Working from home

Lockdown is not a state of being that many people are accustomed to. It is lonely, it is uncomfortable, and it is static. Days flow into each other, with not much separating weekdays from weekends, and boredom sets in despite the tasks that you set yourself.

I’ve been lucky, I can work from home. Schools closed on the 20th of March. I started isolating two days beforehand. I’ve been in isolation from more than 20 days. I still go out though. I deliver essential items to the elderly and vulnerable with the British Red Cross. I respond to emergencies that others cannot respond to. I am lucky to have no underlying conditions.

The biggest question at the moment however, is how do I support my schools? How do I support my vulnerable students? It’s a topic that I spend time thrashing out everyday, sometimes alone, sometimes with colleagues. There are so many resources out there, but sometimes there are too many. It’s too hard for parents to sift through the thousands of web pages and videos, all while learning how to homeschool children through this traumatic time.

So I got creative. Or tried to at least. I think making resources would be much easier with a child to experiment upon, so instead I’m winging it an hoping that someone somewhere will like what I’ve made. If not…. at least I still have a day job.

What else does one do while stuck at home for weeks on end? Walk around the block numerous times a day (breaking the one daily exercise block rule)? Bake cookies? Chat to the friend over the road from 2 metres away (or yell down the driveway)? Bake cookies? Go for a bike ride (again breaking the one exercising block a day rule)? Bake cookies? Do body weight exercises in the back garden? Eat cookies?

There are so many options!

As long as I shower and brush my teeth, then I know that I have had a good day in lockdown. If I venture outside, then I know it has been even better. And if I eat some vegetables, then it has been amazing. That is all that matters at this time.