#74.20 - Just about the weirdest start to the year

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Today's Leunig 

The year began with the Forest Fires in Australia - and Brexit. People were also now very aware of Climate Change and the whole plastic thing took on a life of its own. As February bumped along and people tried to get a handle on things, along came the Coronavirus which to be honest had been brewing now for a few months. It was clear that like every other virus which now had not affected a population of healthy people wit good infrastructure, it was going to be a huge threat to the old and the very very young, but mostly leave everyone else unaffected. Unless you had an underlying condition. 

Health officials at the centre of outbreaks had to be very careful of course because the human body can only cope with so much bombardment before it gave in - it needed time to create its own antibodies and being a health official made things tough that way. 

It killed not every doctor or nurse, but you always had a higher than usual proportion dying of it. Like being a soldier and police person, it is an occupational hazard. That is what you are paid so much for - you are putting your life on the line to save the lives of others. It is sadly an unfortunate side effect of being in a high risk career. 

It is now clear that the media and governments have big time overreacted on this. But they can't lose face, so they are going to continue to whip everything up into a frenzy -- they already have. And people have started to go bananas here as well, stockpiling things they don't really need to stockpile on. 

Traveling outside our bubble makes me think that we are going to go into unnecessary lock down mode now in the next few weeks. That's fine. I mean if people want to be stupid, they can be stupid. Totally unnecessary, but I'm fine with that.

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It is strange... last year seemed to make sense. This year, not so much. This year the start to my next 7 year cycle was supposed to be easier. It was supposed to make far more sense. It was supposed to be my next phase and I had it all mapped out and then something happened. I don't even know when or how or why it happened. The only thing I can pin it on are hormones. I mean I can blame them. I want to say it is hormones, but I always feel like it is a cop out, but how would you otherwise explain some days of highs and some days of lows. And most days when the brain doesn't and can't work? Could I say it is the years of alcohol, but let's be honest, I love drinking but I am not a crazy drinker. I don't drink more than the next adult - or I was say I drink less. I possibly drink average. Or drank cos I don't really drink anymore...

OK - so I blame the hormones. Then I did something about it. Which was I began to take things to deal with the iron and the hormones - mostly magnesium levels in the Menopause Dr Volger thing. I take Vit C to help with immunity levels and I exercise everyday - or did - until January. I don't want to blame the hormones, especially since there is no help with them, especially since there is no point complaining about hormones. 

Well, four loads of laundry and three sinks of dishes later I am here. I watched Killing Eve  and found it ridiculous. It is for the same reason I can't stand Fleabag. Vacuous nonsense disguised by slick design and tight direction - which cannot obscure the annoying premise that strong intelligent women are also neurotic. Maybe all of film making is a beaten docket now. I am really quite bored of these stylish TV series. I loved Peaky Blinder because there was a storyline. With Killing Eve there was no storyline apart from an inexplicable lesbian obsession. As in why were these two women interested in each other? No clue. None whatsoever.

Right I am now going to do planning, I'm going to hoover, the organise everything before I do dinner and lesson prep. Oh yes, I have to run sometime between organisation and dinner - around 5 pm I think. And also, do some creative writing. It has been an alright day so far. Laundry has been done, that is always good.`

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