had a temperature and I feel fine.
Today has been another relaxing day, watching Star Wars with my son, The Clone Wars, and also my daughter has started to get into watching Friday Night Dinner. I feel like my batteries are recharged for tomorrow but I need to get to bed for the work that tomorrow will need to be done.
And if I am lucky, testing will be made available to me to allow me to get back to work in a face to face role again.
It will be interesting to watch a disaster film in the future. Even now, we will be able to watch some and think "That is Trump" or "That person is just like a Trump supporter denying the effects of COVID." And as you can see from the video, being a moron is not just confined to the young.
So far today, we have had a game of throw and catch in the garden after lunch when I was taking a break from work, and we have been annoying each other a bit. I am known for finding ways of getting on my kids nerves, and they have been bickering a bit. My wife decided to put on an accent which annoyed my daughter as well before lunch. We also took part in a bit of arson when we burned the food packaging from our takeaway last night. While the boxes recommend recycling, the information that I have read before states that they cannot be recycled. So we had fun burning them (in a safe manner) in the garden before playing throw and catch. I am not sure if it is a good idea to teach my children how to set fires though!
It was bin day, but we only had the one bag to take out, and on guidelines, we have to wait 72 hours before leaving it out. Next week, is when I will need to do this, ensuring that I am not touching the bins when I move them. I have worked out how to do this already, my training in aseptic technique from working in the health service has interesting outside uses!
After dinner, it was board game time and this time, we played the family edition of Trivial Pursuit. Not that I am competitive, but I won both games! And afterwards, while my daughter bonded with her mother, my son and I watched the latest episode of The Mandalorian. My son still thinks that the little green alien is good, I know that it is exerting mind control on the star character.
And the music is from a video shared by a friend of mine.
Quick post before bed. Have been working from home, doing my Wednesday job on other days as well as my normal job using the work laptop, ringing people and providing advice. I feel guilty that I am not physically at work, but have to remain in isolation.
Today, I was brought to tears by the #ClapForCarers, as I did not think it would have such a response from people, and those signing up to help the NHS makes me proud to be British.
After that, it was a virtual pub quiz and we played Labyrinth. I came last which the rest of the family loved, and I learned that my wife cheated years ago when we all played Risk in Italy!
We were able to sign up for the Disney channel and I watched The Mandalorian with my son. We disagree about it. I feel that the star has been brainwashed by the little green alien. My son considers it to be cute. I guess time will tell as we watch it over the next few weeks.
Yesterday I got a call about my son. He was noted at school to have a high temperature. The thing was that he was otherwise well in himself. But that meant that I had to leave work and enter quarantine. My daughter was really glad about this as she has not enjoyed her time at school when most people are not there.
But this means only going into the garden for the next two weeks. Luckily we have friends who are willing to get supplies as trying to get a slot for an online supermarket delivery is a nightmare.
I have been working from home, not being able to do much by the time online access was obtained yesterday, but I have been very busy today. Anyway, time for bed as I am knackered.
Just a note though, gloves are only of use of the are changed as often as you would wash your hands.
At work, and it is going to be busy. Another member of staff is now in isolation due to COVID-19 and the risks that it poses. But another is back part time. At the moment, I think that we are in the calm before the storm. But I know that the storm is coming. But hopefully, it will not be as bad in this area as it has been and will be in London. When it comes to the children, due to me being a front line worker, they have been going to school. My son turned up in uniform yesterday to find out it is non-uniform, which makes sense really as clothes can be a way of the infection getting into the house. My daughter was annoyed at the enforced social isolation that has taken part at her school and I think wants to do her school work from home. The problem is that if my son is at home, the two bicker and cannot be trusted to be left alone. Saying that, my wife may be at home more as she is now just dealing with emergencies. Anyway, fingers crossed for everyone. And I hope you all stay safe, and ideally, stay at home to save lives.
