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MY CORONA On writing this I am acutely aware that I don’t own a crystal ball so have no way of knowing what the world will look like by the time this is published. Right now, we’re in the midst of the national Coronavirus lockdown and no one can predict what’s going to happen. What I can tell you, in no uncertain terms, is what the last couple of weeks in my house have looked like, and how far from the Apocalypse my little piece of England is. Forgive the hyperbole but I’ve gone straight to a place where I’m basically imagining living in a Mad Max movie. Hopefully this means I get a great car and some utterly over the top clothing, I think I could just about pull off postapocalypse chic. But only just. But it seems like a good time to rewatch all the films, just in case I need tips. Amidst all the uncertainty of what’s happening right now I’ve been impressed by just how well the kids have coped. Sure, they get bored of being in the house every day and not seeing their friends. Video chats help but it’s not the same as actually hanging out with your mates. Online games have allowed them another way to keep in touch and my oldest plays his mates at Fortnite with his headphones on which ironically is the loudest thing in the house as he has no idea just how loudly he is shouting to his friends. The hardest thing has been that they may well have broken up for the school year for good which means they miss out on all the end of term fun. My wife and I have both been keen to keep some structure in the house (more for our benefit than the kids to be honest) and we’ve made sure they still do their school work before they get the fun stuff. We’re no Victorians though, we very much spare the birch and don’t work them too hard. It’s times like these you start to really appreciate just what a skill it is to keep a classroom of 30 kids under control (nice one teachers, you know who you are). But the structure definitely helps, especially as both my wife and I work full time so we can’t spend our entire days entertaining our children. And while I’m on it, no one in our house believes any of these idealised ways that you’re told to plan your days with a full house and no escape. I’m not pretending it’s easy. We’ve variously had screaming, shouting, doors being slammed, swearing, tantrums and threats. But aside from the wife and I, the kids have been amazing. So far exercise has also helped. Like everyone in the world we appear to be doing the daily Joe Wicks exercises and it turns out that my daughter is the fittest person in our house by a country mile. This is quite a kick in the teeth to be honest as my wife runs half marathons, I cycle every day, and my son plays more football than I thought was humanly possible. But every day we are reminded of the boundless energy of a 9 year old. Amidst all this uncertainty we have managed to spend an awful lot of time together, which in and of itself has been fantastic. As the pace of life has changed we have made sure that we take things a little less for granted, do things as a family unit, and make sure we keep in touch with extended family more often. And it feels like our local community is a little tighter, even if that’s just knocking on the neighbours door to check if everything is okay. Whatever happens in the future we’re all hoping that these little things stay with us. Although I’m still hoping for Mad Max’s V8 Interceptor. Edging into my forties, I’m a wrangler of two young children who are either going to keep me eternally young or drive me to an early grave. I’ll be sharing some of my experiences of parenthood and my terrible attempts at staying relevant! noonelikessubtitles@gmail.com Dominic Murray
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