Day 18: What lies ahead
I am
now getting slightly irritated by this lockdown and as the latest ‘fun’
prediction to emerge from experts on this pandemic is that we could be under
partial lockdown for the next six months I have briefly laid out my predictions on how things may pan out for April. I will follow this up each day with the next episode.
April
So far so good. What with no school and Easter approaching
children are being relatively well behaved. Some wag has come up with the ‘brilliant’
idea of enticing children out of doors. Searching for the teddy in the window.
All the over 70s have found their children’s favourite toy from the year dot
and shoved it in their window so little Tarquin and Esmerelda can spot them on their
compulsory walks – well that’s the idea. What happens in practice is that I
have found strange small beings staring at me through the window like an
endangered species, which frankly I think I have become!
Parents who previously allowed one hour of screen
time per day on Saturdays and Sundays only, claim to have now realised screens
can actually be hugely beneficial to child brain development.
Self-isolating over 70s are spending the night in
front of the TV and popping open their third bottle of wine as there are still
plenty of new shows being streamed and the spirit of the Blitz is keeping
everyone going.
Husbands have hunted down their long-lost
musical instrument from the loft and are becoming familiar with it once again.....to be continued....
You probably need things to keep you occupied,
I know I do whilst I’m trying to avoid the dreaded windows.
How about trying to make some ventilators? I gather that demand
for these things is through the roof right now, so if you can start cranking them
out in your shed or conservatory you can make a packet. Boris may be interested
in a few.
I saw the other day on television that a lady had
decided to help out by making masks for the NHS out of bits of fabric - Laura Ashley remnants it looked like – she was asking if anyone had any spare elastic as she
had run out and of course all shops are closed! How good
they will be I have no idea. I personally think a patchwork quilt would probably be better and she doesn’t need elastic
for that. After all, the asbestos masks they wore in China didn’t work. Still, she’s
keeping busy and they’ll be a novelty at the Christmas bazaar.
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