FEELING LIKE WE’RE LATE TO A PARTY NO-ONE WANTS TO BE AT
July 21st 2021, Adelaide South Australia and we’ve gone into a 7 day lockdown due to Covid-19. The delta strain of the virus has reached us. Seems unbelievable that more than a year after this all started we’re still having press conferences waiting to hear what new restrictions will be placed on us due to a virus. Do not get me wrong – I’m not someone who believes this is a scam, my parents and work colleagues have lost friends and family in the UK, Europe and China to Covid and quite frankly I believe those spouting conspiracy theories are being very disrespectful and selfish. It does seem crazy that this is happening now though when other parts of the world are opening up. This post is not about that. I say crazy, but it was starting to feel inevitable that we would have cases and their would be repercussions as we watched the Eastern states struggle to get the current situation under control.
Working in an airport has definitely meant that I have seen how quickly this pandemic can change things. Every day can be different and just as things are getting busy and we look to be getting back to “normal” a new border restriction can throw things into chaos leading to quiet periods. Last year we were witness to so many being stood down and many others who lost their jobs completely, and it’s still happening. It was and continues to be devastating across the travel industry. For some there have reprieves, new stores or other airlines offering positions to those lucky enough to secure them. I feel really lucky to have a job right now and in this lockdown I have been able to take some annual leave days in order to stay at home with my children. Grateful. If I’m totally honest I’m actually feeling pretty lucky, when I look at the world around me it seems broken in so many ways and while that makes me sad and angry if I bring my focus in, personally I’m doing alright.
So I’m going to use this time I’ve been given as a small recharge and to catch up on some things I’ve been meaning to do. I mowed the lawn this morning, it was desperately overdue so I’m already feeling somewhat accomplished. The kids have played a math game and decided on chicken noodles (Miss E) and Nutella sandwiches (Master E) for lunch. We’ve video called some friends for a laugh and have decided on a movie for this afternoon. There has already been an argument about how many salt and vinegar chips they got, everything must be exactly equal as every other parent understands (insert heavy eye roll here). As a family we’re going to keep it simple, we’ll do the school work we’ve been set but I’m not going to stress if it gets too hard. I’ll get on top of the washing, so many clothes to fold! and no doubt there will be much binging of TV streaming services. Not terribly exciting but we will be fine. We are lucky to have a warm, comfortable home with the small luxuries that make life fun, we have a well stocked refrigerator and pantry and most importantly we have each other. Fingers crossed it’s just the 7 days and it doesn’t need to be extended.
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