“Whence October is upon us, There shall be magic in the air, why it shall be everywhere. All ye leaves shall fall as Autumn does call. And as the faery folk are now gathering up and foraging, tonight I shall be leaving them a wee offering. Why, I shall leave them a few freshly hand picked Bramble berries & a wee tipple of Whiskey, Oh why how merry they shall surely be.” –Athey Thompson
First I’m hot and then I’m freezing. I confess that I’m having a hard time locating the magic in October. Not yet.
Because I wasn’t very smart last year and didn’t get a pneumonia vaccination, I ended up really sick with the most horrible case of double (bi-lateral) pneumonia, so bad that but for the fact that I’m incredibly stubborn, I would have been hospitalized,
THIS time I got the vaccination, reluctantly, because I always endure side effects for about thirty-six hours: headache, chills, fever. Most people only experience a sore arm but my immune system likes to give me a more ambitious taste of reality.
That’s why I’m now wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa, drinking ginger tea and binge-watching my new obsession, Blue Heelers, an Australian TV show from the 90s about the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.
I think I’ve pretty much exhausted all the available British shows, so I had to search in a completely different hemisphere. Yes, it’s outdated with the gigantic brick-like cell phones, floppy disks, and scrunchies, but I’m learning a lot of new words like “mozzy” for mosquito, “esky” for Eskimo cooler, “slab” for six-pack of beer, “good on ya” and “you beauty“. I had to look up “it’s my shout, mate” to learn it means whoever said it will pay for the next round of drinks.
Previously my DIL and I loved A Place To Call Home, Rake, The Newsreader, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and of course, Bluey.
I’m bracing for more vaccinations next week because it’s better to have a robustly active immune than the alternative. The first Covid vaccine sent me immediately to urgent care with an allergic reaction (read about that here) but the rest of them have been well tolerated except for the thirty-six hours of subsequent hell.
Ugh. The not so fun side effects of your immune system ramping up. I hope it passes quickly. So, with the pneumonia vacc, do you have to get it yearly? Or is it a one and done type of thing?
I think it’s every other year but I missed last year so I’m not sure, and then I missed the covid booster because I had pneumonia and then I just forgot all about it until now. So I’ll get the new covid vax and also RSV cos my little grandangel had it last year and she was very sick. With asthma I really need to pay more attention to prevention.
I hope you feel better soon…that sounds intense! As an Australian the watching of these TV shows that I know tickled me and your liking of the slang words too….there are so many and they all funny too. A slab is a 24 pack of beer tho not a six pack https://www.theintrepidguide.com/hilarious-australian-slang/
OMG thank you for clarifying! This is def a slab haha. My next 36 hellish hours will be on Wed when I get the new Covid vax. Good thing Blue Heelers filmed like 1000 episodes lol. I cant wait for new season of The News Reader. That was really good and thank you for the guide to more slang. Good on ya!
I’m glad you are all sorted with TV shows. How good is Blue Heelers? That is something Aussies do…as rhetorical questions like ‘How good is Chocolate?’ To mean as a statement that something is awesome!! Hehehe. I really hope your recovery goes well. I am going to check out the News Reader now…haven’t seen that one
I get it, it’s an affirmative, we say it too, or at least I do, “how good IS ___(fill in the blank,) right?” The actor who was Senior Sergeant Nick Schultz, William McInnes, is a MAJOR character in The News Reader. I hope you enjoy it, season 2 just dropped for y’all, but I won’t be able to see it yet.
I binge watched the first season…it was incredible! Thanks for the recommendation 😊 that guy in the series was like an old cranky santa…always yelling at people I don’t like him at all in that series hehe. I crush on the presenter more Dale 😍
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I fangirled Dale/Sam Reid too until the end… He is beautiful, though! Helen’s an amazing actress (Anna Torv). I can’t wait until we get season 2 here in the states.
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Ugh. The not so fun side effects of your immune system ramping up. I hope it passes quickly. So, with the pneumonia vacc, do you have to get it yearly? Or is it a one and done type of thing?
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I think it’s every other year but I missed last year so I’m not sure, and then I missed the covid booster because I had pneumonia and then I just forgot all about it until now. So I’ll get the new covid vax and also RSV cos my little grandangel had it last year and she was very sick. With asthma I really need to pay more attention to prevention.
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I hear you.
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I hope you feel better soon…that sounds intense! As an Australian the watching of these TV shows that I know tickled me and your liking of the slang words too….there are so many and they all funny too. A slab is a 24 pack of beer tho not a six pack https://www.theintrepidguide.com/hilarious-australian-slang/
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OMG thank you for clarifying! This is def a slab haha. My next 36 hellish hours will be on Wed when I get the new Covid vax. Good thing Blue Heelers filmed like 1000 episodes lol. I cant wait for new season of The News Reader. That was really good and thank you for the guide to more slang. Good on ya!
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I’m glad you are all sorted with TV shows. How good is Blue Heelers? That is something Aussies do…as rhetorical questions like ‘How good is Chocolate?’ To mean as a statement that something is awesome!! Hehehe. I really hope your recovery goes well. I am going to check out the News Reader now…haven’t seen that one
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I get it, it’s an affirmative, we say it too, or at least I do, “how good IS ___(fill in the blank,) right?” The actor who was Senior Sergeant Nick Schultz, William McInnes, is a MAJOR character in The News Reader. I hope you enjoy it, season 2 just dropped for y’all, but I won’t be able to see it yet.
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Thank you 🙂 hehe can’t wait. Yes William McInnes is a great actor, I heard him on a podcast ages ago and it was very funny and heartwarming, so good that i remembered it so here it is https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/conversations-william-mcinnes/10031790
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I admit to crushing on him a bit so will listen and enjoy! Thank you!
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I binge watched the first season…it was incredible! Thanks for the recommendation 😊 that guy in the series was like an old cranky santa…always yelling at people I don’t like him at all in that series hehe. I crush on the presenter more Dale 😍
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I fangirled Dale/Sam Reid too until the end… He is beautiful, though! Helen’s an amazing actress (Anna Torv). I can’t wait until we get season 2 here in the states.
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