Shamelessly stealing this from Itchy Feet. I’ve just spent several hours over many days to get all the shit Katy and Ben need to go to the UK. And mostly, this is what’s going to happen.
Tag: covid-19
When your nurse has a sense of humour
Got my 1st dose of covid vaccine (Pfizer) and I just noticed that the nurse jabbed me on the arm of my tattoo, on my arm.
Wear a damn mask!
The new WFH normal
Katy had to go to Lausanne for a job this afternoon so I had to work from the living room to keep an eye on puppers. I was on a video call with the team with the birds squawking on my left, the cat stretched out brokenly behind me and NMD on the beanbag snoring and farting. The usual…
Doing our best in covid times
Every year since we’ve moved into the building, Katy has organised something for Halloween. This year, we tried our best but with the latest directives from the OFSP, it wouldn’t have been possible or safe to have the giant gathering like we had last year. Even then, Katy has been fretting over what could be done. In the end, she made just shy of 100 little baggies and hung them up in the trees in the park – and still she worries if it’s going to be OK. This is why I love my wife. She’s nuts, but she cares.
Good advice in these difficult times
Christmas display
The Schilliger Xmas display was cute but a bit subdued compared to previous years. Given how shite 2020 has been, it’s a bit hard to work up a full heas of seasonal cheery steam. We’ve decided to push back our flight to the UK from December to next July, in the hopes that things will have improved by then and we won’t need to quarantine on both ends. We’ll be here for Swissmas. Pray that we don’t kill each other. Ho ho oy.
The new normal
When even the statues need a mask in crowded spaces.
2020 in a nutshell
A sad, horrific milestone
Deaths from Covid-19 exceeded 1 million people on Tuesday, according to a Johns Hopkins University database, the known toll of nine relentless months of a pandemic that has changed everything, from global balances of power to the mundane aspects of daily life.