Day 4 of COVID has seen me sleep for 14 hours and wake with a sore throat, aches and a pounding head.
During the night I had the experience that I sometimes feel with bad flus. It is as if the electrical wiring in my body has been incorrectly rerouted and partly disconnected. So I will get a pinging, almost zapping feel in my hip for instance, when I twist my shoulder. Or in my foot when I move my torso. It’s quite disconcerting and I would be fascinated to know the scientific explanation for it. I guess it’s probably inflammatory symptoms?
If I were to describe how COVID feels, I would say: “Imagine if your body - inside and out - were made up of jigsaw puzzle pieces. Then take away about 35% of those pieces and imagine how unstructurally sound you would feel. That’s COVID.”
Started off great. I would have preferred a different ending.
COVID has finally found me. Now let’s see what sort of defence this triple-vax has delivered me.
I’ve been having all sorts of problems with my DNS and NextDNS. After many rabbitholes, I found it stemmed back to my originating DNS provider, which I had inadvertently set to my ISP. Switched it to Quad9 and all seems to be working well again.
It was an opportunity for him to introduce the newly elected Labor Members of Parliament from WA, and thank the volunteers that worked as part of the campaign.
This level of familiarity was captured, somewhat hilariously, in these three photos. My wife looks besotted! Should I be jealous?
The best thing about this event was how it was managed. It was held in a public open park. The area wasn’t restricted to only those specifically invited. I saw a couple cycle past, and stop to watch when they realised the Prime Minister was there. Apart from obvious police and security personnel scattered around, the event was open and welcoming. No metal detectors. No areas cordoned off.
The Prime Minister was amidst everybody else. He met and said hello to our two kids.
I love that I live in a country where this can happen. We don’t have any great fear of random shooters arriving. Our elected leader can mingle among the everyday people. This is what is great about Australian culture, society and laws. Preventing people from having guns means we can have a more integrated society. It builds democracy. It builds people’s rights; it doesn’t impinge upon them.
It is great to say that I’ve met Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. It’s even greater to say that I live in a country where I can.
