After over a year without a local covid case, Canberra (the Australian Capital Territory) is in covid lockdown. On Thursday the 12th August the “when it happens” (which we’d all been walking around saying for months), happened. We had our first positive covid case. 4 hours later we were in strict lockdown (and still are).…
Covid Life
Movies
On Saturday I went to the movies for the first time since 2019!! It was quite surreal to be sitting in a movie theatre again. A friend and I decided to go because the weather here on Saturday was overcast, wet and bitterly cold (temps hovering just a smidge over freezing point, which I know…
Covid 0, masks 1
At the moment Australia has a large Delta covid outbreak, and a small Alpha outbreak. Not that our numbers are all that big in comparison to other countries – there are 455 people with covid in Australia at the moment (and that includes those who are in hotel quarantine after arriving in Australia – every…
Not my jam
Last week I talked about the Eurovision costumes and staging. This time I want to talk about the music. Eurovision is known for its quirkiness and this year disappointed. Maybe it’s a reflection of the covid year we’ve had, but I didn’t find the acts to be anything special – from staging to the music…
Vaccinated 50%
Yesterday I received my first covid vaccination. Very happy! I received the Pfizer vax and afterwards, because of my allergies, I had to wait for 30mins (standard is 15). I went prepared for this, so I had my kindle with me. After the shot, they offered me a chupa chup lollypop. Can I say, that…