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Tag: health

  • Theories And Experiments Around Illness

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixteen] In the midst of COVID and such, is Not Exactly The Time for figuring things out, but I think I figured out Girl Twin’s mysterious illness – and based on my one day experiment, I was right. Maybe. And, also, I think I figured out why my temp…

  • And The Universe Laughed AGAIN

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifteen] Cause Girl Twin came home sick from daycare this morning. And then she was fine. Happy and more energetic than ever. And then I got a minor fever. And then it went away. But first the news: Health boards ignored coronavirus IT system privacy concerns: RTL Average Covid…

  • I Don’t Actually Want To Say Anything, But…

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fourteen] No one in this house has been sick for 48 hours. #KnockOnWood Dear Universe:Please don’t punish me for this post.xoxo,~R. But first the news: Tuesday night passes relatively peacefully after appeals for calm Outbreak of South African Covid strain; 18 infections in Gorinchem Third of workers want companies…

  • And Then Papa Was Sick

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirteen] But that was yesterday and he seems to be infinitely better today. Not walk through icy weather recovered, but, still, much better today. Let’s… just… wait and see what’s next, shall we? But first the news: Riot police called out across the Netherlands as trouble flares for third…

  • And The Universe Laughed

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twelve] Not immediately after I wrote yesterday’s ZOMG Everyone is BETTER post Girl Twin super puked and it sucked but as I was falling asleep I literally laughed ALOUD remembering some of the details of the experience. But first the news: Riot police use water cannon, tear gas to…

  • Is That Light At The End Of The Tunnel?!?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eleven] It seems there’s light at the end of the tunnel as neither twin has thrown up or burst into flame or otherwise indicated agitation beyond wanting to watch Elsa AGAIN. Or Morphle. Frakin’ Morphle. But first the news: Riot police called to Urk, youngsters protest in Limburg as…

  • Fuck. And Now The Twins Are Sick.

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ten] Remember how I was sick last week? The twins have been dealing with Something Similar(tm) THIS week. As in, one will get a temperature, come home from daycare, and be fine by the next morning. Then the other will throw up, come home from daycare, and be fine…

  • I Love Ya, Tomorrow

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Six] Why are you so looking forward to tomorrow, Leander? Just, cause, y’know. No big deal. I mean, really, whatevs. But first the news: Dutch to announce new coronavirus measures on Wednesday, curfew possible 10% of Dutch coronavirus infections last week tied to B117 mutation The ‘British’ coronavirus: Could…

  • Shit. And a Temperature.

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Four] Time to schedule a test. Test Scheduled. And they’ve gotten so streamlined about it that I’m getting tested for three hours from now. I’ll let you know how it goes. Test Taken. “You were tested on January 17, 2021. Your test result is negative . That means you didn’t have corona at…

  • For Realsies Sick

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Two] Yup, I took today off because I woke up MORE tired after a day of rest PLUS a sore throat. Good times. And while I slept the day away, the Dutch government collapsed. But first the news: Dutch government collapses in fall out from child benefit scandal Rutte…

  • TFW You Think You’re Just Tired But Actually…

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred One] Yesterday I had an absolute blast joining a panel at Contributing.Today’s virtual meetup to speak on mental health in the open source space. And today I woke up absolutely exhausted. So I called out sick from work. Thinking I just needed rest. But first the news: Mutated virus…

  • Contributing.Today Meetup : Open Source Mental Health

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred] Tonight! At 2000 GMT+1! Streaming via Contributing.Today! I’m super chuffed to join a panel at the https://contributing.today meetup on mental health in open source with the amazing Tierney Cyren (@bitandbang, he/they), OSS Engineering + Developer Advocacy at Microsoft and the awesome PJ Hagerty (@aspleenic, he/him), founder DevRelate, Senior Developer…