JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY!

Hi Guys,

Another Monday is upon us. Aren’t they just flying out the window? Soon it will be Christmas! It’s like we’re all wishing our days away until life returns to normal, and the planets begin to co-operate, and we can all be happy again. Something has to give! When does Mercury go direct? I get asked a lot recently — usually in desperation! July 12th to be precise. At least Venus is direct now. So it’s full steam ahead for the singletons and the plastic surgery! Mars is in its own sign of Aries, so that should inject a bit of energy for some, especially the fire signs among us. Mars will be in Aries for several months until January 2021, going retro in September. So make hay now!! Quick before he changes his mind! Set those intentions. Grab life by the ram horns!

The question is — will life ever return to ‘Normal?’ But then again, ‘What is normal?’ For some people, the C-19 self-isolation drill is what their regular life is like anyway, so nothing to get too excited about, or so they tell me. They get up, go to work, return home, have supper, sit in front of the television, then go to bed. Ditto next day. When I lived in Paris many years ago, this daily grind was referred to as Metro, Boulot, Dodo. Travel, work, sleep. So it’s been around a very long time. No wonder only 18% of people in a recent poll said they wanted their work lives to return to the way it was before C-19.

People are happier spending more time at home, and as a home-loving girl myself, I get it! In fact, I’m all in favour of a 4-day week. Supporters of the 4-day week maintain you can be far more productive when you have a 3-day weekend to look forward to. You become more efficient. It makes sense. A better work/leisure time balance is something C-19 has kindly brought to our attention. It was simmering for a long time. If we want more time to ourselves, we’re going to have to make choices. Balance the books better, less material stuff, less eating out, etc. I have no idea yet how the economy is going to handle all this change, and what plans they have in mind to keep the wheels of industry churning. I miss the buzz in the shops! All the hand sanitizing, line-ups, don’t touch the merchandise! don’t put your bag on the counter! rigmarole is taking its toll. On a positive note, it has proved very helpful for my NMS Challenge!

Mass has resumed again in our Church. We now go every Saturday evening at 4.00 p.m. instead of Sunday, as that is the time which has been assigned to us. Same rigmarole there. A list of questions must be answered before admission is granted. What if I don’t get the answer right? Yikes! This is then followed by yet another hand spray. My poor hands are skinned and dry to the bone! It’s difficult to get yourself into a peaceful frame of mind when the senses are constantly being assaulted. Only 50 people allowed per mass in the cavernous Cathedral, which normally accommodates several hundred! What about the collection box? Will Church funds suffer too as a result of fewer people going to Mass? So many unanswered questions…

Eating out is not the same either — it’s devoid of ambience. We’ve done the rounds! All the fun larger tables have been removed from restaurants. Servers are wearing black masks like bandits. When they take out their pens, I’m afraid it’s a gun! Have I touched my face again? Things are tense. Some foods, mostly pasta dishes, are pre-cooked and tasteless. I recently was served a tepid lump of pasta pretending to be haute-cuisine. I wanted to scream. But I shut my mouth and ate it! Another time I ordered fish tacos, supposed to be blackened snapper. I discovered beneath all the filling, a couple of embarrassed looking prawns. I wanted to snap, but I didn’t.  These are hard times we’re living in folks. We have to endure these post-war-like ‘inconveniences’.

Favourite dishes have been removed from some menus, fewer tables in restaurants, higher prices as a result. I do feel enormous pity for people in the restaurant business and for all small businesses struggling to keep going. We made a pact to support all our local shops, restaurants, etc. every which way we can. Alas! the weighing scales should be a lot kinder for all this saintly duty, and give us a break like Justin Truedaddy did! I think we will revert to getting take-in food. Or maybe I should just simply cook at home? But then what about the restaurants? They need us to EAT EAT EAT!! So many questions…

We had a great big lunar eclipse this past weekend. Did you set your intentions? If not, do it! If it was your birthday 5 days around this eclipse, it’s likely there may be some big changes afoot. Eclipses, like birthdays, herald beginnings and endings.

Sending Hugs your way and don’t forget:

GRAB LIFE BY THE RAM HORNS!!

SET YOUR INTENTIONS!!

NOTHING STAYS THE SAME!!

EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT O.K. — IT ALWAYS DOES!

MOST OF THE THINGS YOUR WORRY ABOUT NEVER HAPPEN!

Love,

Patricia xxx