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Jan. 12th, 2021 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlofpreyThe first week of the year was interesting to say the least. Hopefully we're not starting as we mean to go on.
I don't know, I'm very blah and deflated at the moment. Everything is terrifying. I don't know what the rest of the year holds for me at all - I had a vague idea of looking for work in spring, when things will hopefully be better, but I feel like we're not through with the business bankruptcies yet, and if there's a chance I can hold out and get the vaccine, that would also be worth doing. I'm not particularly interested in getting long Covid, or long-term problems that show up a year or two or ten after being infected. But then there are stories of people who had the vaccine then getting the disease, and people are a little bit sketchy about the government messing with the vaccine schedule anyway. I don't know. January and February are always kind of crap, but now it seems to have extra greyness and uncertainty to it.
Mum was scared to go shopping today, for the first time since the whole thing started. I mean, I think she's been scared before, but yesterday she was actively looking for ways not to do it. She looked up online deliveries for Morrisons, and then debated just going to Marks and Spencers (rather than M&S then Morrisons) and trying to make do with the food in there, for a week. Marks and Spencers were apparently doing a little more in terms of precautions than Morrisons have been doing, only allowing a certain number of trolleys/people into the shop at one time. She cheered when the news about Morrisons enforcing mask wearing came out yesterday. She did go today, to both shops, and said it was noticeably quieter and emptier than it has been for a while. Maybe people are finally taking this seriously.
I have started playing Borderlands 2 again. It doesn't seem like a way to broaden my horizons, but it does seem like the game with the least darkness I can think of, and the most colours, which I think will suit my TV screen better. It is an amazing game, though. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but it just feels refreshing in a way so many games don't, like there's a real sense of space. And just a focus on one or two mechanics, done well, rather than a bunch of things all jumping for your attention at once, which feel super limited when you actually pay attention to them. Anyway. Also, I get to play Maya, after they did her dirty in Borderlands 3. Oh I love Maya. I have also been playing the Sims again, which I think is just because I crave the outside and more interactions with animals. My character adopted 2 stray dogs, and they made the most beautiful offspring in the world.
I have also been watching TV. The Great is on on Sunday nights - I intended to watch that last year, for Women's Month, and now it turns out you can't really get the whole thing anywhere in the UK legitimately, and the one 'unofficial' site I tried gave me a bad experience I just don't need at the moment. You can't even download the whole boxset on 4, it's just coming out one episode at a time, and that's it. I'm really enjoying it, as I assumed I would given the glowing reviews last year, and I will let you know my full thoughts on it in eight weeks' time. I've also been watching Traces on the BBC with mum and dad. The Guardian gave it a 2 out of 5 last week, but I'm really enjoying it. It stretches at reality a bit and has the same 'small world' syndrome a lot of modern crime stories have, but the acting's really nice and believable, and there are so many women. Talking to each other. The subject matter is a bit difficult, obviously, but I'd say it's still worth a watch if you don't mind murder mysteries.
It feels very strange not to be buying things. Usually that's how it goes, you have Christmas, and then after Christmas I go looking for all the stuff I suggested but didn't get, or that was too niche to suggest, and try to buy it in the January sales. But now I just don't want to spend money, with the future being so uncertain. I'm not exactly badly off, but I could be with a few expensive purchases. Money isn't going into my bank account anymore, and I have to remember that. So that's another thing I'd normally be doing at this time of year, and can't do. Also my mum's (second) Christmas present still hasn't arrived. The company have sent me about 3 emails revising the expected delivery date, so at this point I just don't expect it when they say anymore. Maybe it'll be here by June. In time for mum's birthday.
I don't know, I'm very blah and deflated at the moment. Everything is terrifying. I don't know what the rest of the year holds for me at all - I had a vague idea of looking for work in spring, when things will hopefully be better, but I feel like we're not through with the business bankruptcies yet, and if there's a chance I can hold out and get the vaccine, that would also be worth doing. I'm not particularly interested in getting long Covid, or long-term problems that show up a year or two or ten after being infected. But then there are stories of people who had the vaccine then getting the disease, and people are a little bit sketchy about the government messing with the vaccine schedule anyway. I don't know. January and February are always kind of crap, but now it seems to have extra greyness and uncertainty to it.
Mum was scared to go shopping today, for the first time since the whole thing started. I mean, I think she's been scared before, but yesterday she was actively looking for ways not to do it. She looked up online deliveries for Morrisons, and then debated just going to Marks and Spencers (rather than M&S then Morrisons) and trying to make do with the food in there, for a week. Marks and Spencers were apparently doing a little more in terms of precautions than Morrisons have been doing, only allowing a certain number of trolleys/people into the shop at one time. She cheered when the news about Morrisons enforcing mask wearing came out yesterday. She did go today, to both shops, and said it was noticeably quieter and emptier than it has been for a while. Maybe people are finally taking this seriously.
I have started playing Borderlands 2 again. It doesn't seem like a way to broaden my horizons, but it does seem like the game with the least darkness I can think of, and the most colours, which I think will suit my TV screen better. It is an amazing game, though. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but it just feels refreshing in a way so many games don't, like there's a real sense of space. And just a focus on one or two mechanics, done well, rather than a bunch of things all jumping for your attention at once, which feel super limited when you actually pay attention to them. Anyway. Also, I get to play Maya, after they did her dirty in Borderlands 3. Oh I love Maya. I have also been playing the Sims again, which I think is just because I crave the outside and more interactions with animals. My character adopted 2 stray dogs, and they made the most beautiful offspring in the world.
I have also been watching TV. The Great is on on Sunday nights - I intended to watch that last year, for Women's Month, and now it turns out you can't really get the whole thing anywhere in the UK legitimately, and the one 'unofficial' site I tried gave me a bad experience I just don't need at the moment. You can't even download the whole boxset on 4, it's just coming out one episode at a time, and that's it. I'm really enjoying it, as I assumed I would given the glowing reviews last year, and I will let you know my full thoughts on it in eight weeks' time. I've also been watching Traces on the BBC with mum and dad. The Guardian gave it a 2 out of 5 last week, but I'm really enjoying it. It stretches at reality a bit and has the same 'small world' syndrome a lot of modern crime stories have, but the acting's really nice and believable, and there are so many women. Talking to each other. The subject matter is a bit difficult, obviously, but I'd say it's still worth a watch if you don't mind murder mysteries.
It feels very strange not to be buying things. Usually that's how it goes, you have Christmas, and then after Christmas I go looking for all the stuff I suggested but didn't get, or that was too niche to suggest, and try to buy it in the January sales. But now I just don't want to spend money, with the future being so uncertain. I'm not exactly badly off, but I could be with a few expensive purchases. Money isn't going into my bank account anymore, and I have to remember that. So that's another thing I'd normally be doing at this time of year, and can't do. Also my mum's (second) Christmas present still hasn't arrived. The company have sent me about 3 emails revising the expected delivery date, so at this point I just don't expect it when they say anymore. Maybe it'll be here by June. In time for mum's birthday.
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Date: 2021-01-13 04:04 pm (UTC)Right after Christmas, we ended up doing online shopping for our groceries just because we were scared to go out right away given the increase in infection numbers...though we've been able to find times now where certain stores aren't too crowded since then, fortunately. I can totally relate to your mother being worried about going grocery shopping given everything.
Yay for replaying Borderlands 2! I hope you continue to enjoy it and The Sims. :D
Oh, those TV shows sound interesting!
Ah, I am the same way at the moment when it comes to shopping...and I was afraid to spend too much over the holidays too given how uncertain everything is. I hope that your mother's second Christmas present will arrive soon at least! *crosses fingers*