Fit for the future - Weekender 03 - 06 April 2020
 

Thanks for the update Mags, we've gone into more or less full lockdown since Saturday so it's even more like Groundhog Day now. I only go out of the house twice a week now but I do go for long walks here on the farm when I can :)

It’s the the same here Reid.

I’m on 12 weeks shielding, can go in my garden (I think) but not out walking away from home. :)

Since fellow irish man Reid didnt say it.

SHOTGUN

THANKS MAGS

thanks Mags. :)

Nice one on Shotgun Vinny! :)

great opening post Mags - thank you :)

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Hi, weekenders.

Thank you for the opening, Mags!

And thank you, everyone, for the suggestions about movies.

Congrats on the shotgun, Vinnie!

We've been on a full-scale lockdown since this Monday, so the entire situation hasn't got to me yet.

I have to confess I am even enjoying it to some extent because I am pretty much a loner, and when the crazy busyness of the world is put on hold, I feel like the pressure of keeping my life "up to date" and suffering from FOMO is relieved.

It's not unusual for me to spend days on my own immersed in reading, writing and other activities which don't require socializing. The difference now is that I don't feel inadequate about this.

It's really weird that this unfortunate and sad situation brings me less anxiety than a regular life. Probably, because most of my life I've been living in some kind of crisis, and I am better at coping with crisis than when things are "normal".

Stay safe, weekenders.

IN and thanks Mags.

The company I work for is considered essential so I'm still off to work every day. The family is staying in so I also do all the shopping.

I'll remember next time, Vinny ;)

I have been loving being with my family so much, and as an introvert like MB am not at all bored. I take a long solo hike with dogs daily and I stay around the house otherwise. We aren’t on lockdown, just stay at home though exercise is still allowed with precautions, but I rarely see another person within shouting distance anymore.

Inner resources are critical for this to weather longer-term.

I find gardening very meditative me, and ordered some really pretty annual seeds to plant. We are also reModeling on our own a master bath into an art studio to share. We have lots of collected materials to up cycle, and spouse is super handy, so we are making doand being creative.

I kinda feel like a kid building forts in the backyard again;)

I'm in!

Thanks Mags, I hope you are bearing up OK. I am glad you have a garden you can go into, at least it is outside.

Congratulations on Shotgun Vinny.

I like your attitude MidnightBlue.

Here's a good thing:- I went out for a walk mid morning, it is not very enjoyable where I live as the larger parks are closed - not a good idea imo. Anyway what with everything else going on I was not in the best frame of mind ever - anyway, I decided to call in at a large chemist's to get some eye drops as I have a minor irritation to my left eye. Having joined the queue to enter and then queued again for the pharmacy counter to get the drops and pay I then realised I had no money on me as I had come out without my wallet. I was growling with frustration when a man I had never met offered to pay the £5.19. What an absolute gentleman! It really lifted my mood. The lockdown won't last forever, we just have to endure staying in for a bit.

It's cool hearing from the Irish guys. I have no connection whatsoever with my Irish ancestry, and suppose I never will, as my grandmother passed several years ago. Other than them always growing a whole lot of the little red potatoes, which may or may not have had anything to do with Irish ancestry, there was never any mention of corned beef and cabbage or anything Irish.

An issue that is in line with subject of being "fit", is something that I struggle with. Not just being fit myself, which is an ongoing issue in itself, but stressing over my kid's fitness, or lack thereof. My poor example thus far has been a major contributor to my kid's decision making concerning diet and excercise I'm sure. Now, I am in a much better condition to provide a better example and I am just trying to concentrate on my own decision making. Still, I feel an enormous amount of stress and anxiety over the issue because I just want what's best in life for him.

My little pony!! Yay!! Great opening post, Mags.

I am blessed to be able to shelter at home. Lucky to have the resources to ride this out even though it's really stressful. I've been on personal, self-imposed lockdown since March 10. We were "encouraged" to social distance on the 11th and ordered to on March 23. Everything except essential businesses are closed. Restaurants may do carry out. My state has done about 74,000 tests, 5900 of them are positive, 247 deaths - and the peak is supposed to hit mid-April, around the 16th. I think we'll be locked down until June, to be honest.

Be careful, be vigilant. No way I would go to the store for anything other than essential food and pet supplies.

I am super glad that the grocery job I started in early sobriety turned out to be a bad fit and that I quit.

Prayers for the whole blue planet today, especially those still going to work every day and those in the medical profession.

