One day at a time

Good news is that the number of infections continue to drop,they are only in the hundreds (!) however the death rate has not shown the same decrease and the majority of those passing away are the elderly from care homes. I had plans this week to visit my elderly aunt to help her with some tasks she wants to do, but I was unwell for three days straight. Initially I thought it was due to my food intolerances but I've never had the symptons last for three days. Unfortunately after a few clear days and I am once again suffering, although this bout is mild compare the previous ones. Work is getting me down, I suddenly realised I wasn't as progressed with my project as I thought and I need to prepare something to send out on Monday. I'm not sure that I will be able to please everyone with what I send out, but its the first time that we have tried this approach. My dad has called me twice this week so he is definitely getting the hang of video calling on Whatsapp. He is looking ol...

Melbourne continues to be subject to Stage 4 restrictions, basically everyone is supposed to stay home and only travel no more than 5 km for essential reasons (shopping, care-giving and exercise). On the brighter side, my new phone has arrived finally (it was only a week late). I'm happy with it, especially the battery life. After three days, I managed to drain it and its now recharging (which I assume will take some time). I ordered a third party screen protector for it, but I think its already got one fitted, so I have put the one I bought away. I am still waiting on the charging stand to arrive (it is late too). Unfortunately no sign of the reusable masks that I ordered. I have contacted the sellers and they had some personal issues which delayed the send out of their orders, but that was a week ago now. In addition there has been a note put in the apartment's lift that someones delivery has gone missing from the foyer, so unfortunately sounds like one or more tenants are he...

 The pace of work has picked up although I am not convinced about the urgency or importance of the work given the situation in Victoria, but others are getting very excited by missed deadlines and delays. The department has finally rolled out Teams which has a better video conferencing interface than Skype (although they are both owned by the same company). So far only one of my recent purchases has turned up. The Tic Smartwatch from Amazon arrived on Friday, the only drawback with having another Android smartwatch is that I can not sync it to my iPhone, without removing the other Android watch, which naturally I do not want to do. So I have sync'd it to my Android phone for the time being. I have had to resort to using my phone as an hotspot this week has my internet has been very unreliable, even after rebooting the modem. I think I will need to transfer to Telstra service, which my phone is connected to, as my home mobile broadband provider. I will test it out with a prepaid ser...

Stage 4 across metro Melbourne and Stage 3 across the rest of the State. The only difference to me has been the curfew from 8 pm to 5 am, as I used to like to go food shopping after 8 pm when it was quiet at the supermarket and my favourite shopping area is outside the 5 km limit. Wasn't feeling very well on Tuesday and was worried that it was the start of COVID-19, but it passed and after checking my symptoms, they were not indicators of COVID-19. I have been feeling fine the rest of the week. My dad checked up on me during the week and was happy to find out I was fine. I have been on a small spending spree and bought a new smart watch and mobile phone, even though I don't need them, I felt like treating myself. Very sad what has happened in Lebanon and good to see their neighbours are helping, even when they are on different sides of politics. Although not impressed by suggestions of bomb or missile attack, sounds like attempts to distract people's attention.

I suppose I should rename the recent blogs, because officially I'm not in isolation, but that is how it feels even though we are under stay at home orders (with four limited reasons to leave). Unfortunately Victoria and Melbourne are making world headlines for the wrong reasons. Whilst the majority of the country enjoys returns towards normality, Melbourne has been having increasing infections, together with associated deaths. It's very likely that at the very least the current restrictions will be extended and probably tightened further. Strangely I'm not freaking out about it, I have very limited interaction with other people. I go to the supermarket in the evening when it is very quiet (more staff than customers) and the rest of the time I am in my apartment. I have taken a couple of days off work, not that I can go anywhere. Spent the time to prepare and submit my tax return,as well as prepare the information for my aunt's tax return. It obviously not the same as be...