August 2021

The sun would peek through the clouds at times, but winds are still icy cold. Your standard gear at the minimum is a jacket, beanie, scarf, gloves, and a mask. A mask not for robbing a bank, but to reduce the chance of spreading or catching COVID.  People who are most infectious don't even know they have COVID. Less and less show up with no symptoms. In Victoria, we wear masks outdoors and indoors until we get to our own home. The Delta variant of COVID is highly contagious than the original and so we all have to be super cautious than ever. 

The number of cases has started to surge again, and it does not look as if it would descend anytime soon despite plenty of people have booked in to receive the vaccine.

The strict lockdown has put a strain on local businesses and the entertainment industry. So many companies have packed up and left Victoria. Shopfronts with labels “for lease” can be seen across the main streets of suburbs. The only glimmer of hope was a few new pop-up shops giving us a little bit of delight.

 

Work

The deployment of the new print system failed to do sand box testing and just went live with features incomplete or not ready for use. The training was somewhat unbalanced.

WFH meant we had no access to the physical collection. This has been the case for the last 200 days. Patrons aren't aware of this fact. How could they the lockdown comes with several different rules each time. However, it challenges you to recall what was the collection like before the lockdown and be able to describe how to access to it.

Pogo

I am not grinding as hard as I once did. I find, I am pausing a lot more to let my brain think and calm down. Also, to let other activities take priority for once. 

Dating

I am learning to pick up on abnormal behaviour and raise matters quickly with my partner.  Sadly, it takes a great deal of tolerance to endure immature behaviour. 

With lockdown being extended several times, we have being cooking at home more, and together.  

Finally I got the chance to upload my short trip to Ballarat video. I hope you find it enjoyable as it was for @sngo1982 and I to shoot it back in March 2021. #staycation #Victoria https://t.co/aIhSVtaw4r

— Melly Tango (@melpucca) August 20, 2021

While we all grieve about #lockdown, we could try and highlight mini successes to minimise our sad state. I recall reaching level 50 in #PokémonGo on 22 February 2021 at 22:05 by catching a Pikachu with an excellent curve throw. Ahhh. Success. #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/xpoizq5wcu

— Melly Tango (@melpucca) August 16, 2021