{"id":7134,"date":"2021-08-10T21:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonymcfadden.net\/wp\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2021-08-10T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:16:07","slug":"de-ja-fck-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonymcfadden.net\/wp\/2021\/08\/10\/de-ja-fck-u\/","title":{"rendered":"De ja F*ck U"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now if I’m totally honest, when my employer told us all to go home last March (2020, of course), I didn’t mind one bit. We are a bit of an insular family, anyway. I got rid of my hour long commute, could barbecue some snags at lunch and got an extra hour sleep at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only negative was the lack of commute on the way home. For real. That hour allowed me to decompress and leave work at work. And I didn’t need an hour to do that. Twenty minutes, max.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, though. It can go fuck itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life was essentially back to normal and I was enjoying going back to the office. A new office (new job).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the COVID induced lockdown is really grinding my gears. I don’t know what’s different this time, but it can’t be over soon enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re getting vaccinated<\/a> and survived (I’ve had my first AZ, my daughter has had both jabs, and within week my son and wife will also be fully vaxed) and I’m hoping, really fucking hoping, that there will be a staged lifting of restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I’ve had more than enough of this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so have you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wear masks, get vaccinated and let’s get this horseshit over with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now if I’m totally honest, when my employer told us all to go home last March (2020, of course), I didn’t mind one bit. We are a bit of an insular family, anyway. I got rid of my hour long commute, could barbecue some snags at lunch and got an extra hour sleep at night. … Continue reading De ja F*ck U<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[29,30],"class_list":["post-7134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-az-vaccination","tag-fuckery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8912,"url":"https:\/\/tonymcfadden.net\/wp\/2022\/05\/15\/rainbow-crossings-book-trail\/","url_meta":{"origin":7134,"position":0},"title":"Rainbow Crossing’s Book Trail","author":"Tony McFadden","date":"May 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"About a month ago Brian Laul called me up and wanted to know if I was interested in being part of his inaugural \"Book Trail\". \"I'm an author, Brian. 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