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Well, 2021 continues to go to shit.
My abiding memory of this lockdown is people grieving and crying at each other over video calls. It's just so farking hard for people not being able to connect to each other physically.
Also, this is clearly the time in my life that people I know start to get really sick or terminal diagnoses. It's just one gut punch after another at the moment. I know it's randomly distributed, but damn. I thought 2020 was tough, but 2021 is just 'hold my beer'.
Stay safe out there people, hug your significant people, and hang in there. We'll get through this, but it's always darkest before dawn. Roll on 2022 - surely it'll be a step up. And then only a year to go to the RWC ... it's sneaking up on us!
Edit: just using this place to have a vent. Fuck 2021.
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@nzzp Sorry to hear all that.
2020 (NZ version) looks like an idyll now looking back. 2021 not so much.
I have also read lots of experts predicting 22 will be even worse. Just fuck 'em I say. Still lockdowns sprinkled with lots of deaths.
I prefer the dogmeat world view. Cindy opens up NZ in late November realising that if she doesn't she has no chance of winning the 2023 election. Shit doesn't get real, the Black Caps continue to win every test, we enjoy a long hot summer with just enough sprinklering of water to keep the farmers happy. Event's that have been on hold for years flourish and by April I'm torn between booking August in Sri Lanka or sailing the Adriatic.
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@dogmeat said in Lockdown Check In:
@nzzp Sorry to hear all that.
2020 (NZ version) looks like an idyll now looking back. 2021 not so much.
I have also read lots of experts predicting 22 will be even worse. Just fuck 'em I say. Still lockdowns sprinkled with lots of deaths.
I prefer the dogmeat world view. Cindy opens up NZ in late November realising that if she doesn't she has no chance of winning the 2023 election. Shit doesn't get real, the Black Caps continue to win every test, we enjoy a long hot summer with just enough sprinklering of water to keep the farmers happy. Event's that have been on hold for years flourish and by April I'm torn between booking August in Sri Lanka or sailing the Adriatic.
That’s the main thing
Seriously though, to all the ferners I get on with who are doing it tough I hope their is a silver lining there somewhere. Make sure you appreciate the little things. Quality time with loved ones, nice beers, laughs, music etc.
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@nzzp for me, I think I am just tired.
I know I am getting older, but I am probably in better shape physically than I have been for 20 years, but mentally, I am just tired.
Worrying about my future, my wife, about my kids, about everyones future, and then you see the bitter division its causing to people, friends, families, workplaces; I'm lucky I work with a great bunch of people, and I'd hate it if Covid forced a division...I know we already have some discussions about it, mostly civil, but its more frustration people feel than anything.
I know a few at work are in the group of shut NZ away, lock our borders, but are also very much against Cindy too.
Just fuck covid!
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human beings are social creatures that thrive on shared experiences. We crave real interaction, and being part of something more than ourselves
It has been denied us for far too long, and i feel like this aspect, and its consequences have not been taken in to consideration at all as Governments have locked people up/away.
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I had my first F2F (hybrid) class yesterday since the SOE was lifted, and it was brilliant to see and interact with my students in a casual manner.
My team also had our first F2F meeting of the year, with cake to celebrate all the birthdays we’d missed.
I left work feeling like I’d got back something that had been missing, which is even worth riding that horrible fucking train in the morning.
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Things are slowly getting back to normal. Last weekend I managed to catch up with some mates to watch Wallabies v Brave Blossoms at a mutual friends micro brewery.
Next weekend a ride with mates over a few days and the house renos can continue now I can get into hardware stores etc.
Back to footy training (touch largely) last two weeks.
Warmer weather is improving the outlook.
Bought some tickets to see FNM with my brothers after the previous tour dates were cancelled due to covid.
On the flip side, a work colleague has resigned to focus on his mental health. It's not been a helpful period for him being isolated due to lockdown rules.
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Bought some tickets to see FNM with my brothers after the previous tour dates were cancelled due to covid
i had forgotten
Only places i can get standing tickets is in Brisbane, shit venue though
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Things are slowly getting back to normal. Last weekend I managed to catch up with some mates to watch Wallabies v Brave Blossoms at a mutual friends micro brewery.
Next weekend a ride with mates over a few days and the house renos can continue now I can get into hardware stores etc.
Back to footy training (touch largely) last two weeks.
Warmer weather is improving the outlook.
Bought some tickets to see FNM with my brothers after the previous tour dates were cancelled due to covid.
On the flip side, a work colleague has resigned to focus on his mental health. It's not been a helpful period for him being isolated due to lockdown rules.
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@taniwharugby Things are pretty good over here. Not sure what NZ is experiencing but I am thankful that I am working. That does not mean life is easy.
There are a bunch of us over here, irrespective of vac status, that have chosen to live with a big FU to government. Common sense prevails.
Thanksgiving this weekend with my friend from HS and the kids. The kids have a rhino virus but it does not matter. If we catch it sa la vie. What’s more important is human contact, eating food, drinking whiskey and wine, my boys wrestling each other and my daughter rolling her eyes as she does not understand testosterone. This makes me happy so I am thankful.
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@mn5 said in Lockdown Check In:
@tim said in Lockdown Check In:
First haircut for about 5 months. The old lady next to me said "That's a big improvement from when you came in."
Ponytails on men are never a good look.
Doesn’t matter if it’s on a pony or a man. You lift it up and there’s a horse’s arse underneath.
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@mn5 said in Lockdown Check In:
Ponytails on men are never a good look.
Explains some of weird haircuts the AB's have then.
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Well, looks like another weird Christmas for the Meldrews and their extended family
Last year was all about keeping Mrs Meldrew's parents safe and providing 24/7 care which meant the usual vast Christmas gatherings were buggered. Still, we had some memorable moments with virtual Christmas dinners, charades and other party games - though the virtual monopoly was a bloody disaster.
Mrs M's father passed away last week (a good death, not unexpected, a great age and surrounded by his children) and the funeral is a week before Christmas which kinda puts a dampener on the usual Christmas excitement and frivolities.
We're hosting the extended family in Cornwall for New Year so just hope that will be a page-turner. Though Covid seems less of an issue this year due to the UK booster jab roll-out, people are still being cautious but the end of the shitshow does look to be in sight.
Not complaining, life is pretty damn good really and better than most.
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