How ya going all you hush puppies ? Day 35 of lockdown has just drifted by in the current . It’s still a weird feeling to be living through times like these . Here in California it still feels like we are cordoned off from the rest of America , actually it has always felt that way . The news constantly coming in from the East Coast has been frightening . Every other day I’ll wake before the kids are up , silently sift through my newsfeed to find a disturbing story of life and death with a middle aged male that would shake me to the core . “ This could happen to me .”This guy was fit , healthy in his late 40s and was as sick as he had ever been ,or worse . Yet still , until we know someone close to us that has gone down with this it’ll only be something we see on the news . I look at the stats and see how well Australia is doing . Shit for a small country at the bottom of the earth the Aussies no how to buck the trend . Sometimes when you look from afar you take on the persona of ‘big brother ‘ . I live in the US and we are on the fore front .”Just wait you fuckers are next . It’ll get you ……… but shit ..you , we ,us .We’re showing Big Brother how it’s done . The curve has been flattened and already the Aussies are prepared for the 2nd wave . What am I thinking ? I’m not an Expat with worldly experience who’s gonna tell you “I told you so .” It’s the other way around . Just cause I live here things don’t change . Australia ( and New Zealand ) have a system that is efficient , inclusive , affordable and deals with social problems a whole lot better than this joint .. It’s not over by a long shot ….but shit it looks like you guys …. no ,us guys are doing it right again .
4 weeks down there was nothing to write about . The holding pattern around the house continued . We got by with not too much tension . Week 5 and the dynamic shifted . The first spot fires appeared . Yours truly eventually cracked . There’s definitely an intensity that has gradually built . For me this event has slowly brought my feelings of home sickness to the surface . The feeling of being trapped , not working , no surfing and being thousands of kilometres from home has cracked the shell on this egg . At some stage in the not too far distant future I need to come back . With the flight and travel restrictions there’s a realisation there’ll be no holidays home for a while . Thursday just gone marked the 3 year point of our stay …already . It reminded of the things I missed . While I was washing the dishes you know what I really missed the most ? I know this sounds stupid … but a fucking dishwasher ! During the lockdown I wash the dishes anywhere from 3-5 times a day .. it’s doing my head in . I miss just throwing shit in there and walking away . When you’re stuck like this you miss mowing the lawn , looking after your garden …the shit that I never thought I’d look back on . I miss walking down and grabbing some dirty old charcoal chicken and chips or a proper coffee . I don’t miss the drive to the surf or the early mornings before work …ahhh fuck even that wasn’t too bad . Anyway pups all I’m saying is things are flowing along very slowly but there’s and undercurrent that’s dragging us along to an interesting future … I hope to see you there soon .
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