I'm sorry, Votrex. You are loved. And yay for water, Dana!

Also, happy belated, Beverly!

Which eliminates both any regret over going to the expense/trouble of an extra test and any guilt over gaining weight and being lethargic the last few months. Turns out I'm not just a lazy lard-ass after all!

Ah, Matt, my brother in the "Turns out I'm not just a lazy lard-ass after all!" land. I was with mono for a good 6-9 months before it was diagnosed in a blood test, and I still remember it *very* well.

Yay appropriately behaving water!

Too much to do this week to be a lazy ass. Speaking of which, I better get busy.

Yay water in the right places!

Boo puppy who woke me up at 6am and then I couldn’t fall back asleep, while he’s sleeping next to me. Ugh.

Yay sense of smell! Yay for everyone who has power and water as desired.

Greetings from the sleepy land of post-vaccination. Got the shot on Thursday and had scheduled myself to work from home on Friday with a strong possibility of side effects (heck I ran a two day fever after the first dose. My immune system, it is A Thing.) Good call. Managed to be vaguely productive for two hours Friday morning, then started feeling super loopy and making dumb type-os. Right, fever=poor work quality. So I took the rest of the day off sick and went back to bed a little before noon. Napped until about 4, got up, had some soup and lots of water, fed the cats, took a bath, went back to bed. Woke up at a very reasonable hour this morning and about to go back to bed for the rest of the day. I highly recommend the "just sleep through it" course of post-vaccine treatment. I mean, I could load up on ibuprofen and power through it if I had to....but it's so much nicer to just give in and give my body all the rest it wants. Nyquil is great. Wish I could sleep on my back...being a side sleeper and only having one side available to sleep on gets old fast. Lots of waking up due to rolling over and "ow, shoulder hurty!" then back to sleep on the non hurty side.

Cats are deeply offended that they have not been allowed to nap with me. Malachi peed on the bed last week so he is NOT permitted anywhere near my bed.

Yay erin, glad to hear your immune system is on the job. My 2nd shot is scheduled for March 4, and the next day is my regular day off, so I expect to just spend the day in bed...

ION, I started my new job as branch chief this week, and I'm already exhausted and stressed out. It wouldn't have been so bad except one of my team is out on maternity leave, and my boss who retired left nothing in writing on what the job entailed and how to do it. And I never learned anything about how the budget is built or what it covers, which is apparently a big part of it.

I know I could just call D and ask him but I'm afraid I'll start bitching at him rather than get any actual information. It's all just a lot. Plus I still have all my other work that I was doing before he retired, because there's almost nobody to give it to.

I gave up alcohol through to the end of February and I rather wish I hadn't...

Timelies all!

Woke up earlier than I needed to, for no apparent reason. That, plus Mr. S being annoying all day has led to me being a bit grumpy. (Right now he is on a Zoom session with Gary's mom while playing Candyland with Gary and Scoundrel-his stuffed kitty. :shrug:)

Yikes Consuela, that work situation sounds like a huge pain!!

I’m still wondering how I’m going to get a second dose...the clinic said “we won’t be doing clinics anymore at that point but we will email you about what to do”. So of course I am like “where is my email????” Even though I know they probably won’t send it for another week or so, I tilt heir clinics are over.

Supposed to do speed dating tonight. Want to just curl up on couch with pup and not do anything instead. But guess I better take a shower in a few....

Speed dating in person? Or what??

I gave up alcohol through to the end of February and I rather wish I hadn't...

Consuela, it's never too late to change your plans.

Here is how old we are, peers: Peter Kavinsky's father is Eliott from ET.

And here’s how wrong I am. I think both are hot and options.

Nah, that's fair. Noah C is a grownup.