I think I kind of lost myself again

[dolorosa_12]

Everything's been a bit of a low energy, foggy blur recently. I've barely felt capable of reading, and watching TV shows has at times felt like a trudge, even if I enjoyed the material. At times all I felt capable of was lying around with the Olympics on in the background, and to a great extent the only thing about which I felt normal levels of enthusiasm was the gymnastics (and endless gymnastics documentaries that I found down the Youtube rabbit hole).

However, there has been nice stuff, too:

My mum is fully vaccinated (joining my father, stepmother, various step-relatives, and sister #2), my maternal aunts all have their second doses booked and happening in the next couple of weeks, and sister #1 had her first dose of AZ today (she's in her thirties, but elected to request AZ from her doctor rather than waiting around indefinitely for Pfizer which is arriving at some unspecified future point in time).

Matthias and I basically walked and ate our way through London, and I didn't realise until I got there how much I had desperately missed proper cities.

Fresh summer fruit, and gelato.

My beautiful garden ruin.

There's light enough, I guess.

Comments

[schneefink]

Nice garden pictures, I especially appreciate the dragonfly :) Garden & fruit & gelato = great combination.
*hugs*

[dolorosa_12]

*hugs*

I'm glad you like the garden photos — my garden is definitely one of my happiest places at the moment!

[laurenthemself]

This is all very relatable except for it being winter here, not summer. I hope the fog lifts for you soon!

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! I saw that Melbourne has just gone back into lockdown — I hope you're coping okay. Lockdown is particularly hard in the winter.

[chestnut_pod]

Sending warm wishes and good thoughts.

I'm very glad your family is on its way to all being vaccinated -- may those whose doses are still to come have an easy time of it!

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! I'm so relieved about my family — it's definitely a glimmer of light in these difficult times.

[luzula]

Hey, I hope you get your energy back soon!

Looking forward to my second dose of Pfizer in five days...

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you, and hooray for you getting your second dose so soon!

[naye]

Your garden is stunning! So much fruit!

Hope the energy returns. ♥

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! We haven't been able to eat much of the fruit yet (we have two cherry trees, but I think we ate about three cherries and the birds got the rest), but I'm hopeful of the pears in particular.

[lirazel]

It's good to hear from you! That blah feeling is the worst, but I'm glad you've had some good things happening despite that.

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! I know enough of my pandemic mood swings to know this feeling will eventually pass, but it's awful while it's happening.

[trepkos]

Oooh! Dragonfly!

[dolorosa_12]

It's so beautiful, isn't it?