Today has been a beautiful day, in fact this week has been this way.
The only damper has been finding out from old colleagues that their human rights are being stripped away and nothing is being said. It’s passing silently. The government has made it mandatory to be vaccinated if you work in the care sector. Now this is currently only legal in England, however english companies operating in Scotland have enforced this. Other companies working in Scotland have also encouraged the idea. If you don’t comply you won’t be working. Now whether you are pro-vaccine or not the choice should not be between going against what you believe in or having money to provide for your family.
I no longer work in the care sector (luckily), but I cannot believe that this has become our reality. The choice of how to live is being stripped away. I would never have known anything about it if I hadn’t bumped into a friend whom I used to work with. Even in Scotland (with our devolved powers) we are no longer safe from westmonster.
I don’t really enjoy politics or discussing the subject, it never ends well, but sitting back and watching people’s choice being bulldozed is heinous. I’m only not directly affected because I chose a different career, but how long will it be before it hits the rest of us too.
People in the care sector work there because essentially they care. They are mostly kind people who look after others because they have the heart and soul for it. It’s not a simple and easy job at times and on top of that their employers are taking them for all the kindness they have.
Enough ranting. It’s horrid and it’s hard to not be angry at the world. All over the place is going to crap. In the midst and darkness of it all we must find joy in the little things.
Today we found crabs and starfish and entertained 10 kids for hours before the heat overtook them and the whining began. Still it was a major success and some quality time with friends certainly brightens life.
My baby fell asleep on me and I got the sweetest of cuddles. I say baby, but he’s almost 4 and due to this fact my “carrying” arm was shaking for 2 hours after.
My cat also had kittens, a whole 4 of them. She did fabulous and coped so well as a first time mum. She survived whilst having 5 kids run around downstairs and a mock birthday party with my dad and brother in the evening.
I spent this evening watching a childhood favourite of mine, Malcolm in the middle. This programme taught my sisters and I most of our tricks of survival and most of the time a guaranteed grounding. I dont usually watch tv with adverts as they drive me insane, however one caught my eye. It was a silly advert and I have no idea what it was showing, however it had text across the bottom saying “filmed before covid”. When did this ever become a thing?
Like I said, I don’t like politics but the world has gone mad.
I would love to have something brighter to say, I’m not sure I do, but I hope you find the happiness in your own life, be it for minutes of the day. It’s not all bad, it’s just heavy.
Oh wait. I found something. I laid my own patio in the back garden out of impatience and wired up a new cooker, also because I’m impatient.
Not going to lie, the beach days and sunshine really distract from the darkness in the world.
Lesson learned, pay attention to the world, but don’t let it take over the beauty of your own life, it lies hidden sometimes in moments of silence and secret smiles.
Also, my partner finally found out about the missing vodka incident, not because he read my blog, but I finally read it to him.
He “wasnt bothered”
