I’m just going to state the obvious here in the U.K. Just as we are ready for spring and summer. Just as those bikinis start resurfacing, winter is on its way back!
Suddenly the temperatures are going back down for Easter and apparently we could get snow? Seriously!!!
Yesterday was a lovely warm day and today it’s a 10 degree drop. Getting cooler.
I’ve decided that no matter what reality holds at least virtually we can live vicariously how we choose. Later I’m going skiing in a bikini!
Merry Christmas everyone out there. Whether you celebrate or not, I wish you all s as wonderful few days.
I’m taking time to enjoy a hot chocolate in the real world as well as the virtual. Why not.
Lots of films and chilling time.
But I’m now taking a few days away from blogging and so to give you some viewing pleasure I made a few videos for the Christmas period just to bring a smile.
I released all but one of them last night and so here they are in no specific order.
I’m feeling a little sad today and not sure how long this feeling is going to be for.
A lot of things lately are very unpredicted and we take each day as it comes. Today in south east U.K. we started day 1 of a Tier 4 lockdown.
If you want to know what this means, feel free to go read Here
There will be no Christmas in each other’s homes and for me this hurts incredibly.
I’ve spent the past nearly 9 months following the guidelines and to the point I denied myself a lot even when the rules were somewhat lifted. Believing if we all did our bit then life can slowly return to near normal. The belief that Christmas Day I had so much to look forward to. Seeing my children and my grandson.
This is not going to happen. We cannot mix for the foreseeable next few weeks and I’m terribly sad inside about it.
Some have “support bubbles”. I do not.
Because I live in a house share situation. If one person is mixing outside the other cannot create their own support bubble.
I never had a choice in this because the person who rents the spare room met a boyfriend, does physical activities which include mixing and apparently their “mental health” needs to do this.
Well today my sympathies are completely gone. They’re gone for every single person who chose to ignore guidelines and live their best lives during a pandemic. They’re gone because of the selfish actions of others. Including my housemate.
My decision is postpone “Christmas” for when we can. We can still have it another time.
I’ll make the best of a few days break over the holidays and catch up with sleep, films and maybe spending time on myself a bit.
I’m inside the saddest I have ever felt. Doing the right thing didn’t work because if others don’t, then your actions are wasted.
Christmas is important to many people. Not for the religious observance etc.
It’s important as it’s a time families get to come together and just spend time when for many months they cannot. This year seems more so important.
Anyhow it is what is is, the best we can do is find a way to make the best of what we have at our fingertips.
My story in Second Life will be even more so poignant this year. I plan on the Christmas get together in 22nd December. But it may be this year I’ll be with others in our virtual world, spending time on Christmas Day.
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Baby Bunny set from Candy Kitten at the Access Event
Last night I had a moment where I pushed the boat out and stayed up past my bed time.
Im seriously rocking this getting mature malarkey and no one can tell me otherwise.
Sadly the real facts of life are as we age, so do our dear bodies and their reliability tends to get a little rusty. Often letting us down and needing regular maintenance to get back up to speed.
Just like a car though, once you have over used it, slowly it starts to be less and less reliable.
This car was once a slick Porsche. Sadly now it has turned into a 3 wheeled skoda!
On that note I bid you a fond good morning and may I eventually arise from this couch I’ve draped myself over.
Yesterday was quite a long difficult day for me in the real world and usually days like that go unnoticed by the people I work with.
Mainly because they don’t know what it is I do or understand the pressure it can place on me. Why would they if I don’t talk about it.
The reason is I can’t talk about it because it all becomes confidential etc and so I’m limited as to how I release that pressure.
Yesterday I spent all of my day in representation of someone which was quite gruelling. Gruelling because it wouldn’t matter if the sky was blue and the evidence is as clear as that, the accuser still says the sky is pink.
That is the frustrating part, putting the facts forward and someone still digging their heels. Rather than accept they got it wrong.
That wasn’t the only reason yesterday was so pressured. I was told I can’t have my mobile phone on my desk.
Now you may go well isn’t that normal? Yes in some employments but not ours. But more so because I’m a workplace rep and Health and safety rep. I’ve been told I can’t communicate with employees via the work phone and email but now also through the mobile phone on which I do.
So one manager has deemed they can override legislation and instruct me accordingly.
I don’t like confrontation regards myself. For others I function quite well on my feet but not in my own situations.
Suffice to say I do know the legislation and protection of being a Health & Safety officer. It’s a shame that I know this journey with this new management is going to be spent defending that when it could be spent more productively doing my job and supporting people.
So enough of that. I came home was stressed and decided to talk. Today’s about the YouTube and what’s going on……
