Published on 12, July, 2020
so I thought after a few months lock down the aim was to go back to how life was? but noticed a lot lately newscasters etc using this phrase getting back to 'the new normal'?
But what is it? and does it include vulnerable and shielded people? are they saying if you're in this group isolation will be your 'new normal' and you'll never be able to go to group family events again?
The daily update has not mentioned if rules are changing for vulnerable and shielded groups on 1st June?...or when they're talking about stage 2 (June) and stage 3 (July) at which point people in the vulnerable groups are safe to meet up with family again?
Also I can't find any info for things like ..if one family member had also been isolating why can't we chat and have a BBQ in the garden? .. if neither of us have been out in public for 2 months or have any symptoms? How much greater is the risk if someone whose part of a larger family wants to visit you? (where they've still been going out shopping and members returning to work etc so you've no idea who they've been in contact with and more chance they could bring it into your home?)
Should window cleaners be coming to homes where people are self isolating? Surely they are potentially bringing the virus to you? They also don't seem to consider if you haven't been out for 2 months you haven't been to cash machine to have money to pay them!
Thanks
Kit
Firstly re window cleaners they turned up when I first moved here and I needed a window cleaners anyway so said they could do them as they were the cheapest. I won't give a number to strangers and wear hearing aids to block all outside sounds due to extreme sound sensitivity, they assume I'm deaf so the expectation of 'social chit chat' tends to disappear along with the expectation that they can just phone anytime they want....suits me
I prefer a very isolated life these days. I've been going out early to walk my dog and we've had the village and fields to ourselves its been absolute bliss!
Although I don't like too much contact with others routines like going out with family for birthdays and xmas day are important so I know where we are in the year as I spend alot of time dissociated. I have different alters who swap alot so Iose track of how many weeks/months have gone by. so although I want to meet up with family I don't want the social expectation to allow others into my home as I'm mostly housebound and would never meet people in public places anyway before the lockdown.
I've worked out a way round avoiding contact with people I don't want contact with anyway now so it doesn't matter and Boris did mention it on TV the other day.
you sounds like you have everything sorted,,,,,,, right ?