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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
I've noticed that I've been increasingly short, argumentative and combative about topics not even related to covid.
You are like that all the time aren't you?
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@frank said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
I've noticed that I've been increasingly short, argumentative and combative about topics not even related to covid.
You are like that all the time aren't you?
@Frank, you are heating up, keep the zingers coming!!!
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@frank said in Lockdown Check In:
@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
@majorrage said in Lockdown Check In:
@snowy that’s fucked. Sorry to hear that fella, that is proper shit.
Hope you’ve still got the dog to help get you through this. Which you will.
She took the dog. She wants to hurt me.
Things a bit better today.Thank you for all of the support. It does help.
I am not one for sensitive advice.
How about moving on?
She sounds like a bitch and you sound totally broken by her games.Nah she isn’t. I needed some communication happening all round. Lots of people.
Just life. I have said many times that I am happy with the alternative but people don’t like that. I really don’t understand why. The one thing that I do have as my own, or so I thought. Apparently your life belongs to everybody else. Strange concept to me, but there you are.
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Covid lockdowns are the shittest thing since shit sandwiches.
A dear friend passed away suddenly yesterday, one of those blokes who knew everyone and would have hundreds at the funeral. Can't even give the widow and family a visit, let alone a hug. God knows what the funeral will be like; memorial services in a few months just aren't the same.
I have no idea how we're going to work through the grieving process remotely, a lot of people will struggle (myself included). It just sucks.
No replies needed, just venting. It's a shit 24 hours that's getting shitter frankly.
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@frank said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
I've noticed that I've been increasingly short, argumentative and combative about topics not even related to covid.
You are like that all the time aren't you?
Not at all. I just have a real low tolerance of stupid.
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I don't usually visit this thread but it has made for some sobering reading. Kia kaha to all of the ferners doing it tough.
I will mirror some of the other comments about actions/ reactions and 'snippiness'. I fully take blame for some of the 'discussions'I have found myself in with an element of being tone deaf and decided a few days ago to keep well away from some threads for a while.
Never any intent to wind people up on my part but certainly some ham-fisted attempts to try and show other sides to the story that just poured fuel on the fire.
Those of you in lockdown areas are doing it way harder than those of us not and it's easy to not realise just how tough.
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@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
Covid lockdowns are the shittest thing since shit sandwiches.
A dear friend passed away suddenly yesterday, one of those blokes who knew everyone and would have hundreds at the funeral. Can't even give the widow and family a visit, let alone a hug. God knows what the funeral will be like; memorial services in a few months just aren't the same.
I have no idea how we're going to work through the grieving process remotely, a lot of people will struggle (myself included). It just sucks.
No replies needed, just venting. It's a shit 24 hours that's getting shitter frankly.
That sucks mate. My Mums best mate passed away last week. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 3 months ago and now gone. She turned really fast at the end and her son, who lives in Sydney, managed to get on a flight home but was still in MIQ so missed her.
Shitty times.
So bizarre, the doctors gave my mum 6 months to live, 12 if the treatment was successful, back in Sep-19, and here she is 24 months later having stopped all treatment more than 18mths ago. And this poor lady went in less than 3 after the diagnosis. Life is weird sometimes.
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@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
@majorrage said in Lockdown Check In:
@snowy that’s fucked. Sorry to hear that fella, that is proper shit.
Hope you’ve still got the dog to help get you through this. Which you will.
She took the dog. She wants to hurt me.
Things a bit better today.Thank you for all of the support. It does help.
Jesus mate, that's fucking rough. No words to help, sorry.
If it makes you feel slightly better, you rank very highly on the ferner who we'd all like to have a beer with, I know I have appreciated your advice on a couple of matters.
Kia Kaha.
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@nzzp said in Lockdown Check In:
Covid lockdowns are the shittest thing since shit sandwiches.
A dear friend passed away suddenly yesterday, one of those blokes who knew everyone and would have hundreds at the funeral. Can't even give the widow and family a visit, let alone a hug. God knows what the funeral will be like; memorial services in a few months just aren't the same.
I have no idea how we're going to work through the grieving process remotely, a lot of people will struggle (myself included). It just sucks.
No replies needed, just venting. It's a shit 24 hours that's getting shitter frankly.
That sucks mate. My Mums best mate passed away last week. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 3 months ago and now gone. She turned really fast at the end and her son, who lives in Sydney, managed to get on a flight home but was still in MIQ so missed her.
Shitty times.
So bizarre, the doctors gave my mum 6 months to live, 12 if the treatment was successful, back in Sep-19, and here she is 24 months later having stopped all treatment more than 18mths ago. And this poor lady went in less than 3 after the diagnosis. Life is weird sometimes.
Bloody hell, @nzzp that's totally shit too.
I'm going to go facetime my old man. I'm feeling really lucky that he is still sticking through it but these posts are my biggest fear.
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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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