Today I went to exercize as late as I could. It's been really nice to do so. Walk was calm and relaxing, and the city was beautiful. Here's some pics so you can also enjoy:
And yes btw that is a beautiful full moon. And a lot of people. Way more than usual. This is part of what I wanted to talk about now. Today I heard the term "new normal" used again. Not by politicians but by managers. And... I think I like our new normal.
See. What the directives were talking about when using that term. Was how this has managed to propel the hospital forward in many ways, and deescalation can't mean letting bad habits and rules creep back in.
Thanks to corona many negotiations got streamlined. Our organization charts are simpler and far more effective. We stopped being an "open front" hospital. Meaning now families can't just come and go unchecked and instead need to register at the door and have limits of people per visit. Which has prevented massive issues that plagued our infrastructure, morale and resource management. Specially theft.
And while our doctors are stubborn as ever, you witnessed as much today, thanks to corona we've learned to cooperate in many other ways. And so what, in the end, if they wanna use pippetes? It's stupid, counter productive and pointless. But, quite simply. Who cares? Today's other debates, the ones about the lockers and kitchens. Were actually a long time coming, they had been years on the backburner. They didn't comw back till now because we had more serious things to worry about. And not enough time to care about those things.
Puerta del Mar is stronger than ever. And as things reopen, it seems to be adapting quite nicely to being a real shining beacon of hope for its personnel and its patients. It's genuinely nice being there, even as you have to fight a war on 5 sides where no one is right and no one wants to admit it. I like this new normal.
And thing is this is not just the hospital. As the PP and Vox wither, the autonomic rights have finally started forgetting their allegiances and working on fixing themselves. Except for Ayuso anyway. Journalist screech but there's no one to listen. And no one cares about the political noise as it fades into the background. The ones that matter are united and working. And they may hate each other. But they won't hurt themselves just to spite each other. As such pollarization is quickly lowering, and cooperation rising. And it's funny really. I live with a right winger, and usually when something really dumb is said by the right I respect him by not adding fuel. Today he was the one coming to the rest of us with the dumbest quotes of the day, laughing his ass off. It seems the voting base has finally reached acceptance. And I hope that means a new right wing party is soon to come, with real proposals, and less insanity.
On the journalists side its even better. Fernando Simon was talking to a rise of lethality during flu season. Which journos wanted to attribute entirely to corona (despite you know. FLU SEASON), and he explained they can't just go and say that definitely without solid proof, and gave multiple examples of what could've theoretically happened. Like the flu, other diseases, and as a sarcastic remark added "a really big accident". Journos of course went and grabbed that voice clip to try and ridicule him claiming his excuse was the accident. Usually this would be met with irate people lambasting the journos on social media. But all I saw were jokes about journos being too dumb to understand sarcasm.
And that is not the first time I write about a surprising lack of ire. I mean. Spaniards do enjoy their clownworld on average. But usually at least a good segment will get angry. Lately, that has not been the case. It seems instead that people have just reverted to pure fun. Every day is carnaval. Life is to be enjoyed.
And this attitude isn't just in social media. Look st how many people were exercicing. People are walking more than ever. It wasn't just the first day. People are in general taking a lot more care about their health than ever. Not only because they saw the signs. But because quarantine has taught them to enjoy fitness by taking it away. People want to walk they want to eat healthy they want to live a good lifestyle. So it seems spain's new normal is shaping up to include a people that is healthier, happier and calmer.
I do enjoy my clownworld but I could certainly do with that change away from it. And it seems that is what we got. Animals are also still closer to humans. People, attracted by the novelty, have shown them their kinder side. Cadiz is still filled with birds, our bay still holds a steady dolphin population. It seems we have learned to care for nature. And nature has learned to care for us. I know I talked about tree elf shit in the past, but, this is genuinely uplifting on a subconscious level. People care about animals, instinctually, even if they don't know it. And this scratches that itch I didn't even know I had.
We have also seen a definite end to this. As pretty much every minor party agrees alarm state simply cannot pass the next vote in 15 days. This was the last. So deescalation will keep being pushed harder. And lockdowns on most places will keep going down. Madrid is a political mess and Ayuso has even caused members of her councel to quit over her insanity. But that was to be expected. And at this point everyone agrees she's more entertaining than actually threatening. So who cares.
Furthermore. 3d visits for culturally significant places and museums keep being pushed. In fact I had a new one to link to you:
https://www.patiosdecordobaexperience.com/visita-virtual-los-patios-cordoba/ The gov wants them to be the new normal. So people can see our past, and our present, through home if they can't find a way to go see it in person. I also find that quite enjoyable. As for the economy. Current gov was obsessed with self employment and small biz creation. And while corona has taken a massive sledgehammer to that as it has all other economic endeavors, they seem set to redouble their efforts on that front as things lift. And I do believe it will work. I don't know how UBI will turn out but at the very least the rest of the economy seems solid. Hell. It seems more solid than spanish economy's ever been in the past. And the relief effort has gone extremely smoothly and well. With local support and guvernmental aid managing to get the best out of the NGOs. It's been heartwarming seeing cops and military help the poorer elements. And the social gap slowly but surely dissipate.
It seems every law that harmed us is lifting rapidly while we're learning to keep all the good. When people talk about the new normal here they don't talk about restrictions and impositions. But instead services and attitutes. And... I like this new normal. Rate me rainbows if you please, I know I deserve them. But. I can't help but think despite the horrendows deathtoll. Corona has also done some great things for us. As the song goes. Fighting against her is the best thing that's ever happened to us, it taught us so much about ourselves. I hope we don't forget. I for one know I won't.
I wish I could say this is what we'll see outside of spain too. That as corona fades and people go back to normality slowly, they remember the lessons and come back stronger. I think many regions will. But I don't think others can count themselves as lucky. So take care of yourself and your loved ones. Remember to relax. And if you're in one of the states or countries that seems about to do a Boog... Consider migrating. No sense in needlessly risking harm in such places. Go on vacation, enjoy the views, and consider fillikg a few forms to see if you get a contract far away from the pain inflicted by certain power hungry leaders. I wish you all the best luck. Good night.
Remember, you never get fucked as thoroughly as when you fuck yourself, as these little Hitlers have done. 
