Self Isolation
It's Day Five of self isolation since William was sent home from school. The fact that he bounced back within a couple of hours is irrelevant, the entire family now has to isolate for 14 days. The only outlet we have to escape into the outside world is walking the dog.
As a result, life has gone online. On Wednesday evening we held a virtual book club and then on Friday virtual pub club. Both brilliant ideas and so great to connect with friends and actually 'see' people! For many it's a novelty and even space age idea, for me a bit of a busman's holiday and means I end up actually working longer hours as can check my emails at the same time as talking about book or drinking wine (possibly not a good idea).
Also offended that everyone seems to be using Zoom, one of Cisco's major rivals to Webex and a poor competitor at that. Must try and turn the tide and set up some Webex calls instead.
To be honest, as I work from home four days a week already, adding a fifth doesn't seem to make that much difference. The schools closed on Friday, so the challenge will be keeping the boys busy and on top of school work for the foreseeable future. This morning has been relatively quiet. James and I have sat next to one another working away companionably. But William is still asleep and it's now 1.30pm. I check on him every 30 minutes but he is out for the count. Maybe he has Covid-19 for real? I'm a firm believer in sleeping yourself well, so will keep up my checks and see how things go.
As a result, life has gone online. On Wednesday evening we held a virtual book club and then on Friday virtual pub club. Both brilliant ideas and so great to connect with friends and actually 'see' people! For many it's a novelty and even space age idea, for me a bit of a busman's holiday and means I end up actually working longer hours as can check my emails at the same time as talking about book or drinking wine (possibly not a good idea).
Also offended that everyone seems to be using Zoom, one of Cisco's major rivals to Webex and a poor competitor at that. Must try and turn the tide and set up some Webex calls instead.
To be honest, as I work from home four days a week already, adding a fifth doesn't seem to make that much difference. The schools closed on Friday, so the challenge will be keeping the boys busy and on top of school work for the foreseeable future. This morning has been relatively quiet. James and I have sat next to one another working away companionably. But William is still asleep and it's now 1.30pm. I check on him every 30 minutes but he is out for the count. Maybe he has Covid-19 for real? I'm a firm believer in sleeping yourself well, so will keep up my checks and see how things go.
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