Okay, that was weird

The vaccination date

I was at the vaccination earlier. I had prepared everything correctly. I had the official letter that I am caregiver 2 for my very sick dad. Everything was there. Then I arrive at the vaccination center, sit down in front of 3 people (who, by the way, sit very close to each other, without masks) and am asked why I am there (obviously too young). I say it, refer to the document. Then they are missing another document. A woman asks me endless questions. I would need something else, that is not enough and so on. What’s interesting about this is that when I registered by phone on Saturday, it was fine. I didn’t have to bring anything else. Anyway, I didn’t feel like arguing, was just briefly provocative:

Should I go again quickly and get the further letter and we postpone the vaccination?

The lady:

No, we vaccinate now, but next time it must be proven, because such a letter as I had with me, anyone can bring.

Meanwhile, the doctor next to me hops from one leg to the other, and at some point asks quite unnerved:

Can we finally do it now?

I got the injection and then some things became clear to me. Obviously, people now falsify such letters that a family member is severely disabled in order to get a Corona vaccination sooner.

And now seriously: Who the hell would do such a thing? Have they taken leave of their senses? Do they seriously think that I pretend that my dad has cancer just to get vaccinated?

Well, by now I am experienced in dealing with difficult people.

Oh, and one more thing. Since I am not over 60, I am older gentlemen all the time eyed.

The Corona Warning App

Friday I did a Corona test with both of my kids. The result should be there by yesterday, because I wanted to take them to kindergarten today. So, for the first time ever, I downloaded the German Corona Warning App, scanned the QR code and checked daily, hourly, where the result is. Nothing. Nada.

The kids are not in kindergarten today. They are now with grandma and grandpa, because I had to go to the vaccination.

I just called the doctor about the test results. She tells me on the phone: It’s there, both negative. I can pick it up.

Okay. Means: A letter was faster than the Corona Warning App.

Corona Warning Crap uninstalled.

Friends and family

First the best news: My best girlfriend is talking to me again, which makes me infinitely happy. Some of you may remember. Some time ago, I was very wrong in my choice of words. In any case, I am infinitely happy that we are slowly finding our way back to each other.

The vacation week I wanted to reserve for my family was a vacation week for house construction. It was terribly nerve-wracking. No one in my family benefited from it. That said, things don’t really get any better next week when I also go back to work. This makes me very sad.

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I was downgraded (upgraded?) from priority 4 to priority 2. My vaccination against Corona could come so soon. I am looking forward to it, really. I want to finally get this all behind me.

Otherwise, I’m a mental wreck. It would be an understatement to blame everything on building a house. Simply everything is costing me everything. It is very important that many things change soon, that I change. I am working on it.

Technology

I’m going to part ways with HEY. That cool and hip internet service. As nice as I thought it was, it ultimately did me little good. In one respect, but more about that in a moment. In the matter of mail I remain faithful to the usual. I have a clean folder structure and a partly very important archive. I have set up good filters and work so mails structured and good. HEY got this a little bit mixed up. It opened up new possibilities for me, but old habits I had to partially forget, which I did not want. So in the end it did not make me happier. And that’s what it should be: A web service should be helpful in some way. Be useful. And thus make you happier.

By the way, I will not continue my Banana Weekly with it. Not even in another form. That was kind of great, but I don’t feel like worrying about how to send a newsletter elsewhere now.

HEY made me subscribe to various newsletters. The “The Feed” section in HEY was great. But rather, it was a stepping stone to Mailbrew, which has completely replaced my feed reader for about a week now. I now get a summary 3x a day from all the sources I’ve been feeding in. This way I don’t get all the news of the day, but at least a selection. And that’s exactly what I need. I have so no more urge to constantly open the feedreader. Instead, I’m happy when another summary lands in my inbox at 19:30. Great concept. That’s useful. It actually makes me happier. The few euros from HEY will probably go into a year’s subscription here.

Movies, video games, books

I last bought Neo Cab in the Eshop Sale from Nintendo. It’s basically a kind of interactive movie in a cyberpunk universe. I think it’s great. It’s quiet, emotional, beautiful to watch. Just what I need. I first considered buying Immortals Fenyx Rising on sale, but ended up not liking the demo. I should just play demos more often again. Recently, I just bought games in the sale and was then partially disappointed. And by the way: I had a very similar experience with Lonely Mountains: Downhill. I found the demo horrible. I couldn’t get to grips with the controls at all. That ruled it out for me.

I only watch a few movies. The last one I saw moved me a lot, but I always have to spend my few free minutes every day on something else.

I’ve been reading my current book, After You, a little further. Only a few pages. It’s great. I hope to get further soon.

Closing words

Probably there is more, much more. But I just wrote that off my chest. It’s okay, just like that.