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Practising for Crazy
Feb. 16th, 2022 07:45 pmNot too much has been happening to write about. I've adjusted back to work at the gulag, as much as ever, though having to wear a mask in there sucks severely. It's settled to pretty quiet tho, because the manager is off on leave. We had one brief period of excitement in the form of a power failure dead on leaving time last week, so there I am doing my timesheet and bang, everything goes dark. Well, clearly any more comp work wasn't going to happen so the last three of us in the office trekked together down the fire stairs, not trusting the lifts, hoping the door would actually open and we wouldn't be doomed to spend the weekend eating everyone's snacks.
When I say that was about the most exciting event in the past several weeks, you'll get the idea that things have been fairly dull while we wait for them to explode. And yes, that's a plague reference. The Omicron strain (sounds like a sf/apocalypse film) is spreading fast and I'm not sure there's any point to holding the door closed now. WA is still shut for business.
There's also been wild weather over east which has damaged the train tracks leading to us [State of WA aka the Hermit Kingdom] and also the major highway, so supermarket shelves have been looking increasingly bare. Apparently resupply is now happening but there's no signs of it yet. It got serious today when I went to get a box of Twinings English Breakfast tea and was unable to do so. Not only no English Breakfast but no Twinings. At all. I took a look at the few that remained - some Dilmar and some Earl Grey. Quite a bit of Earl Grey, actually, didn't see the brand. But I'm not yet that desperate. I did stock up a bit on tea but even if I include my ten-bag emergency pack, there's only about three weeks worth left.
Today I did get to go out, sort of, to a doctor's appointment that was the fastest I've ever had. My doctor and I can waffle for Australia but this time she said they're trying hard to keep it to under 15 minutes face to face, so I had to limit the discussions of my mother's weirdness, my diet and whatever else floated up. The practice also now has an outside 'waiting room' on their veranda, with two signs. One on the practice door saying "don't come in, phone us,"and the other saying, "don't use mobile phones in this area."
Other patients seemed unusually keen to talk; maybe as isolated as me, I don't know. I met one guy waiting with his baby, Theodore, who is going to be very confused when we finally get rid of the masks. I mean, think about it, for his whole life, when he goes outside his home, all the grownups have been wearing masks. Young Theodore's dad said he'd just started a new job and didn't see what his coworkers actually looked like for weeks until they had a get together. "I told one person he didn't look right....." The guy had wild fuzziness sprouting under his mask and apparently had not seemed like a mad beard sort of person!
I myself admit to letting the holiday growth continue and burst forth as much as it likes. I mean, who's looking?
GURPS in person gaming is annoyingly slow as people continue to pike out for varying reasons, but I've signed on for a Call of Cthulhu game online, using Discord. I know most of the gamers and the GM well and have played COC before, so hopefully this works out.
Oh, upon leaving the doctor's I think I said something like I hope things don't get too crazy and Dr K said, "We're practising for crazy." At first I thought it was funny and then on second thoughts, er, no, that probably was not a joke.
Apocalypse is nigh......
When I say that was about the most exciting event in the past several weeks, you'll get the idea that things have been fairly dull while we wait for them to explode. And yes, that's a plague reference. The Omicron strain (sounds like a sf/apocalypse film) is spreading fast and I'm not sure there's any point to holding the door closed now. WA is still shut for business.
There's also been wild weather over east which has damaged the train tracks leading to us [State of WA aka the Hermit Kingdom] and also the major highway, so supermarket shelves have been looking increasingly bare. Apparently resupply is now happening but there's no signs of it yet. It got serious today when I went to get a box of Twinings English Breakfast tea and was unable to do so. Not only no English Breakfast but no Twinings. At all. I took a look at the few that remained - some Dilmar and some Earl Grey. Quite a bit of Earl Grey, actually, didn't see the brand. But I'm not yet that desperate. I did stock up a bit on tea but even if I include my ten-bag emergency pack, there's only about three weeks worth left.
Today I did get to go out, sort of, to a doctor's appointment that was the fastest I've ever had. My doctor and I can waffle for Australia but this time she said they're trying hard to keep it to under 15 minutes face to face, so I had to limit the discussions of my mother's weirdness, my diet and whatever else floated up. The practice also now has an outside 'waiting room' on their veranda, with two signs. One on the practice door saying "don't come in, phone us,"and the other saying, "don't use mobile phones in this area."
Other patients seemed unusually keen to talk; maybe as isolated as me, I don't know. I met one guy waiting with his baby, Theodore, who is going to be very confused when we finally get rid of the masks. I mean, think about it, for his whole life, when he goes outside his home, all the grownups have been wearing masks. Young Theodore's dad said he'd just started a new job and didn't see what his coworkers actually looked like for weeks until they had a get together. "I told one person he didn't look right....." The guy had wild fuzziness sprouting under his mask and apparently had not seemed like a mad beard sort of person!
I myself admit to letting the holiday growth continue and burst forth as much as it likes. I mean, who's looking?
GURPS in person gaming is annoyingly slow as people continue to pike out for varying reasons, but I've signed on for a Call of Cthulhu game online, using Discord. I know most of the gamers and the GM well and have played COC before, so hopefully this works out.
Oh, upon leaving the doctor's I think I said something like I hope things don't get too crazy and Dr K said, "We're practising for crazy." At first I thought it was funny and then on second thoughts, er, no, that probably was not a joke.
Apocalypse is nigh......