A hell of a month

[popkin16]

It'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...

Comments

[squidgiepdx]

Oh jeez ::hugs:: I'm thinking good thoughts for you!!

[brumeier]

Oh, man. You've had a lot going on. ::hugs:: I hope you're feeling better, and that you don't lose your job!

How's the new place? Or, how will it be once you get all the boxes unpacked?

[timespirt]

"HUGS"

Sorry it's covid hon. Did they give you the Paxlovid? You get better in 7 days verses getting the antibodies which doesn't do much.

[esteefee]

oh man, I'm crossing my fingers for real that work won't be a bitch about giving you deserved leave for freaking COVID. feel better soon, my friend. Sending you health beams. <3

[melagan]

Oh, hon, it sounds like it's been a real roller coaster.
Fingers crossed that you get feeling better soon and that you get the time off you need.

This is not the time to stress about unpacked boxes, they get taken care of after a while.

I'm glad you found a fandom that you can get involved in and yay for writing!

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[tarlanx]

I do hope your health improves soon! Hope the new place turns out really lovely once you have those boxes unpacked :)

[trillingstar]

Oh congratulations on that move!! Whew, I looked around my immediate space and went, Could I do this in a week? Ahahahaha! But ugh, the armchair sleeping. My sympathies.

One of my peeps recently got me into a Korean manhwa called A Shoulder to Cry On. I was mildly interested in the webtoon at first, but then learned there's a live action adaptation [that was supposed to be out by now but there've been allegations of abuse from the idol group (against management) so idk what is happening with it, but of course now I WANTS IT]. Anyway possibly another to add to the stack? :)

*HUGS you tight like not that tight but just tight enough*

[icarus]

Oh, I'm so sorry about getting COVID on Top of moving so suddenly, Plus the holidays. I'm impressed you managed to do all at once, and still run SGASanta.

It's been a few weeks, so for all I know you've unpacked every box and your place is perfectly decorated now. But in case it isn't, my mother had a suggestion for unpacking after a move that's always helped me:

Unpack and decorate one room. No boxes in that room. Make it polished.

That then becomes your place to retreat when you're "aaaaaaaaah!" about the boxes, especially when you've moved an entire house (or from somewhere you've lived a long time).

I find this works for cleaning, too, when I've fallen behind. The One Clean Room is contagious.