How Are You Doing?

[jjpor]

 I realise I've not been very active at all, either here or in Doctor Who fandom generally, for the past...well, longer than I care to recall, to be honest.  We can discuss my feelings on the Chibnall Era (which is what I choose to call it because, no, I don't like it much, but it isn't anything to do with Jodie Whittaker or the Thirteenth Doctor) some other time.  There are more important things going on at the moment.

This is, I think it is fair to say, a pretty strange, scary time for pretty much the entire world and everybody in it.  I'd wager those of us who indulged in dystopian fantasies about what might happen if X or Y won a particular election, or if a particular referendum mandate was indeed seen through to its bitter end, didn't quite expect anything like this to happen.  Myself, I'm managing to get by both work-wise and personally, and keep myself and those I care about as healthy and safe as I can.  However, I realise that depending on your personal circumstances that could be a lot easier said than done.

So, I don't know, I just thought I'd post something here and just ask how people are doing, and offer my good vibes and best wishes to all of you.  It's been a while, but I hope all of you are keeping as well as can be in the circumstances, and if you'd like to offer your greetings (from a safe social distance, of course), I'd be very glad to hear from you.

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[jjpor]

Yes, I'm in a similar position to you, I think, job-wise, and I've been reflecting on how fortunate I am really, in the circumstances, compared to a lot of other people in less secure positions. And yes, there's a lot of stuff like that going on at the moment, as regards Doing Something rather than actually planning properly. Without sharing any details, my employer has had problems with overseas teams, based in countries with much stricter quarantine regimes than we currently have, essentially being unable to work for the foreseeable future, with workload needing to be repatriated at a time when half our teams here are still trying to move over to working from home. It's a bit of a shambles, really.

I tend to think, as someone who most definitely did not vote for them, that the government are trying to do their best (now, after too much politically-motivated dithering), but the whole thing seems to have caught them on the hop and the dearth of talent in the upper echelons of our political class is more obvious than ever. And it's already been pretty obvious indeed these past few years. Hopefully those much-maligned "experts" are steering the ship as best they can now, despite the best efforts of the elected component.

Anyway, I'm really glad to hear from you. And I hope everything is going as well as it can for you. Best wishes until all of this is over, whenever that might be.