Tag: health
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Is Resistance A Thing?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Three] How do you conquer it? Or embrace it? Or…? There are several books that talk about it, but one full on talks about it as a massive dragon and you are the knight and it’s time to do battle, and that’s Do The Work by Steven Pressfield…
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A Clean House Is A Clean Mind
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Two] There is an INCREDIBLE amount of construction happening at our house for the past few months and by INCREDIBLE I mean, it’s enough to intrude upon my mental well being. #GrindsTeeth #DAMNIT But when it’s done, we’ll have an amazing new top floor, an updated full bathroom,…
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Still Feeling Super Weird
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty Nine] So I did some shopping therapy. Logical things that I totally need, sure, but also Dr. Martens. But first the news: Curfew may be extended for three more weeks, sources tell NOS Covid-19 infections on the rise; highest 7-day average since February 3 Thousands register for coronavirus-proof…
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“What’s Wrong, Leander?”
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Thirty Seven] …I don’t know…. Then why do I feel like I’m forgetting something. Avoiding something? Procrastinating? ….gently depressed? But first the news: Coronavirus hits international community hard; jobs and income under threat No excess mortality for first time since September With the appeal looming, Dutch government makes final…
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I’m Doing Okay, I Swear
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty One] Mostly. No one’s throwing up. Or otherwise sick. But. The construction in our house has gone up a few notches and suddenly there’s four construction workers for two days in a row now and while we’ve got a kitchen with a new stove, microwave / oven, and…
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So Say We All
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighteen] Grant me Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,and Wisdom to know the difference. But first the news: 226,298 residents in the Netherlands have now been vaccinated Employees paying large sums for work-from-home equipment Outbreak team tells Dutch government to reopen…
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Not So Much Hope As A Train Light
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventeen] I spoke too soon? Cause last night. About an hour after going to bed. Boy Twin puked everywhere. All I could do was laugh. But first the news: Dutch primary schools may be able to open in February, prime minister says Number of vaccination sites in the Netherlands…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…