Hi all,
Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I live in Victoria, Australia, and am so relieved that the schools here have finally been shut for three weeks - my son and I are bunkered down at home happily introverting.
I am less of a political commentator and more of an empath, feeling my way through things. The fear here is huge, as it is everywhere across the world. I take some heart in the predictions I have read here and my own fledgling, random, psychic...blips (I'm only just learning to really tune into my intuition).
For example, a week or two before things got crazy here I suddenly had the strongest urge to go and stock up on extra groceries. My son is celiac so we often have delays on gluten-free food supply at the best of times. I felt like a crazy person, and was really embarrassed at my purchase of two cans of soup, two loaves of bread, etc...until a week later. Watching our supermarkets (for starters) turn upside down from the fear was indescribable. The fear and anger was palpable. I am still marvelling at that urge, and how grateful I have been ever since that I followed it.
I feel like we are here to siphon off some of this fear and anger and allow others to find space to let go of their resistance. I know it's going to be a huge few years, but I know it's for a really positive reason long term, and it's bigger than all of us.
These forums and your predictions help remind me of this - particularly the person who linked to that beautiful Letter from COVID-19 to Humanity the other day. Today, for the first time in years, bearing in mind we are being asked as a planet/race to slow down, I spread a picnic blanket on the grass (Aussie spiders are NOT to be messed with) and lay in the sun watching the clouds in perfect peace.
A HUGE thank you to @JeanneMayall and all of you for this forum.
Oh, Rohenna! You are indeed an empath and an intuitive. You are here just as we all are to process and get so much stuff out and to learn and to grow and to get stronger and smarter and all kinds of really good and oh so necessary things together.
And as Jeanne said it all resonates with her and with me that you are now here just when it was just right for you with all of us
And boy are we glad you are! ?
Well, it's official. Two people in the state of Victoria has died, both in their 70's.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/victoria-records-first-coronavirus-deaths/12091594
While I'm writing this, Victoria is in Stage 2 lockdown, where not only the Premier took a notch level higher than the Federal Government has announced, but Daniel Andrews implied that Stage 3 is on the tables.
On the domestic front, it's quiet at the moment. My parents are out to see the GP for vaccination for the winter season, they were going to ask if I'm eligiable for one as well, where I told them that they can always tell the GP that I have asthma.
Speaking of which, I have an appointment with my councellour today. On the phone or Zoom of course, due to the said dangers out there.
I'm currently making some lemon honey tea with a spoonful of preserved omija. I don't influse ginger in the day time at the moment due to the fears of certain side effects that might be detrimential for the immune defence system, instead I'll have it when I'm close to bedtime.
Hopefully I could find my accademic transcript somewhere in that pile of papers and such today. That would be give some extra peace of mind, as the application for that Graduate program is closing in on the due date.
I have a much busier week than I've antisipated despite bunkering down in my house. I hope next week is much quieter. I do certainly need that.
Thank you much for giving us this update! We all wonder how you are and how you are doing. That all sounds good and feels promising for you. After you go through your "paperwork" of course ?
For those of us with family or friends in Australia, we love these personal updates.
I was just thinking about you and did a news link check and found these:
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Coronavirus Australia live news:
NSW and Victoria consider stage 3 restrictions with more than 3,000 national cases – latest updates | Australia news | The Guardian
Thanks, I'll take any sorts kindness that has been given, especially the last couple of days were testing to say the least. I couldn't able to apply for that Graduate Program for next year due my academic transcripts cannot be process before the due date, no thanks to the coronavirus. I realised I have no hard copies. I was pretty devisated, to the point it trigger some traumatic memories of my school years, causing me to be driven over the edge when it comes to headspace. I've unfriended every single one of the my former classmates on Facebook because I just couldn't handle their presence anymore, especially when they all high achievers without any mental impairments like autism, where I'm lagging to the point it felt like I'm a walking punchline.
Now I'm trying to pick up the pieces, but it's hard when the future prospects are bleak so far. I'm very uncertain what the future will bring, let alone being able to have my lifetime dream come true where I become a barrister, working for the local artist community who needs my service and such.
Sorry for acting moody recently, I hope I have some better news next time.
Hang in there friend. These are extra challenging times where most of us are stuck and can't do or be all the things we've always been and love the most--much less some of the greater things we dream of.
Please take that despair give it us a hug for all that it teaches you then kiss it goodbye for an hour or a half a day and let it go and find just one single thing that made you you happy within that hour or half a day or a day. A song you heard, a book you read, a movie you watched. Anything. Remember what happy feels like and let yourself be it.
Give the gifts you need from others to yourself. Accept where you are right now and say its o.k. accept how you are and say its ok. Accept one minute you can be happy and the next minute sad and the next minute want to give up and throw the book out the window. There are all ok because they are just feelings. They are OF you but NOT you!
We care for you and truly like you. I love seeing a new post from you because i know it will give me something new to think about and to feel. Please come here and read and write and share about anything, any time!
Some updates in regards to the situation back in Australia.
- There's now a two people limit in gatherings. Both indoors and outdoors. Family members are excempt from the rule apparantly. Previously it's only ten people limit.
Personally, I'm not surprised to see this coming, considering people are flouting the social distencing and guidelines with complete disregard. Personally I saw a bunch of youths crowding around at the side of the bike trail with tons of alcohol on Saturday, as I'm making my way back from the studio via by bike. (Before you ask, I was trying to get more stuff from the studio before future lockdowns make it impossible. The bike ride between my house and my studio is long and very testing when it comes to endurance, so it's not a leisurely ride.)
Don't get me started about St. Kilda beach. Despite the local council close the area, people are still flocking out for leisure and such.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-29/fourth-person-dies-from-coronavirus-in-victoria/12100490
We got 4 people dead in Victoria so far.
Thanks. It means a lot to me. I'll try what I can to fix it up, not sure how, but I will try.
An article about a ravaged bushfire port town that has barely missed the bullet as a cruise ship was very close to disembark on their doorstep.
Well, saying a poor judgement in regarding the Ruby Princess fiasco is an understatement at this point. According the emails, the NSW health department knew about the cruise ship status and despite the red flags, the said department green lighted the disembarkment from the ship.
Some background on why it's a massive deal on Australian shores: A good chunk of the Covid-19 cases in Australia came from the people who disembarked the ship, which is a significant number of cases popping up in retrospect, including deaths. It's also one of the reasons why we're going through a massive lockdown pretty fast afterwards.