Day One

[pensnest]

As our gym is no longer available to us, Beast and I did a YouTube exercise video this morning, in the dining room. It wasn't bad, but I think maybe I could devise a good routine based on my normal Friday class.

I attended the AGM of the national women's barbershop organisation today, run online for the first time. It was very well organised and covered a lot of ground, including, most importantly, Will Convention be cancelled?, to which the answer was a resounding, We don't know. Beast even brought me my lunch during the afternoon session. Normally the meeting requires a journey into the centre of London, so this was in most respects a distinct improvement.

So, FIL is watching a free opera from the Met, Beast is playing WoW with a vet from Dorset, and I am going to see about ordering a couple of yoga mats, call my sister, and knit.

Comments

[ephemera]

I do wonder, assuming things eventually go back to "normal", how many things like the AGM will return to in-person meetings, and how much will continue via VC, because it's actually kind of better for the primary purpose?

[pensnest]

People from Cornwall and from Newcastle would certainly appreciate the chance to stay at home instead of travelling to London for the meeting...

I had to call my doctor's surgery because I'm due a medication review. They've put me on the list for a phone call instead of a visit to the surgery, which I think is a brilliant idea, and which I hope is something they will retain in future. It feels like something more efficient all round, unless they notice something in my stats that needs an actual consult.

It's hard to imagine what 'normal' will be a year or two from now.

[frausorge]

It is a great boon that many things can be done online now.

I hope your FIL enjoys the opera!

[gwenhwyfar1984]

Congratulations on embracing social distancing and finding ways around things! You have saved lives!

[brandywine28]

A resounding, We don't know.

Well, that just applies to pretty much everything these days, doesn't it? God.

I've been watching the free operas, too! Opera buddies!

[pensnest]

It really is! If I think about what would have happened if this thing had come up in the 1980s, I cannot get my head round it at all. Thank god for distant friends, for shopping, and for things to do. I'm currently looking at pouring art on YouTube!

[pensnest]

Added bonus - more convenient for 90% of the attendees! It would have been nicer to go and talk to people in person, but actually I think the whole meeting was probably easier this way because it had to be managed carefully, and everything got dealt with in order as it was pellucid who got their question in first.

[pensnest]

I hate the uncertainty *so* *much*. I mean, I've been living with underlying dread since the Brexit referendum, but this ramps it up to such a high level, and even the things we *can* foresee are pretty damn grim.

Opera is not for me, but I am very glad it is there. Mind you, FIL doesn't seem to know much about the operas, so he'll be watching La Traviata and discover that it is Very Sad. I mean, I knew that much. But some of them do fill him with joy, particularly La Fille du Regiment (?).