18-11-2021, 05:11 AM
When the vaccines first became available there was only one site on the Shore, and I couldn't get to it. I knew, given time, that would sort itself out, but meantime my friends were booking in and getting their first and I found myself getting quite anxious that I wasn't doing the same. I knew that feeling was irrational, and all I had to do was wait, but I still felt a kind of guilt or discomfort that I wasn't able to 'fit in'. Getting the jabs made that silliness lift, despite my knowing it was silliness.
This whole covid thing is more complicated than we might think, or at least our response to it is. Over lockdown I found myself getting very irritated at times, and at others sinking into an almost somnambulant state, awake but just going through the motions. I was really glad when the weather improved and I could start gardening properly, even if it was just maintenance stuff. And I am a strong well balanced self aware old lady, so it occurs to me if I am feeling it others are too, to greater or lesser extent. And if they are young people, with all those extra life issues like relationships and work and bills and wants and needs - covid with all its side issues is serious extra stress.
So being kind should maybe be more than just more political twaddle from the podium. Perhaps we need to put a spoonful of that on our toast in the morning, for ourselves and for others. Because things are still rough and we all need a bit of extra tlc to cope with it. Even if we are doing well.
This whole covid thing is more complicated than we might think, or at least our response to it is. Over lockdown I found myself getting very irritated at times, and at others sinking into an almost somnambulant state, awake but just going through the motions. I was really glad when the weather improved and I could start gardening properly, even if it was just maintenance stuff. And I am a strong well balanced self aware old lady, so it occurs to me if I am feeling it others are too, to greater or lesser extent. And if they are young people, with all those extra life issues like relationships and work and bills and wants and needs - covid with all its side issues is serious extra stress.
So being kind should maybe be more than just more political twaddle from the podium. Perhaps we need to put a spoonful of that on our toast in the morning, for ourselves and for others. Because things are still rough and we all need a bit of extra tlc to cope with it. Even if we are doing well.