One foot in front of the other

[dolorosa_12]

I've been feeling pretty blah all weekend. I suspect it's because of the (premature) relaxing of the lockdown (honestly, any government slogan that requires the immediate publication of clarifying footnotes is insufficiently clear), and impending (online) meetings next week to discuss our eventual return to work in the library/offices.

As a result, my weekend plans, which looked like:

Weed garden

Finish stressful administrative task

Write long review blog post about Black Sails

Thoroughly declutter clothing drawers and wardrobe

Read

ended up being more like:

Scroll idly through social media for hours

Flip through new Sami Tamimi cookbook

Drink wine

Sleep

I did at least manage the stressful administrative task, but other than that it has been a weekend of drastically lowered expectations. I finished one book and am contemplating doing a Pagan Chronicles reread, since I don't have the mental energy to start something new. My two favourite Kidrouks, and the overwhelmed people who love them might be just what I need to cut through my current feelings of fogginess.

Other than that Matthias and I finished off the third season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and (re)watched Strictly Ballroom, which ... has not aged well in some regards, but is still the cheesy love letter to daggy Australian suburbia that I remember.

Tonight we will probably finish off the latest show in our Netflix backlog, Freud, a ridiculous German-language series set in nineteenth-century Vienna, in which the eponymous psychotherapist finds himself solving mysteries with the Viennese police, and caught up in political machinations that involve Hungarian aristocrats and occultists, hypnotised mediums, grisly murders, and the upper echelons of the Austrian army. I love it to bits: to my mind it's like a mashup of Vienna Blood and Penny Dreadful, with the worst parts removed and only the best elements remaining. It's definitely been one of my TV highlights of the year so far.

Right now it's pouring with rain, so I think I will curl up with a cup of tea and the first Pagan Chronicles book, and try to salvage my mood for what is left of the weekend.

Comments

[naye]

Good wishes re: the work situation in these times. I hate your government and I'm so sorry you're having to deal with them now, in this.

And I have massive sympathies for the whole expectation vs reality of the weekend. I've ended up doing way more dozing on the sofa and way less anything else than I was hoping. Words - reading, writing, engaging with - are being so hard?

[geckoholic]

I hope you'll feel better and find yourself in a better mood soon!

Huh, I hadn't pegged Freud to actually be good, tbh, maybe I ought to move it up my to-watch-list. XD

[lirazel]

It's amazing how hard it is to get stuff done right now.

I would never have even though to watch a show called Freud, but I looooove fin de siècle Vienna so I am checking out both it and Vienna Blood (which I also hadn't heard of) immediately!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

[merit]

My mouth turns to ashes at the thought of complimenting a Coalition govt, but yeah, at least the road map was released when cases were <25 a day (never mind four figures!).

I hope you're able to continue working from home. We're only beginning to talk about that too, but it dependent on schools going back as well.

Freud sounds like an absolute adventure of a show. A joyful mess! Thanks for the rec, because I haven't heard of the show before.