We have another month of lockdown ahead of us. The daily cases are nowhere near as high as in other places, but we’re a small country and there’s a growing sense that things are getting out of control.
Vaccines were *finally* made available to everyone over 18 in the past fortnight – more correctly Astra Zeneca has been made available to everyone over 18 and is now recommended for everyone (I think the recommendations have been variously >60, then >50, then back to >60 and now >18). Prior to this announcement no-one under 40 had access to any vaccine except in exceptional circumstances.
This article in The Guardian about our feeble response to covid is pretty good reading.
But in exciting news both Joe/Frank and Bessie had their first doses last weekend! And my team at SML who are all under 35 have had theirs too. Everyone is getting out and doing their bit – which is gratifying and encouraging – maybe we’ll even get out of lockdown by December.
In the past week I’ve cut down news and social media consumption which was kind of getting out of hand – tons of doom scrolling and hate reading and general ugh. The reduction has definitely improved mental health and returned me to a more loving and generous view of humanity.
Ah well. Embracing the great indoors for a good while yet.
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Catching sight of myself in various shiny surfaces recently, I realised I have way too many garments in my wardrobe that are totally washing me out. Why so many light grey garments? What was I thinking with a cream hoodie?
In order to address this without buying a whole new bunch of clothing, I ordered some indigo dye online, grabbed a cheap stock pot from Kmart and set about dyeing 2 shirts and that hoodie last weekend – taking action before I started over-thinking** and let the project languish for months/years.
I was reasonably pleased with the outcome. Very slightly blotchy and … ermm … rustic. The colours are lighter than expected – entirely my own fault for not paying attention to proportions.
I have made a pact with myself that I won’t let perfectionisting about pretty average photos prevent me from posting, so behold some process shots:
before and after – not two tone đŸ™‚
** It occurs to me that once (long, long ago) I did not dither about projects. I wonder what changed because now *all* I do is dither about projects.
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I have a week of annual leave next week.
I let work fill way too much of my brain space in non-work hours. I really need some time away from SML and I plan to use the break as an opportunity for thinking and reflection and hopefully a bit of resetting – and yoga – and intentional use of internet.
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