It's interesting to reflect on what the government were saying about lockdown fatigue. Feels very accurate in this house:
Week 1- Whole family following Joe Wicks workouts daily. Me doing an additional hour of Davina online.
Week 6- Kids bedrooms are on 2nd and 3rd floor so as long as they visit the ground floor kitchen for 3 meals a day I'm like, exersize
. My exersize replaced with a 'Gin hour' that runs from 4-9pm daily.
Week 1- Detailed homeschool schedule with learning objectives for all key stages, creative play hour (jewelerry making etc.) science session (made a volcano!).
Week 6- 2 x 60 minute focussed sessions a day. Helping me make dinner counts as science and maths in one. This week I'm stretching it and allowing them to dye their hair one day in their 'creative play' hour. Even the 10 yr old knows instinctively that Mummy has run out of motivation and ideas.
Week 1- Aimed to have the whole house spotless and do all those little DIY jobs that niggle you.
Week 6- People are dying; feck it, if I'm gonna die next week will anyone give a
tit that I spent 30 mins polishing my taps?
Week 1- Watches daily briefings religiously. Feels upset, anxious, and shocked by the emormity of events.
Week 6 - Boris who? Catches up on news via Tattle. Brief exchanges with husband such as
"861 today." "I
saw..dreadful. What's for tea?"
I can think of more but I'm already 29 mins late for gin hour starting and I DO like to keep to a schedule