Greetings from the Space Station

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I saw a post on Twitter that made me giggle. A woman was working from home and her 5 yo son came into her home office to have her look at his craft project on Monday morning. She’d looked at it the day before which was Sunday. She said “no honey I’m working, it’s Monday”. Her son stomped out of the room yelling”Monday isn’t real!”

From the last thread there were a few posts that made me think m a y b e it would be a good idea for some of the people in this thread to talk on the phone.

I almost PMed MLD yesterday to ask to talk. She's been in this thread as long as I have and I felt that pull to talk to her yesterday, but I was in a mood and thought probably no. Anyway, I know several of you live close to one another in the London area...and live alone...maybe? Just a thought.

I'm in!
Day whatever of working from home.
I'm with MB and Hawkeye. I'm not minding the forced isolation too much. So far. I am an introvert, and I often spend big chunks of time alone anyway, and I don't feel like things are terribly different for me. Working from home suits me pretty well. I like being able to take a short break to throw in a load of laundry whenever, wash up a few dishes, sweep the floors, I have widows to look out of while I work (I have a windowless basement office at work), I'm getting quite a lot accomplished due to a lack of constant interruption. I wish my job could be remote forever, but it can't. When students are on campus I need to be there, at least most of the time.

I am sure in another couple of weeks I will be singing a different tune about the isolation. Having it forced on me will get to be an issue eventually, I'm guessing.

Ok - time to get back to work!

Bim, PM if you wish! Introverts can still talk on the phone.

I had a long conversation with an old pal the other night. He called me up because he's on furlough from his job, lonely, needing friends. It was good to hear his voice. We do text every so often. He's one of us. Not sober at the moment, though. I'm hoping to get him back to wanting to be sober - he's not sure he wants to right now. There are no F2F meetings where he is right now and he doesn't really want to do remote meetings. I think he will get back to it eventually. I hope.

MLD, I have to still wrangle my thoughts a bit more about it.

This whole thing has really ramped up my codie tendencies - and that's not a good thing.

I want to tell people what to do, how to prepare, how to stay positive and all the stuff that made me (mentally/emotionally) sick in the first place. Control. Other peoples' issues. Worrying about other people. My desire to talk yesterday was more about, "Oh, I feel bad for her," and less about a healthy connection. So, yeah.

That old BFF? I was talking to her on the second phone call and as soon as I mentioned any fear or doubt about this situation she was quick to offer five different "affirmation" type readings.


No, friend. (Her, not you)

I just was saying I had some fear of the future. YOU don't have to try to fix it for me. It made me angry. I spent years trying to recover from doing just that. Fixing other people. Worrying about them. Always having some affirmative thought to throw at them. Sometimes I need to step way back and know that it's not my business. So now I know. I won't talk about "it" with her, either.


*lesigh* you'd think I would have absorbed this lesson 30 years ago when I first realized my unhealthy tendencies toward fixing or rescuing others, but apparently this situation is one my Codie-Crazy never anticipated!

Hi all. Unfortunately my extremely political husband is home too and goes into rants over watching too much social media. Working hard on shutting him out, but with a slight smile on my face so he remains completely unaware...staying sober and grateful to come here.

The Kerr's Pink. CityBoy.
Don't tell me you dont know the history of the Kerr's Pink 🐸
The corned beef would be more Mags, Sao, andy, Manta, Robbie... country.
We in vman's ancestry used to have luncheon Roll, bacon, rashers and sausages, steak or roast on Sundays and xmas day was a turkey. It was more about turkey than it was about santa.

The Irish potatoe invented (first cultivated) by a scottsman (probably Mac.. Something or other)

Bim 🤝

Today that exercise bike we bought 20 years ago came out of the garage. It was like new, you would swear it was never used...

I'm not joking

Some good news.
Around this time two weeks ago I put my last drink to my mouth. The Last. Pretty bad relapse after a nice run of Sobriety.
Small step for mankind huge (frog) leap for vman.

I have stopped having breaks in my alcoholism. It's total abstinence now. I'm decided. I've known it intellectually for years.

Hi Awake, you are right to smile and say nothing. :)

Bim, I understand you, I’m ocd, especially when things aren’t going right. It’s rife at the moment. :dunno:

Vinny, good for you! :c011:

I needed that. Thanks.

Mags love ~ your OPs are legendary. How much work must go into that. :)
Thank you so so much. xx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️