This week the UK deaths from Covid19 topped 90.000. On Wednesday more than 1500 people died. The safety warnings on the radio have become more stark: "If you break the rules, people will die." The enormity of the situation is almost unprocessable - my mind just can't take in these figures. So I hear them,… Continue reading Plus / Minus (2.21)
Tag: covid19
New word needed
I need a new word. A word that covers all the kind of feelings you get in lockdown in a grey winter in January. It would be word that covers a feeling that is a combination of sad, angry, frustrated, annoyed, confused, lost, and a bit scared. Angry, frustrated - the government seems to be… Continue reading New word needed
I believe the science
I may not understand the science, but I believe in it. I trust the people with PhDs who spent years in labs learning about things most of can't even spell. I trust the immunologists and virologists and other people who study the things we can't see; things that are invisible but can kill us. I… Continue reading I believe the science
We have come to the end (52.20)
Apparently it was me, last Saturday, when taking leave of my colleagues, who said, "This year can't get any worse." It was about 30 minutes after that when the government announced Tier 4 restrictions which meant a large part of the country had to cancel their Christmas plans. It was Sunday when France introduced introduced… Continue reading We have come to the end (52.20)
Tier 2 to Tier 3 to Tier 4 (51.20)
Monday: Wake up to the smell of cat pee in the house somewhere. Husband and I both go on a sniffing mission to try to identify its location so we can get busy with the vinegar spray. We finally identify it as under the coffee table in the dining room. We normally shut the dining… Continue reading Tier 2 to Tier 3 to Tier 4 (51.20)
Holding my breath again (50.20)
We are so close to the end of the year but this year isn't done with us yet and there may be still more bad news to come. I'm trying to avoid the news but sometimes news creeps in, like the UK Covid death toll passing 62,000. Like the UK rolling towards Brexit with no… Continue reading Holding my breath again (50.20)
The longest week (13/2020)
I can't believe we are already 1/4 through the year. It feels like these last few weeks have been several months. Since the lockdown began, days feel like weeks, weeks like months. 2020 is going to be a very long year. This week I have been Strugling with yoga. I signed up for a month… Continue reading The longest week (13/2020)
The week that was (11/2020)
This week my mood was ruined by: Covid19. I know, I seem like a whingy child to be upset about my holiday being cancelled when people are dying, and all of Italy is in lockdown, I know. But I was really looking forward to that trip to India next month. We had been planning this… Continue reading The week that was (11/2020)
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