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A hell of a month
Jan. 7th, 2023 06:09 pmIt's been a hell of a month (and by that, I mean the last 30 days).
First, we got word of a bigger place with reasonable rent late in December. I'm talking the week before Christmas late. Because we didn't want to have to pay another month's rent on our old place, we had to pack up and move out in a rush. We did most of our moving the week after Christmas (since the week leading up to the holiday was rough), and we're in the new place now, but we have boxes EVERYWHERE and it's all just...a mess.
The Thursday before Christmas I started feeling unwell. I took two covid tests, which came back negative. I suspect I had bronchitis, which I've had before, and my dad has chronic bronchitis. I had to sleep sitting up in an armchair, which absolutely sucks after a while. I didn't start feeling better until the following Tuesday, where I worked a half-shift.
And then two days ago I tested positive for covid via home test. I called a walk-in clinic about getting professionally tested and they told me to go to Walgreens, so I did and received confirmation that I'm positive. I'm doing okay - a bit of a cough, a stuffy nose, and a lot of fatigue. I'm stressing about work though - I applied for a leave of absence but the company we go through - Sedgewick - can sometimes be a dick and deny leaves. If I'm denied, I won't have enough "protected" PTO to cover my call-ins, which means I'll be fired. Fingers crossed everything works out for me!
My "work wife" is leaving for Germany as part of her college education. She'll be gone for 4 months, and I'm not sure what I'll do without her.
Fandom-wise, I'm still hopping around. I've gotten really into online comics (most notably webtoons), some of which are based on Korean webnovels. So I'm...reading Korean webnovels now 😂 And writing fic for them too, not that I've published anything yet. It's difficult because the web novels are much further along than the comics, and I'm not caught up on the novels yet. The novels are different from how things are done in English. They're all very....hmm...sparsely written? I'm sure English readers are losing some stuff in translation, but the few web novels I've read are short on describing things. Actions, sure, but sometimes expressions, clothing, the surrounding area, stuff like that aren't mentioned at all. Not that it's bad; it's just an adjustment!
Still reading some anime fic, some books, etc. My list of things to watch continues to grow while I ignore it lol.
And now I want a nap...
First, we got word of a bigger place with reasonable rent late in December. I'm talking the week before Christmas late. Because we didn't want to have to pay another month's rent on our old place, we had to pack up and move out in a rush. We did most of our moving the week after Christmas (since the week leading up to the holiday was rough), and we're in the new place now, but we have boxes EVERYWHERE and it's all just...a mess.
The Thursday before Christmas I started feeling unwell. I took two covid tests, which came back negative. I suspect I had bronchitis, which I've had before, and my dad has chronic bronchitis. I had to sleep sitting up in an armchair, which absolutely sucks after a while. I didn't start feeling better until the following Tuesday, where I worked a half-shift.
And then two days ago I tested positive for covid via home test. I called a walk-in clinic about getting professionally tested and they told me to go to Walgreens, so I did and received confirmation that I'm positive. I'm doing okay - a bit of a cough, a stuffy nose, and a lot of fatigue. I'm stressing about work though - I applied for a leave of absence but the company we go through - Sedgewick - can sometimes be a dick and deny leaves. If I'm denied, I won't have enough "protected" PTO to cover my call-ins, which means I'll be fired. Fingers crossed everything works out for me!
My "work wife" is leaving for Germany as part of her college education. She'll be gone for 4 months, and I'm not sure what I'll do without her.
Fandom-wise, I'm still hopping around. I've gotten really into online comics (most notably webtoons), some of which are based on Korean webnovels. So I'm...reading Korean webnovels now 😂 And writing fic for them too, not that I've published anything yet. It's difficult because the web novels are much further along than the comics, and I'm not caught up on the novels yet. The novels are different from how things are done in English. They're all very....hmm...sparsely written? I'm sure English readers are losing some stuff in translation, but the few web novels I've read are short on describing things. Actions, sure, but sometimes expressions, clothing, the surrounding area, stuff like that aren't mentioned at all. Not that it's bad; it's just an adjustment!
Still reading some anime fic, some books, etc. My list of things to watch continues to grow while I ignore it lol.
And now I want a nap...