Full moon last night. I didn't really sleep. Much UGH.
Bug problem is (mostly, probably, hopefully) dealt with. I got rid of the bug-infested food, have pestdusted all surfaces that I can find/imagine/work with, and will be verrrry careful about continuing to pest-dust in future.
At some point I really have to power-spray the walls of the porch. Tomorrow morning seems like a pretty good time, seeing as it is scheduled to hit 33C during the day. A nice swift dry. (ETA: posted this the next day - Thursday - and just did it an hour ago.)
Hockey was pretty good. We have goalies for all three teams, so that's also nice for me not to have to suit up. I can, but I don't really enjoy it - one ends up being neither of one team or another. Now, to try to get into at least Team 2...
One of my PT sessions is right before training - 6pm-7pm - we switched from lower body to upper, and although I'm a bit sore today (a little around the front shoulders into the chest, and in the traps), I think I'm okay.
I'm also going to go for short runs - go back into that couch-to-5K training, I think. I need better stamina out on the field, and the aerobic exercise helps my general state of mind as well as kicking my metabolism along.
Granted, I'll be getting about 3 hours of that aerobic exercise by the height of hockey season. It's the off-season where I struggle.
My period has apparently threatened to turn up this month as a couple of drops ("spotting" according to Clue) but has since vanished. It was due on Sunday and I even had my mooncup ready. And nix, nil, naught. Not sure what to make of that. IDK, it might turn up in a few days or something. Just when I least expect it...
It seems to me that comparing a western world COVID-ridden government health order situation to Eastern European peoples post-WWII is a little presumptuous. Like, the tyranny eastern Europe experienced in the 2nd half of last century was not even close to what people are presently experiencing under covid restrictions. Seriously, it's this mass delusion of grandeur: that they are the Imperilled Ones (swoon) with Their Hand Against Every Man's (And The World). It's wearying, frankly, and drama-llama. Sure, there's a lot of emergency legislation being passed, but there's also a health and health-system crisis in progress! Just because some people don't see it with their small minds and their narrow vision doesn't mean everything is peachy-keen for others.
Weekend by-election for four state seats: the centrists retained one seat, won another from the conservatives that's always previously been conservative, an independant is neck-and-neck with a conservative in a traditionally conservative seat, and I don't know about the last but the conservatives are said to be winning (the conservatives were said to be winning over in the independent-conservative neck-and-neck race, too).
This has BIG IMPLICATIONS if they also play out at a federal level. Admittedly, last election there were six contenders for my federal seat - conservative (incumbent), ultra-conservative racist party, centrist (major party), Greens, and two independents, and the incumbent still won handily enough, although he saw a fairly significant swing against him. I think he was over the line even before they got to 'preferences' (preferences are voters' second choice, after the first choice is ditched for not having enough votes to win).
But that was 2019. We've had bushfires, we've had a pandemic, we've had the Parliament House #MeToo moment, the AUKUS fracas, Novax-gate, and all manner of other clumsy, awkward, and terrible moments. And I know while a lot of people in my area will never vote Labor or Greens, they don't much like the conservatives' inability to do anything regarding social justice, equity, equality, racial justice, environmental action.
An Independent candidate - one with a high enough profile and some good name recognition - could get a lot of traction this year. The problem is that we don't have anyone local with a high enough profile and good name recognition, who could be seen as a member of the religious community in good standing. This area has a lot of churches and a lot of Christian schools that even irreligious people send their kids to, and a lot of rusted-on oldies and conservative middle-agers. What you want to do is present them with an option that is less conservative in some areas and also either willing to buck the party line (our current federal rep is not willing to buck the party line in any way) or not have a party line that they have to buck. An Independent candidate is probably our best bet, because We Are Not An Area That Votes Labor/Centrist, Let Alone Left Wing/Greens.
These are important distinctions in Australian politics.
Anyway, this post is entirely too big, long, and rambly. Gardening is happening. Cooking is happening. Writing is not. Neither is quilting. *sigh* I might drift back into writing and quilting more in the winter. In the meantime, I'm out here just trying to get a few more naps in.
