Life at the Moment

So its been a while since I blogged, nothing majorly, epic to talk about or write about, well except for the now global Pandemic sweeping the world.

The current situation seems pretty strange in that it seems to have caught everyone off-guard and everyone is now feeling the effects.  Many countries have closed borders to anyone but their own people, many countries are in a severe lockdown situation.

For instance, here in Israel, everything is shut except for Supermarkets and pharmacies and essential work places.  The entertainment industry, restaurants, museums, cinemas are all closed.  The beaches and the parks for the most part are empty of people, everyone is staying home as directed by the Government and practising Social Distancing.  Unfortunately some people have treated this situation not seriously and being sent to work from home as an excuse to treat it like an extra holiday and have congregated at the beach, in the parks, seemingly unconcerned that they could either catch it, or be a carrier and unwittingly pass it to someone close to them.

As I mentioned Israel is on a very severe lockdown, not a total lockdown as I said, but you can only walk 100 metres from your home and I wonder if people still taking this not seriously will end up causing a total lockdown where you have to get permission to leave home to go to get food or medicine.  Of course those people will be the first to complain about it!

Meanwhile how am I handling the situation, I am glad you asked the question.  I think I am handling it okay for the most part, but if anyone says working from home could be fun, let me tell you it is not.  Yes for a few hours or a couple of days it could be fun and something different.  But when you don't have the noise of the office, other colleagues around it can be very isolating, very lonely.

Still I am trying to keep myself entertained, music, Netflix, PS4, a little exercise.  But I really hope this situation soon blows over and things will get back to normal.  In the meantime and while this still goes on - stay safe everyone.