Lockdown/Covid Check In
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All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
What is hoped to be a nursery is still not required, so for now it's been turned into a den. Friday's groceries, also picked up a tv and hung on the wall and a desk that folds down from the wall and it's now Bonesetta's office, freeing up the downstairs office for me. Also will double as a movie/xbox room as it's the biggest tv in the house.
She's in there every morning doing yoga/pilates, we break from work about 11:30ish for a short, sharp workout in the back yard, then a short rest and lunch. She goes for a walk in the afternoon and I'm going to start heading down the park with a ladder and some cones to do a bit of running around.
Pretty well stocked up food wise and could probably survive a couple of weeks without even needing to shop. Trying to stay off the booze on weekdays....survived until Thursday last week...
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@Hooroo said in Lockdown Check In:
Going pretty well. Even on the farm I am feeling a little closed in. Doesn't help we have a bull that is taking a while to come right. Prick must be getting there though as he charged me this morning for the first time only for true-love to start laughing.
Yeah - it's weird - almost nothing has changed in terms of daily routine on my farm/lifestyle block - but the first couple of days I found I all a bit unsettling. Back in the routine now though and it all seems normal.
And my rams are also bolshie as fuck, but they're out to work tomorrow and that should calm them down!
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My happy life has been turned upside down to be honest. Worst thing I've been through apart from the death of immediate family. Missing Rugby and Cricket. Missing the normal routine. Really tough to be working fulltime away from place of work and trying to home school the kids at the same time. Lots of people I know are sick. I'm worried about everyone.
Really proud of the resilience of my kids. The dog seems really happy to have us around more. Listened to a few good podcasts. Able to go for a run around the park as a family each day. Great banter from 2 metre plus from neighbours. Heard from a few friends I've not heard from in ages. Glad not to have the constant background rumble of motorway traffic. Those are the postives.
We'll get through all of this, but it feels like a prison sentence. I go to sleep each night hoping normal will return very soon.
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@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:
All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
I'm going to start heading down the park with...some cones to do a bit of running around.
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:
All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
I'm going to start heading down the park with...some cones to do a bit of running around.
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That may not help bro -
Weirdest part for me is I'm in an office that normally has around 30 all by myself for 11 hrs/day.
I do have some interaction with the Ops staff that are working but we try to keep that to a minimum.
So I'm getting in at 6:30 and spraying down all the hard surfaces in Ops with disinfectant before staff arrive. Working for 10-11 hours - a lot of which is COVID as I am heading our response - checking in on people etc.
Then go home. Which should be the same as normal but somehow isn't. I've realised I was going to the supermarket too often. Partly because it was a bit feral yesterday and partly because two of the places we deliver to have Covid cases and so people in my work bubble are getting a bit too close to exposure and I don't want to be putting others at risk.
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I have a networking zoom meeting today, bit sad that I am looking forward to it 🤣
What should I wear? Where should I go...spare room, deck, lounge...these are the big decisions!
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
I have a networking zoom meeting today, bit sad that I am looking forward to it 🤣
What should I wear? Where should I go...spare room, deck, lounge...these are the big decisions!
Anywhere but the bath.
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I'm not too bad. Just trying not to get pissed off at the situation as that won't help the mental state at all.
Since coming back from UK I have been doing bits and pieces work wise. Some consulting back to the UK, some farm sitting here, a few short task based contracts. Trouble now is that everything has dried up. I have already had months of filling in time with online training courses, gardening, house jobs etc and was really looking forward to a more interactive 'normal' job. Guess I'll have to wait out longer.
Didn't help that our two little dog companions of the last 16 years both died and the house was feeling very empty. Didn't get a chance to find a new pup before lockdown.
I'm consoling myself with the hope that this break gives a lot of businesses a chance to step back and see what changes they should make for the coming years and possible new world we will be in. That could open opportunities for someone like me in the business of implementing change. The other advantage in NZ could be that remote working becomes far more accepted by businesses and work becomes task based rather than just clocking in. That would be great for me as I'd love nothing more than a move to a more remote place (with good connectivity) out of Wellington. We have only ever been here for work purposes and have no great connection. -
@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
I'm not too bad. Just trying not to get pissed off at the situation as that won't help the mental state at all.
Since coming back from UK I have been doing bits and pieces work wise. Some consulting back to the UK, some farm sitting here, a few short task based contracts. Trouble now is that everything has dried up. I have already had months of filling in time with online training courses, gardening, house jobs etc and was really looking forward to a more interactive 'normal' job. Guess I'll have to wait out longer.
Didn't help that our two little dog companions of the last 16 years both died and the house was feeling very empty. Didn't get a chance to find a new pup before lockdown.
I'm consoling myself with the hope that this break gives a lot of businesses a chance to step back and see what changes they should make for the coming years and possible new world we will be in. That could open opportunities for someone like me in the business of implementing change. The other advantage in NZ could be that remote working becomes far more accepted by businesses and work becomes task based rather than just clocking in. That would be great for me as I'd love nothing more than a move to a more remote place (with good connectivity) out of Wellington. We have only ever been here for work purposes and have no great connection.Gutted to hear about your dogs. That must have been heartbreaking.
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@Hooroo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
I'm not too bad. Just trying not to get pissed off at the situation as that won't help the mental state at all.
Since coming back from UK I have been doing bits and pieces work wise. Some consulting back to the UK, some farm sitting here, a few short task based contracts. Trouble now is that everything has dried up. I have already had months of filling in time with online training courses, gardening, house jobs etc and was really looking forward to a more interactive 'normal' job. Guess I'll have to wait out longer.
Didn't help that our two little dog companions of the last 16 years both died and the house was feeling very empty. Didn't get a chance to find a new pup before lockdown.
I'm consoling myself with the hope that this break gives a lot of businesses a chance to step back and see what changes they should make for the coming years and possible new world we will be in. That could open opportunities for someone like me in the business of implementing change. The other advantage in NZ could be that remote working becomes far more accepted by businesses and work becomes task based rather than just clocking in. That would be great for me as I'd love nothing more than a move to a more remote place (with good connectivity) out of Wellington. We have only ever been here for work purposes and have no great connection.Gutted to hear about your dogs. That must have been heartbreaking.
Was expected at their ages but still leaves a big hole. Just weird to not have any animals around the house.
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@JC said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial Yeah it’s a shit time to be between jobs. What do you do for a crust normally?
A variety of things in the project world really. Specialise in analysis and reporting system setups for large PMOs although usually when engaged within a programme of work that expands to all sorts of things that the skillset suits. As an example in the UK I found myself modelling user impacts of TV Frequency changes to feed into support planning. That started as I went there to set up consolidated reporting to the Govt departments and install a Continuous Improvement process.
Trouble is that what I do can be hard to define with a simple job title and therefore in the public service (as most Wellington work is/was) no one has put a role to do these things into a resource plan. That means no budget to pay for this expertise even though they realise they have a gap. Hoping for a bit more activity in the private sector post Covid. -
@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial yeah is a tough time, we lost a 14 year old pet last year, and you are right, leaves a big hole!
This time around I think we will make sure we have some overlapping life expectancies. If we end up in the right place I might even take on a retired working dog as well as a pup.