Ugh, beaches are now officially closed. There goes that plan.

I was hoping to go for a long walk to the beach on Sentosa. Truthfully, it probably was too far to go. Not exactly my closest "local park," but we would have walked/taken the scooters, not taken transit.

Guess we'll try walking up Mt.Faber one of these days instead. I'm not sure how to find the path to walk up; That's why I haven't done it before. Normal times, we take the cable cars up the Mountain and then walk around at the top. It's a actually a small hill by my Canadian standards.

The cable cars are closed of course.

We have the lovely Boardwalk to wander along beside our condo. It's too busy with all these people staying home though. The long weekend had the Boardwalk with constant foot traffic. Apparently Labrador Park was packed too. Weekdays after work when it cools off a little, everyone seems to hit the Boardwalk for a stroll also.

We either need to go early morning or else at the hottest part of the day, because I can't wrangle the 3 kids in the crowd to effectively keep our social distance. I've noticed it's hit or miss as to whether others bother to try to keep a distance, so we need to move to the side or slow down etc. constantly to maintain appropriate distance.

Jonathan suggested I just get the kids out for a little walk around the complex, but it doesn't work out as well as it sounds.

#1 - the kids know everyone. They're used to stopping to chat with everyone they see and the two littlest have no sense of space so they're inside the social distancing space constantly.

#2 - There's about 3,000 people living in our complex and they're pretty much all at home now. The footprint of the 1,000 condos on this 10 acre property full of pools and gardens can leave the walking paths crowded quite a few people trying to get some air at the same time.

#3 - The pools, playgrounds and outdoor circuit training equipment are all closed and wrapped in caution tape. This stuff is spread out all over the property so that you don't have to go far to use the facilities. In this case it means about every 10-20 feet we see another set of caution tape.

The kids are finding it really stressful to see their favorite places enclosed in caution tape, and then the next one, and then the next one, and then to hear "Wave! We can't stop to talk. Keep apart; Keep moving" as we pass friends and neighbours.

It does not make for a peaceful walk, but they're also a little crazy in the house. Not naming names, but you can probably guess who has started walking the back of the couch like a tightrope every time an adult is out of the room.

This is going to be a very long month unless I figure this lack of exercise out.

If you can ignore the caution tape, I did have a pretty nice walk with MsI in the rain. I guessed correctly that everyone else would be inside. We walked the entire outer circuit of the complex and only passed 2 people.

But even MsI was worried by the caution tapes. I just followed along and let her lead the way. Eventually she lead me to the "Hidden" playground, when we shouted in sorrow, "It's closed too."

I hadn't realized she was heading somewhere in particular. She did have as much fun in the puddles as she would have in the wading pool though.