Bug problem is (mostly, probably, hopefully) dealt with. I got rid of the bug-infested food, have pestdusted all surfaces that I can find/imagine/work with, and will be verrrry careful about continuing to pest-dust in future.
At some point I really have to power-spray the walls of the porch. Tomorrow morning seems like a pretty good time, seeing as it is scheduled to hit 33C during the day. A nice swift dry. (ETA: posted this the next day - Thursday - and just did it an hour ago.)
Hockey was pretty good. We have goalies for all three teams, so that's also nice for me not to have to suit up. I can, but I don't really enjoy it - one ends up being neither of one team or another. Now, to try to get into at least Team 2...
One of my PT sessions is right before training - 6pm-7pm - we switched from lower body to upper, and although I'm a bit sore today (a little around the front shoulders into the chest, and in the traps), I think I'm okay.
I'm also going to go for short runs - go back into that couch-to-5K training, I think. I need better stamina out on the field, and the aerobic exercise helps my general state of mind as well as kicking my metabolism along.
Granted, I'll be getting about 3 hours of that aerobic exercise by the height of hockey season. It's the off-season where I struggle.
My period has apparently threatened to turn up this month as a couple of drops ("spotting" according to Clue) but has since vanished. It was due on Sunday and I even had my mooncup ready. And nix, nil, naught. Not sure what to make of that. IDK, it might turn up in a few days or something. Just when I least expect it...
It seems to me that comparing a western world COVID-ridden government health order situation to Eastern European peoples post-WWII is a little presumptuous. Like, the tyranny eastern Europe experienced in the 2nd half of last century was not even close to what people are presently experiencing under covid restrictions. Seriously, it's this mass delusion of grandeur: that they are the Imperilled Ones (swoon) with Their Hand Against Every Man's (And The World). It's wearying, frankly, and drama-llama. Sure, there's a lot of emergency legislation being passed, but there's also a health and health-system crisis in progress! Just because some people don't see it with their small minds and their narrow vision doesn't mean everything is peachy-keen for others.
Weekend by-election for four state seats: the centrists retained one seat, won another from the conservatives that's always previously been conservative, an independant is neck-and-neck with a conservative in a traditionally conservative seat, and I don't know about the last but the conservatives are said to be winning (the conservatives were said to be winning over in the independent-conservative neck-and-neck race, too).
This has BIG IMPLICATIONS if they also play out at a federal level. Admittedly, last election there were six contenders for my federal seat - conservative (incumbent), ultra-conservative racist party, centrist (major party), Greens, and two independents, and the incumbent still won handily enough, although he saw a fairly significant swing against him. I think he was over the line even before they got to 'preferences' (preferences are voters' second choice, after the first choice is ditched for not having enough votes to win).
But that was 2019. We've had bushfires, we've had a pandemic, we've had the Parliament House #MeToo moment, the AUKUS fracas, Novax-gate, and all manner of other clumsy, awkward, and terrible moments. And I know while a lot of people in my area will never vote Labor or Greens, they don't much like the conservatives' inability to do anything regarding social justice, equity, equality, racial justice, environmental action.
An Independent candidate - one with a high enough profile and some good name recognition - could get a lot of traction this year. The problem is that we don't have anyone local with a high enough profile and good name recognition, who could be seen as a member of the religious community in good standing. This area has a lot of churches and a lot of Christian schools that even irreligious people send their kids to, and a lot of rusted-on oldies and conservative middle-agers. What you want to do is present them with an option that is less conservative in some areas and also either willing to buck the party line (our current federal rep is not willing to buck the party line in any way) or not have a party line that they have to buck. An Independent candidate is probably our best bet, because We Are Not An Area That Votes Labor/Centrist, Let Alone Left Wing/Greens.
These are important distinctions in Australian politics.
Anyway, this post is entirely too big, long, and rambly. Gardening is happening. Cooking is happening. Writing is not. Neither is quilting. *sigh* I might drift back into writing and quilting more in the winter. In the meantime, I'm out here just trying to get a few more naps in.