In the UK, that meant pretty much the following:
- if you can work from home, do
- most places are closed, including beauty salons, parks, non-essential shops, and eat in restaurants. Several restaurants introduced or continued takeaway services. Most places that stayed open only accepted card payments.
- only go out for exercise once per day (and much of the time the instructions were to stay within walking distance of home)
- while out, stay 2 meters apart
- no meeting with people outside of your household.
Since so many people are out of work, the British government has provided aid to millions. I think it was up to 80% of salary, depending on different factors (it didn't apply to us, so I didn't pay much attention).
Matt has been home more during the lockdown, so many of our walks have been family walks. We are lucky to live close to open space, and most of the time have been able to easily keep our distance from others. Our walks contain a lot of tree climbing and pretend games.
We found loads of tadpoles in the boating pond at the park.
For the most part, the weather has been sunny, and for me, it makes it so much harder to stay inside.
Lockdown rules have recently relaxed slightly, though vaguely. We're allowed to spend more time outside, and sitting or sunbathing is allowed as long as you stay 2 meters apart. Schools are planning to reopen in June, but only certain years will go back, and there is a long list of guidelines there. Only 15 children per "bubble," freshly washed clothes each day, staggered drop off and pick up times, etc. Clara is in the age group that is invited back, but the older children are not. They will continue doing virtual school until their years are asked to come back (more on updated homeschooling later). It's a really hard decision to make, whether to send kids back to school or not. No matter which way I lean, it feels like a wrong choice (and oh, the judgement I've seen by parents on both sides).
How has the lockdown been in your area, and how is it changing?
