Corona Virus
The world is talking about the Corona Virus (Covid-19). Are you worried? Are you panic buying? There are so many jokes on Facebook, I’m not sure what to think. Maybe stocking up on toilet roll does seem a little mad, but what if you wake up one morning with a high temperature and struggling to breathe. You would need to self-isolate. Getting to the shops for toilet roll could be a problem.
I’ve read that to self-isolate you need a spare room. The thought of spending fourteen days alone in my son’s bedroom does not sound like fun to me. Yes, he would have to have my bed with daddy. Though, I could do a lot of reading and writing despite having to regularly wipe everything.
Is this all blown out of proportion? Someone wrote on Face book about having a Corona virus party. ‘Get it now and build you immune system like chicken pox’. I won’t be volunteering anytime soon to catch it, but is there sense here?
Updates
I’m checking the Corona virus updates regularly. The UK are still at containment today but how soon will we move to delay? Will they really close schools? And if they do, am I teaching my children? And what about my job? I still need to work, even if from home. I’m picturing me and the children all sat around the kitchen table working. Them learning online via Skype, teacher sat at home talking to the class. Yes, I think this is too idyllic. It will be me telling the kids over and over to please do some school work, possibly from worksheets that the school have given them. Whilst I’m trying to do my job the best I can in the circumstances.
What does it all mean? Are the next few months really going to be that bad? Or will it just go away? Will the miracle vaccine appear before Christmas? How is this going to affect the economy and businesses? The Financial index plummeted yesterday. There is so much unknown. Many people are not worried where others are cancelling hospital appointments. There are many different views and reactions to it.
I want to go back to stressing about my son playing with his cars in the bath. Something trivial which winds me up but certainly will not make me potentially critically ill.
My reading
I’ve now finished ‘Home Truths’ by Susan Lewis, it was a very good read.
I’m now reading ‘The Surrey Stalker’ by BL Pearce it’s a bit gruesome and is making me think twice about going out at night alone. This is possibly a good thing though. It is set in the UK which I like because I recognise the locations.
It is possibly not the best book to be reading on the school playground, but it’s on my Kindle so nobody knows what’s between the pages.
My writing
With distractions of Corona Virus and my son’s school work my writing has suffered. My daughter is working day by day but my eight-year-old is playing catch up. It appears there are things he should know that he has not been taught. We struggled with his fractions last weekend and last Tuesday he got his new school password for his Time Tables Rock Stars. So, over the last week I’ve done more maths then I have in years. Trying to support and help motivate him, has been exhausting. Hence after an evening of Times Tables, inspiration for writing has been non-existent .
He is now at 107000 coins but a friend this morning at 83000 is now planning on catching him up. I’m hoping that he will continue it himself, without me having to do it on my own account next to him.
I would like to think my six-year-old will be equally obsessed but she is just happy to get twelve correct in a minute. My son is heading towards seventy, however he is two years older then her. The image below was a three minute game. (If you can’t read it, it says 205 correct answered in 0.88 of a second).
My son has assessment week now, which he is finding hard. He’s an intelligent boy but when he hasn’t been taught how to do things, he then can’t do it. This is not a nice feeling for him but I’m hoping his new school will be able to see the areas he needs help with, and will help him to catch up. I guess this all comes with changing schools and different teaching styles.
Writing plans
I need to get back to my ‘Time Warp’ story and write the end. I’ve said this before but honestly if you are writing your first draft, don’t stop writing until it’s completed. It is hard to get back to it once you take a break. My break has been nearly six months. I was doing so well.
It’s now whether I get back to writing it or start another 5000 word short story. I need to get the novel / first draft finished, but I also need to submit work to places. No, I can’t do it all, I really wish that I could.
Today
Once again, I should have been tidying, and my daughter’s room is terrible. I have washing in the machine and the children to collect later. I’m enjoying the peace for now.
We then have guitar practice and times tables again.
So, what are your thoughts on the Corona Virus? Are you stocked up? And what extras have you bought? I’ve decided that if I do run out of toilet roll, I will make some reusable wipes from old towels. Much better than other suggestions that I’ve read. Also, to add a friend of mine does actually make wipes, worth bearing in mind in a crisis.
I’m now going to find some food. I’m hoping that the virus just passes over and we are all safe and well. I heard on the radio yesterday someone saying about rationing like in war times. Hopefully it will not be as dramatic as that.
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