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Sometimes it helps just to say it out loud! At least she’s back at school - look after yourself

Hi Lily, I’ll bet you felt like throwing hard objects at one or two colleagues, though, I know I have! I echo your sentiments re: back to school and I will be leading a one-woman crusade to march on Downing Street if there’s the merest hint of schools closing again. Forget Barnier and Merkel and all the tricky EU/Brexit personalities, Boris will be cowering and feeling the lacerations from the sharp edge of my tongue if he encounters this angry, menopausal and at-her-wits’-end adoptive parent! ?

Thanks for your replies.

I found myself crying whilst out for a run this morning (I'm OK) and realised that this week is getting to me possibly more than the panic in March. She is, thankfully, back in school and doing OK. No one has been quarantined from her school yet (though eldest's secondary has had cases).

It's a tough old uncertain time. I hope you are both well. I look forward to your crusade Furcifer.

Working from home was a nightmare during lockdown, I feel your pain. Trying to work and having a stand up row about school work 3 times a day every day really became unbearable. I get so annoyed when I hear people saying close the schools they are spreading the virus, no they are not and we aren't all in a position to become our children's educator, we have to work to pay the bills. Plus I have discovered I am a rubbish teacher! One word the schools are closing and I will also be out with my placard!

Ah, Lily, I hope you’ve had a better day. Please, always feel you can tell the truth and how it really is here; I know us (we?)oldies sometimes get a bad rap here and accused of negging and being the voices of doom and gloom but adoptive parenting is HARD. Adoptive parenting in a pandemic - with all the additional pressures on home life, the worries about job security and finances, and the remoteness of practical, hands-on help and support) is HARDCORE HARD!

I think we’ve all kept it together for the past six months because we had to as there simply was no other option. Now that there is some relief/release, in the shape of schools or childcare, our emotions and bodies are telling us that they’ve had enough.

I’m glad that you are managing to find the time to run for you; maybe your tears were just what your body needed to be able to release some toxins?