So it came, eventually. Despite my best efforts, inch by inch a creeping fatigue had worked its way in, eating away at the initial enthusiasm and jaunty daily 15km walks amongst the miasmic greens and melodious birdsong of Hagley Park and the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Draining sinking feelings. Bones ached, muscles cramped and a disturbingly … Continue reading crash…
Porridge …
Welcome back to reality, motherf@cker! It's expensive! (Warning - the following contains a LOT of 'I" statements cos I'm too lazy to write properly at the moment and my thoughts are still a bit wobbly from what I'm hoping is T3 and not early onset dementia.) Yes I'm home, or at least closer to home … Continue reading Porridge …
Oops…sorry!
Today is June 1st 2021 and I've been down here at Scott base for 8 months. Would you believe that this is the first time I've tried to access WordPress from my work desktop? Yup - it was blocked on the wifi here so I just assumed that it was blocked on the work system … Continue reading Oops…sorry!
firewalls…
After 6 weeks battling new IT infrastructure, servers and Internet shitfuckery I'm finally able to get back onto WordPress and hopefully catch up with what the Hell's been going on here since arrival in early October. Oh joy. The urge to write has not overtaken me lately but I'm going to make more of an … Continue reading firewalls…
gone baby, gone…
So it's 'Take 3' tomorrow morning for myself and the Scott Base crew's 9am C17 flight to Antarctica, courtesy of the good ole USAF. We were supposed to leave Friday, then Saturday, then Sunday...weather delays are part of the fun (unfortunately). Disinfected buses collect us from our managed isolation facility at 6m and will shuttle … Continue reading gone baby, gone…
exodus…
After 5 months of stress, anxiety and dislocation with uncertainty and isolation my bedfellows every sleepless night since March, I'm finally on my way out of the dumpster fire that is Australia 2020. Unfortunately not on a ship (so the Exodus analogy ends here) but rather a grumpy and sour Qantas flight to Sydney and … Continue reading exodus…
first world problem…
It's Monday and I'm not in New Zealand. You may recall I was booked to fly Sunday (yesterday) after my Approval To Leave Australia came through last week and the NZ travel approval expected to follow shortly after. Good news came Friday in typical Government fashion (ie last minute on a Friday) - my Critical … Continue reading first world problem…
…idiots.
So now it appears that Australia was a little early to start patting itself on the back about it's performance with Covid 19 and fast track economic recovery. Apparently the 'Australian dumbarse bogan factor' wasn't taken into account when they were busy circlejerking themselves about our pandemic response and it appears that the abundant 'Idiot … Continue reading …idiots.
normal sick…
After a week of feeling not myself, fatigued and with the ghost of a sore throat haunting me, Tuesday morning I woke with a nasty headache and a sore neck - a sure sign I was getting sick . By Tuesday evening an off putting oddness moved into my head, sinuses and throat. The headache … Continue reading normal sick…
Dubbo Sh*tshow…
My nutshell experience trying to get tested for Corona Virus while in 14 day quarantine in Dubbo, a regional hub / city of about 46,000 people. On Day 5 of quarantine I get a sore throat and a little hoarse but otherwise feel perfectly fine, so taking note of the "awesome and amazing" Government Covid-19 … Continue reading Dubbo Sh*tshow…
Man Down! 