How was your day? (Random off topic chat)

I felt that too here- it reminded me of when the South Quay bomb went off in the 90’s, so was please to read it was just an aircraft in the end.

alece10 Yes, when I told my mother what it was she said the last time she remembered hearing sonic booms was from Concorde in probably the late 70s, when she lived under Heathrow's flight path & before they made it fly slower to stop the boom.

Good on you @tallpaul it's from how much rubbish you can see out now and those who'll apparently carry a full beer bottle/ take away coffee cup miles out into countryside but can't carry an empty one back.

Joined a 'brew for blue monday' zoom at work where we talked self hair cuts and be befriending mice. Otherwise today is living up to it's name.

It was nice seeing the snow this morning, even though I didn't appreciate it quite as much as I would have done had I not just set off to walk to the shops when it started.

Someone in my street built a tiny snowman on the wall outside their house.

Very disappointing amount of snow for me in East London. Not even enough to go outdoors a take a photo of it.
Then after lunch all gone.

We all have senior moments like that.
Yesterday I was in a Teams meeting on my laptop in the office as my workstation doesn't have Teams installed. So had laptop in front of my main monitor.
I'm trying to mute the mic by using my mouse and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working until I realised what was going on.

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Every Monday work colleagues say to me "did you do anything at the weekend?"
I'm not sure what they get up to but I stay home and do nothing. Highlight of the day is feeding my stray cat who I have named Bob.
And as I live alone don't even have anyone to talk to.

Yes more Bob mentions please alece10

What are meant to be doing at the weekend apart from as @forrest says walks, music, tv, books, cooking, zoom etc?
There is a reoccuring group of people I know through work who say things like must go, going to fit a kitchen at the mother in laws etc and I think ?! Maybe the kitchen has collapsed over night and without the re fit the mother in law will not be able to eat? Am not convinced. Then i message someone and explain and they message back rude emojis about people breaking rules and I feel a bit better.

I have just joined a zoom bookgroup with a load of people I don't know from my bed in my pjs (I'm hoping they couldn't tell).

I try and resist those kind of crisis @forrest as I come to the conclusion that it's nothing, non home owner, single, no kids, job going no where, terrified of change. So I eat chocolate and watch tv till late in the morning to put off facing the next day.
I plan to sleep on my day off thanks and go on a walk and slop and slide through more mud.

I find when it's throwing it down to be the best time!

I live in a bungalow so no stair option, plus I'm right next to fields which are popular but for the most part are fairly good for avoiding people if you can just navigate the access paths. I'm always in boots and looking like some mud monster so have no qualms about standing in a hedge in required. I like the people who acknowledge you getting out the way or that 'oh no, you go first' when you both try and get out the way. Don't like the people who walk in a chain again the path and act like nothing is going on.

I think you are built up more streets Dawnstar so not as easy, especially if roads busy so you can't stand in them. It's probably better in this lockdown for me as the weather is often foul so only the keen are out not the oh it's a nice day walkers.

My mother met someone who said they're 15 year old son came out for the first time the other day since March. She was surprised, she thought all teens were out partying, my mother lives in a very black and white world that doesn't resemble the real world a lot. I can only feel empathy for those not able to get outside whether that's due to risk/anxiety/practicality etc.

It really is safe to go for a walk. Particularly if it’s raining! Where I live is very popular for walks as we have the seafront, I’ve been waking along it regularly since March when it’s busy with families and dog walkers, and still managed to avoid catching the ‘rona.

It’s enclosed spaces and prolonged contact that are dangerous.