Semi-mandatory update
Mar. 18th, 2020 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusStill at work, despite lots of places going to work-from-home, as teaching doesn't really work for that as well - at least not at short notice and not without a lot of investment in infrastructure that has never happened for us. We also had the pleasure of getting a visit from OFSTED (education inspectors, for those outside the UK) even though we're in the middle of a pandemic and people are choosing to prioritise their own and their families' welfare over coming to class. These are adults I teach, after all, so they have lots of competing demands on their time.
For me, we have theoretically another week of classes, then exams and then close for Easter till w/b 20th April. We're currently taking bets on whether we'll manage to do that - my money is on an announcement this Friday afternoon that we're closing for a month (and I stand to win 2 creme eggs if I'm right!). Classes and exams are now cancelled, no creme eggs for me!
It's a bit vexing because it takes ages to get these bloody exams organised in the first place, to the point where a couple of people have asked if they can just do the exam next week if we're still open. For some of them, we can but there are technical difficulties with rearranging the others.
Over here, schools are still open but the general feeling is that this is mainly to support healthcare workers etc. who have school-age children, as a lot of people are keeping their children home from school for whatever reason and the schools also have seen a trickle of teachers calling in sick. A lot of folks with underlying medical conditions that make them higher risk or who have family members who do, so it's not clear how long the schools will be able to stay open.
If it comes down to it, I've got enough food to keep me going, but this is not particularly abnormal. There were a few things I needed to stock up on but I usually have plenty of cans and frozen stuff at home anyway (partly because I hate shopping). My main concern was what 2 weeks worth of cheese looks like - I love cheese, I eat loads of it, so I end up buying it quite regularly and struggled to visualise how much might be enough!
Fencing shut down this week too, both clubs - I expect at least a month shutdown but it could be longer. There were a bunch of competitions scheduled for the next few weeks too, so some of those will (hopefully) take place later in the year. Don't know what life is going to be like without this, though - this is the first time I've missed more than a couple of weeks because of holidays and I know I'm going to be twitchy as hell!
It's a bit vexing because it takes ages to get these bloody exams organised in the first place, to the point where a couple of people have asked if they can just do the exam next week if we're still open. For some of them, we can but there are technical difficulties with rearranging the others.
Over here, schools are still open but the general feeling is that this is mainly to support healthcare workers etc. who have school-age children, as a lot of people are keeping their children home from school for whatever reason and the schools also have seen a trickle of teachers calling in sick. A lot of folks with underlying medical conditions that make them higher risk or who have family members who do, so it's not clear how long the schools will be able to stay open.
If it comes down to it, I've got enough food to keep me going, but this is not particularly abnormal. There were a few things I needed to stock up on but I usually have plenty of cans and frozen stuff at home anyway (partly because I hate shopping). My main concern was what 2 weeks worth of cheese looks like - I love cheese, I eat loads of it, so I end up buying it quite regularly and struggled to visualise how much might be enough!
Fencing shut down this week too, both clubs - I expect at least a month shutdown but it could be longer. There were a bunch of competitions scheduled for the next few weeks too, so some of those will (hopefully) take place later in the year. Don't know what life is going to be like without this, though - this is the first time I've missed more than a couple of weeks because of holidays and I know I'm going to be twitchy as hell!
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Date: 2020-03-18 12:25 pm (UTC)I had a bit of a meltdown a few years back at a local farm festival and may have overbought artisan cheese - mostly cheddar variants in a waxy cover. But the sellar came to my rescue and let me know I could freeze it and it really didn't seem to affect the taste at all :)
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Date: 2020-03-18 03:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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