PadawanOfHappiness

There is a vexxing thing about science, and that is it takes time.  It takes time to prove or disprove theories, which is hard to swallow when there are big things going down like the COVID-19 situation.  But knowing it takes time, makes it more palatable to follow a theory when we know nothing. Here were are some 20+ months later and we should have some data on some things but yet we have very little.  I have to wonder why is that?  I especially wonder when the mantra of "follow the science" has been tweeted, shared, shouted, and printed all over this earth and cyberspace too. I am going to limit myself mostly to the ever present mask situation.  Early in the pandemic we had the flip flops of no mask, then mask, and the contradictory opinions of the WHO and CDC, but with the "follow the science" mentality I could work with it because as I said above it takes time, and quite frankly perhaps we had learned more, this didn't seem so wild and crazy. But then I aske...

Raise you hand if you are done feeling like Charlie Brown as he plays football with Lucy (aka various government officials).   Yeah me too.  We are quickly closing in on one year of living in this Orwellian time of Pandemic lock down.  Remember when it was 2 weeks to flatten the curve?  And then it was just through the summer, and then  once we get a vaccine and now Dr. Fauci is saying wear masks until 2022.  I call BS.  There has been a steady drumbeat of "follow the science" and similar slogans, which is fine if those yelling out that line actually followed science and didn't use science as a weapon of control.  While I was reasonably skeptical of many of the recommendations I was willing to go along with masks and social distancing because I understood that safety was important and we didn't know a lot about the virus.  I could live with a certain amount of so call flip flopping, provided there was data to support the change, you know scie...

I am beyond cranky it is not even funny.  It is not a comfortable feeling, it affects my mood, my ability to make decisions, my reactions to others, my tolerance for what I deem to be stupidity and idiocy, and I feel if physically. This introvert is cracking today.  My kids have been doing the remote school thing since Dec 15th, which means it has been 21 days (tomorrow).  Yes some of that was Christmas vacation and I did have great time away from them when they had a sleep over, but I think that sleep over is part of the problem. Let me explain.  When I am overtired and I get my first good night's sleep the next day I am incredibly cranky and irritable, it is like my body is mad that I finally got  good night's sleep and it wants more RIGHT NOW.  My body got a taste of the good stuff and wants more and will be cranky until it gets more.  Being kid free was fantastic, but then things went sideways.   Mr. Padawan went to get the kids and I was...