Oh boy

I think this has been the longest, strangest, most stressful week of my life, but I imagine that has been true for most of you, so I’m not going to whinge on about my own particular corner of the globe when you’ve all got your own anxieties and paradigm shifts to deal with.  (That may have been my longest opening line ever on this blogsite…)

It’s amazed me how QUICKLY things have changed. It’s also amazed me how I seem to have coped quite well. Maybe all I ever needed to help me see how capable I am was a massive international health emergency that impacted every single section of society!

I’m tired, but not as tired as the poor stackers in the supermarket. I’m scared, but not as scared as someone with asthma or diabetes. I’m overwhelmed, but not as overwhelmed as all the Intensive Care nurses, now preparing themselves for the onslaught caused by this shitty illness. We all have to adapt and advance, and it will be a whole lot easier if we do it together, not against each other.

That’ll do for now. Having said a few days ago that I wouldn’t blog about coronavirus again, I feel I have a large portion of egg on my chubby, middle-aged face. I was too flippant, too unconcerned and too disinterested. I think I’m probably not alone in that. None of us knew how this would impact us, or how fast. Now it’s here, and it’s dominating everything, so what choice do I have but to mention it?

RC 21-3-20