CONCUBHAR Ó LIATHÁIN
Glac go réidh é - ní gnáth am é seo!
AN bhfuil tú tagtha go deireadh Netflix go fóill? Ní h–é go bhfuil bun leis an dtobar de chláracha is scannáin ach éirímíd tuirseach den síor chuardach ar son rud éigean a chuirfidh isteach taoscán eile d’am go dtí go mbeimíd go léir ‘saor’ arís.
Am saghas ait é seo. Táimíd go léir ‘faoi ghlas ag galar’ agus, mar gheall ar sin, táimíd ag bacáil agus ag aclaíocht, ag obair ón mbaile agus ag ligint ár scith sa bhaile, ag dul go dtí an siopa chun ár siopadóireacht riachtanach a dhéanamh, ag siopadóireacht ar líne chun stuif eile a fháil, ag siúl, ag rith, ag rothaíocht ár dhá chileaméadar gach lá agus gach oíche ag cur fréamhacha sa tolg i seomra na teilifíse. Agus ag brionglóid faoin lá go mbeimíd ábalta dul amach chun piúnt leanna nó caife le bainne a bhlaiseadh arís!
Have you reached the end of Netflix yet? I don’t mean that there’s a danger that the platform will run out of TV programmes and films for us to watch, to eat up some more time between the time we’re ‘free’ again.
This is a strange time, obviously. We’re all under quarantine and because of that, we’re baking and exercising (to work off the baking produce); working from home and relaxing at home; going to the shop to do our essential shopping and shopping online for other stuff; walking, running, cycling our two kilometres from home (and back) by day and then growing roots in the soft furniture at home that night; and all the time dreaming of the night we might sneak out for a creamy/frothy pint or a latte or a spin class in the local gym.
Is dócha nach mbeidh cead ár gcos againn go ceann tamaill eile. Tá an víreas seo i réim go fóill agus níl aon chosúlacht go mbeidh faoiseamh le fáil againn go ceann tamaill eile.
I don’t suppose we’ll be granted our freedom for a little more time. The virus is still in charge and there’s no likeliehood of us getting our roaming rights for another while.
I rith na h-éigeandála seo chonac daoine ag rá ar na meáin míshoisialta gur cheart do dhaoine a chreideann gur féidir leo leabhar a scríobh nó teanga a fhoghlaim nó maistreacht a fháil ar uirlis cheoil, mar shamplaí, gur cheart dóibh tabhair faoi. Mura n-éireodh leo, is léiriú a bheadh ann gur easpa disciplin pearsanta seachas am, an ghnath leithscéal, atá ag cur as dóibh.
During this emergency period, I’ve seen people on our ‘anti-social’ media say that if you don’t write that book, learn that language or master that musical instrument during this quarantine period, then it’s not a lack of time that’s your problem, it’s a lack of discipline.
Ráiméis a deirimse. Tá go leor rudaí ag cur as dúinn. Bí leisciúil más maith leat, más é sin an slí go dtagann tú tríd seo.
I say that’s rubbish - there’s enough on our plates at present without having to put up with the petty moralisations of twitter trolls. Be as lazy as you want if that’s how you want to get through this. As I said these are not normal times.
Tá roinnt rudaí á ndéanamh agamsa a chabhraíonn liom - mar shampla glacaim páirt i quiz teaghlaigh ar líne le Glór na nGael gach Domhnaigh. Tá an iomaíocht ghéar agus tá breis is 70 teaghlach páirteach ann. Bhíomar sa dara agus sa tríú áit i mbabhtaí go dtí seo. Táimíd ag díriú ar an bpríomh dhuais a bhaint amach lá éigean des na laethannta seo.
Beidh orm tabhairt faoi níos mó aclaíochta, ceapaim, mar táim ag caitheamh an iomarca ama ós comhair an riomhaire. Ní fadhb mór é sin.
I take part in a weekly online quiz - which is proving to be entertaining and I will have to get out and do some walking.