In between my over-enthusiastic but patchy attempts at homeschooling, the lack of real-life classmates and the limited exercise opportunities (apart from the marvellous PE with Joe), it's all a bit much.
So she's coping by getting the paints out and attacking all bits of nearby paper and card. It's rather lovely and is entertaining the cats, who love to sit and watch her do things they don't understand.
We've got a number of rainbows for windows, a small set of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves figures and a waiting line of old canvases she's painted over in preparation for more artistic endeavours.
One of her pictures has found it's way to our rubbish bin. Not because it is rubbish, but because she wanted to tape it to the top as a way to say thank you to the crew who collect our trash - just some of the people who are still out and about doing the jobs that help keep us going.
The list of people we need thank is extremely long - not just waste collectors, but health and social care staff, teachers, shop workers, cleaners, social workers, benefits staff, police, prison staff, carers, everyone who keeps our utilities running; the list goes on.
As we go further and further into lockdown, the more and more grateful we should be that other people are out there doing the work.
As a society, we have undoubtedly taken some of these services and people for granted. I hope that whenever all of this is over, we will stop doing that and start saying a few more thank yous. In picture form or otherwise.
:: Trash by Suede
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