Lockdown/Covid Check In
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@mariner4life yep it's when I watch the prems I think I could play reserves, cos some of the kids playing prems look huge haha...not to mention not being able to cut it in the prems
I'll stick to my golden oldies
One of our core Presidents players has come back to senior rugby this year, when he last played we were a top side in the Waikato with Richard Kahui a notable player he played alongside. He is 39 this year, a great club man, his business is a big sponsor this year.
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I'm out!
Yes it's an hour up the road. And I've been here for work twice in the last fortnight.
But I've got an apartment in Port Douglas until Monday. Right in the middle of town. Restaurants. Pubs. Occasional family stuff.
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@mariner4life living the dream! Enjoy the freedom
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@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
I'm out!
Yes it's an hour up the road. And I've been here for work twice in the last fortnight.
But I've got an apartment in Port Douglas until Monday. Right in the middle of town. Restaurants. Pubs. Occasional family stuff.
Yes!
WE just got confirmation that the campsite we booked for next weekend is ALL GO. Fingers crossed the weather allows it to be decent, but I am relying on UK summer weather here, so anything is possible ...
Best times of my life growing up were camping at Matauri Bay. Not so sure I'm so into it myself ( and Mrs MR is in for a hell of a reality check after living a four-seasons life), but if they kids enjoy it half as much as I did, it'll be fully worthwhile.
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Camping is awesome. Drive 2-5 hours somewhere. Unpack. Put up tent. Cook. Do dishes. Clean. Try to make kids sleep. Drink yourself silly. Have terrible uncomfortable sleep. Wake up sweating in Aussie sun. Wonder what to do all day. Repeat above from "Cook" down until final morning then pack away tent. Drive home
Once home, book holiday with with proper roof and aircon and bed and cooker.
A few months later, cancel booking and book camping again.
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Looove camping. Cape opens up this weekend so I'm going bush when the roads dry.
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If all goes according to plan, I'll be riding up to do the three eastern corners (Cameron, Haddon and Poeppel) in ~six weeks.
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as I have mentioned before, I have alot to do with my elderly neighbour, who doesnt have a great deal of contact with his family.
I think Lockdown has impacted him hugely.
Prior to lockdown, he was playing golf weekly, had come back form a couple of weeks on his yacht by himself, was planning on going to his home in Brisbane for the NZ winter, now, he seems quite frail (for him) isnt that keen to play golf.
When I was up having a few beers tonight he was saying how this week was the first time in his life he has wondered how much longer her can go on living by himself, not that he craves the social aspect, but he finds things he did with ease 6 months ago, he struggles with.
Tough watching someone you care about deteriorate like that.
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
Tough watching someone you care about deteriorate like that.
Sounds like you are living next to my Dad. He struggled with it as well. Hasn't been back to golf, and is wondering where he is going to live when he can't manage anymore. He has become quite reclusive and depressed.
Throw in some skin cancer and having half his ear cut off I can see why.
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OK. I'm officially finished. Took the dog for a walk, went past the pub. Came back, went past the pub. This bloody lockdown has had far reaching consequences. I'm not sure where to go from here.
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@R-L But it conjures up such a lucid picture.
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@Catogrande said in Lockdown Check In:
@R-L But it conjures up such a lucid picture.
Reminds me of a skit from some British comedy, can’t remember what show. A guy detective is at a crime scene and they have that black light looking for bodily fluids on the victim. His partner (female) arrives late Apologetic that something came up. He looks up at her with the black light and all around her mouth and face is glowing with white stains...
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So resurrecting this thread.
How is everyone doing?
Too many individual stories to call out, but I hope people are finding a way through this mess.
For me, the clusterfuck continues. I'm in the deep south, spending some time on the slopes which is nice, but I'm still a long way from home and where we'd rather be.
By way of update, the wife is about to head back to Straya as she has a job to start, so I'll be solo Dad here in NZ for the next little while.
The old lady is doing pretty well, which is great, but also surprising, and a pretty unexpected turn of events.
So I'm now balancing life as a solo dad here in NZ trying to entertain 3 kids for the next however long, who have no sport, school, friends, activities etc.
I'm half tempted to relocate back to Palmie, but that's kind of shit for everyone. But the longer I stay here in the south, the closer I am to getting that call to rush home and I guess maybe missing that windrow.
Has anyone been through this with parents before? How bad does the guilt manifest?
And if mum carries on doing well, at what point do I just go back to Australia and take the risk on hotel quarantine days (and potentially missing her passing) ? At the end of the day I have a family to support, despite being an only child here.
The lack of a travel bubble is fucking killing me!!!