kia ora friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flipping ol’ August – I guess I utterly failed to post in the month of July. Sheesh. Not that I was sitting around idly, though. Friends: I have been nurturing my PhD project through multiple layers of ethics approval and have temporarily stalled in my mission to register the work as a clinical trial owing to having succumbed to the dreaded virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flip. Fudge. Fart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started to feel very crappy on Sunday night, sweating like it was my chosen profession (well above the norm<\/a>) and aching so aggressively I couldn’t get comfy enough to sleep. About 2am I got up, tested, and LO! After 2 1\/2 years of fearing it – COVID 19 is in my body!! Luckily my office is in a separate building so I can isolate effectively from the rest of my fam, who (miraculously) are still well! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, I felt pretty wretched for the first 2-3 days, and then I remembered my great healing strategy for all upper respiratory sorts of illnesses – – WEEPING. Focused, purposeful weeping. Dripping the virus from my system. Tears contain cortisol, tears are a tap that expel tension. Crying lowers blood pressure<\/a> and I believe it to be a wonderful medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For joyful crying, I find it hard to go past AURORA, and you can enjoy glorious concert performances both HERE<\/a> and HERE<\/a>. This gal might just be an angel on earth. No jokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The end of this documentary invoked a less joyful type of cry, but friends: please don’t let that put you off. It’s a SUPER important watch and I urge all parents (well, and grandparents, aunties, professionals, teens, kids … ) to watch it. Childhood 2.0.<\/a> SHEESH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have also been watching telly<\/a> & movies, listening to lotsa podcasts<\/a> and RNZ<\/a>, sleeping like a champ, and sweating<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Did i mention all the sweating? So elegant! Classy! Self esteem through the roof!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My attention span and thought abilities seem a bit shot, too, but that might just be tiredness. I found myself talking about “brain frog” so that’s not ideal. When the fog is a frog you got troubles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Take care out there, my darlings. OH! And mark your calendars for Phone Free Day<\/a>, October 6th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" kia ora friends, flipping ol’ August – I guess I utterly failed to post in the month of July. Sheesh. Not that I was sitting around idly, though. Friends: I have been nurturing my PhD project through multiple layers of … Continue reading