[tomtom]

Its relentless isnt it Doylo...

Sure you've tried it but this worked for us then: Morning - breakfast - play indoors - try and do something active outside. Early lunch 11:30-12. Maybe in the pram see if she'll drop off?

[kingholmesy]

Best thing about lockdown & working from home = seeing more of the kids.

Worst thing about lockdown & working from home = seeing more of the kids.

[tomtom]

Another good thing.

Feet. Not wearing rock shoes for months will see my toes and nails return to some sort of normality (I hope!).

Means those rock shoes will kill when they get out back on though!!

[Doylo]

Its relentless isnt it Doylo...

Sure you've tried it but this worked for us then: Morning - breakfast - play indoors - try and do something active outside. Early lunch 11:30-12. Maybe in the pram see if she'll drop off?

Most days are similar to this with later nap.
Still can’t comprehend that some people have more than one...

[petejh]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol?  For the last 10 days or so I've been really enjoying coming home and just slobbing around with a beer, tube of pringles and some dirty takeaway. I figure I have another 4 months or so to get over my dirty new habit and get back in shape, no point rushing things it's a marathon not a sprint.

[Doylo]

Best thing about lockdown & working from home = seeing more of the kids.

Worst thing about lockdown & working from home = seeing more of the kids.

Sums up having a child. You feel every emotion under the sun.

[kingholmesy]

Sums up having a child. You feel every emotion under the sun.

Usually all within the space of about half an hour.

[BrutusTheBear]

My 9 year old son is like a walking fog horn at times, the volume control doesn’t work, hard to not get irritated by it..  Then he’ll be the sweetest, kindest little being you can imagine.
Reading him The Hobbit at the moment, I’ve never actually read it, it’s a great story to share with him and to be able to take the time not be rushed or tired from school and work is so nice!

[Muesli]

Lack of traffic on the road outside meant I was woken by birdsong and a woodpecker this morning rather than passing cars 

[Andy F]

My 9 year old son is like a walking fog horn at times, the volume control doesn’t work, hard to not get irritated by it..  Then he’ll be the sweetest, kindest little being you can imagine.
Reading him The Hobbit at the moment, I’ve never actually read it, it’s a great story to share with him and to be able to take the time not be rushed or tired from school and work is so nice!

Our 9 year old has taken it upon himself to start reading The Lord of the Rings recently. I did explain to him he should read The Hobbit first, but he was determined to read LoTR first.
On Sunday we watched the extended DVD of The Fellowship and he moaned there was no Tom Bombadil! Happy dad moment.

[Murph]

Means those rock shoes will kill when they get out back on though!!

Good point tom! Its these little things that might make a difference when, (6 months from now?) we can go out again. Maybe I really should get training on the garage board...

Another positive, not sure if mentioned already, but no-one is losing sleep over Brexit any more.

[Muenchener]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol? 

I confess I've been mostly pretending to stay in shape, but yesterday was my birthday so I broke quarantine as far as the cellar, and cracked open a good bottle of Rioja and a Bowmore 15yo that I picked up a Gatwick duty free a few weeks ago.

[SA Chris]

Driving to work every day means i usually avoid drinking at all during the week, but an evening single malt or two is becoming a bit more common these days.

[nai]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol?  For the last 10 days or so I've been really enjoying coming home and just slobbing around with a beer, tube of pringles and some dirty takeaway. I figure I have another 4 months or so to get over my dirty new habit and get back in shape, no point rushing things it's a marathon not a sprint.

    Train heavy, right?

[36chambers]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol?  For the last 10 days or so I've been really enjoying coming home and just slobbing around with a beer, tube of pringles and some dirty takeaway. I figure I have another 4 months or so to get over my dirty new habit and get back in shape, no point rushing things it's a marathon not a sprint.

I know it hasn't been long,  but I'm actually feeling leaner. Having cut back on bread (and rice) which usually makes up 95% of my diet.

[TobyD]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol?  For the last 10 days or so I've been really enjoying coming home and just slobbing around with a beer, tube of pringles and some dirty takeaway. I figure I have another 4 months or so to get over my dirty new habit and get back in shape, no point rushing things it's a marathon not a sprint.

Food, why not? Maximise the immune system by eating everything in sight.  Best not to really overdo it perhaps,  unless you're the one guilty of buying up all the loo roll. Trying to, mostly limit alcohol,  but more because I feel drinking in solitary isolation would not be a good habit mentally than physically. 

[duncan]

Is it just me or is anyone else happy with temporarily forgetting any pretence of staying in shape for climbing and instead enjoying gorging on refined carbs and alcohol?  For the last 10 days or so I've been really enjoying coming home and just slobbing around with a beer, tube of pringles and some dirty takeaway. I figure I have another 4 months or so to get over my dirty new habit and get back in shape, no point rushing things it's a marathon not a sprint.

Food, why not? Maximise the immune system by eating everything in sight.  Best not to really overdo it perhaps,  unless you're the one guilty of buying up all the loo roll. Trying to, mostly limit alcohol,  but more because I feel drinking in solitary isolation would not be a good habit mentally than physically.

Either it's having a cold or the thought of having to brave a packed supermarket to restock, but I've been feeling much less like snacking. The winter fat is reducing accordingly.

[nai]

My wife is in a WhatsApp chat with a lot of other doctors sharing information. Seems that in some patients once recovered from the main symptoms their lost senses of taste and smell haven't recovered some time later, so eat tasty stuff while you can still apreciate it.

[Turboman]

This new routine certainly makes planning my training a whole lot easier.
I no longer have to work around weekend or short after work sessions.
Is this what it feel like to be a full time pro?

[Muenchener]

Dunno.

For me, working from home (fortunate to be able to, I know) + home schooling + more cooking than usual + planning  stealth supermarket raids + side software projects I hoped to have more time for + spotless & tidy apartment + fingerboard, kettlebell, yoga is all proving much harder to fit into the available hours than I imagined.

[andy popp]

This one's especially for TT, Duncan and any other academics: the REF's been cancelled.

[tomtom]

This one's especially for TT, Duncan and any other academics: the REF's been cancelled.

Cancelled? I heard it had been put back a year yesterday... with a very badly worded statement that could have been out of Boris CV strategy...

If so - fantastic news.

[sidewinder]

My reading was postponed and will be re-announced with at least 8 months notice to the submission date.

[SA Chris]

Seems that in some patients once recovered from the main symptoms their lost senses of taste and smell haven't recovered some time later, so eat tasty stuff while you can still apreciate it.

This has been reported https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/23/health/coronavirus-symptoms-smell-intl/index.html

Do we have a nationwide chilli eating contest at the end??

[SA Chris]

We're ploughing through all 17 discs of HP - Goblet of Fire. Said they can't watch film until they've listened to it all.

Apparently Audible have released thousands of titles for free.