Life in Lockdown

Two blogs in quick succession to bring you up to speed on goings on, you lucky people!  It’s been Week One of stricter sanctions and “repurposing” seems to have become the new buzz word of the moment, with lots of things being given a new purpose as needed. The Pinney household is no different, with our boys’ bedrooms being repurposed as makeshift offices, and the front room and garden have become our home gym.  I’ve quickly realised that a routine is important when working from home full time. It’s easy at first to pretend that every day is Saturday, but it’s not particularly professional to receive a video call from your manager when you’re still in your pyjamas (this has not happened to me, honest).  The daily routine at Guantanamo Bedwas is therefore as follows: daily dose of state sanctioned exercise  breakfast work Ok, so there’s a bit more to it than that, but it’s nice to have a regular routine. Ironically, the few times I’ve run t...

I've been asked by a few friends to write a blog about my experiences in this strange new world that we suddenly find ourselves in.  At the moment I think a lot of us are still in the phase of thinking that we've woken up in a parallel universe and every time I open a door I briefly hope that I've found the portal home. If I do find it I promise I'll take you all with me. Until then, we're all in the same situation. I received the instruction to work from home about a week and a half ago (the week before the "official" lockdown). Lee joyfully thought that this meant I'd be on hand to make him breakfast and have his dinner on the table for him when he got home from work. When I'd stopped laughing I explained that working from home is not the same as time travel and we weren't going back to the 1950s. I'll be doing the same as I do every day, but with added technical challenges! Since then our world has changed again, because people di...