First world problems in a Covid world
I had a Covid-19 test today. I got a mild sore throat last night and have had a small cough as well as aching muscles. For all the world it feels like a very minor cold but off to the local hospital I trekked on the advice of the Covid line and was duly jabbed…
It’s absolutely and perfectly acceptable to attend an office zoom call with a hood on if you’re cold and other people on the call can substantiate the temperature where they are. Working from home dumbs people down. Today I picked up two hot cups of tea, cupping them with my hands. Burning my hands in…
I get to go to the office today – which is a 40 minute drive on a country highway where I probably won’t see too many other cars and I’ll have the opportunity to pop a podcast on and enjoy a total of 1.5 hours of solitude. It feels weird in a lock down world….
Having cats is a wonderful thing. They’re friendly, funny, soft, warm and entertaining and they look great in front of a roaring fire. But at the end of my innings when I see the play back of my life and how I spent my time, I wonder how many frames are going to be devoted…
This has gone wildly viral by now and with good reason. There’s a gentleman in the States by the name of Rob who has stated a channel called “Dad, How Do I?”. The idea behind the channel is to provide practical demonstrations and advise for people who may have had absent parents or may not…
I find Lego games on the Xbox One too hard. I was lucky enough to get my first gaming machine when I was around 4 years old. I had a ZX Spectrum 128k as well as access to a Rowtron console system. Since then I’ve gone through many systems including an Amiga 500, a couple…
And so another day of working from home fun begins. I have been sitting here for approximately one hour and the main thought I’ve been having is this: Do I have some sort of focussing or concentration disability or am I just incredibly lazy? Sure, anxiety (hello, old friend) can cause this but the absolute…
Are you ever merrily skipping along through your day and then suddenly… “Fuck, my tongue itches?”
I think I’ve mentioned this elsewhere but I work as a peer support worker and on a daily basis I hear some wonderful analogies about what mental health is, isn’t and how to view the circumstances in which people find themselves. I talk to people a lot about ‘purpose’ in recovery and today someone came…
Restrictions lifted a little at the end of last week where I live. So over the weekend I got to meet friends for breakfast. In a cafe. In public. With other humans. It was a surreal experience after several weeks of lock down. It’s not as if stuff has been particularly weird where I am…