My husband and I have been together for nearly half of my whole lifetime. That's something of an achievement I think.
As mentioned he's been work from home since March and I've been firstly work from home, then furlough and now working my notice. That's a lot of hours together in the house.
To be fair we haven't been under each other's feet. He's been working normal work hours and is very dedicated to what he does - impressively so! I kept myself busy first working, then home schooling, then crafting and now I'm setting up my business. You can tell I'm heads down on business stuff again because the house has reverted to a steaming pit of filth. When I was on furlough and home schooling the house was unusually immaculate.
Even though we're not under each other's feet - there's a definitely feeling that there is always somebody there - no solitude at all. I've basically not been on my own for more than an hour for 9 months.
For some people this probably sounds blissful and the Polyanna bit of me things 'gosh aren't I lucky' - but I'm repeatedly feeling very un-lonely. Which obviously I made the mistake of telling my family. We've made a bit of a joke of this in the house and every time I turn around somebody from my family is standing about an inch behind me. This remains amusing at the moment - I suspect it will be less amusing when I turn around whilst cooking with a knife in my hand. Let's hope I don't have to write that post! I also suspect that at some point in about a week it will cease to be amusing anyway at which point my head will swivel and I'll start to growl!
So we're in lockdown again. It feels a lot different from the first one - there's lots of people around for starters. Our walks this weekend were similar to when we were in Devon earlier in the year. Loads of people wandering around aimlessly like zombies with nowhere to go.
The other thing that's different is last time there was something of an adventure spirit. To find out things you could do in your area outside without coming into contact with others. But we've been doing these for months - there's literally nothing else to try out or to discover.
As you can see from the picture - even the regular walks we go on are all gray and boring to look at. Yes I know Pollyanna would point out that I'm lucky that my walks are near the sea and I'm lucky to have countryside and trees etc. etc. But let's face it I used up all that lucky lucky lucky in April, May and June.
I was due to go to Berlin in 2 weeks time. An early trip to do the Christmas markets and to enjoy this lovely city I discovered a year ago on business (no I'm not saying I was the person who discovered Berlin - I'm old, but not that old). I was so excited to introduce my family to it and I'd got a fantastic deal on flights and hotel. I mean FANTASTIC deal.
I wonder how many years will go by before you can get fantastic deals again. The airlines are in such a mess. Also next time I travel I'll not be a member of the travel industry. This does mean that great deals can be harder to find - although I've got some fantastic learns and have lost any embarrassment about asking for discounts and freebies. I mean the worst that can happen is that somebody says no - and people say that to me all the time!
Got some good meetings set up for my new business this week. Which is exciting. Today I'm going to do some preparation for those. Wish me luck!
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