3 things: health, words, and work
Apr. 6th, 2019 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingHealth report: improving! I slept like utter shit for the first half of last night -- that weird stage where you're no longer so sick you can sleep through anything, but still too sick to sleep normally. Also deep gunk-filled coughs when I happened to lean my torso at the wrong angle, since my lungs were trying to dislodge all the mucus that had run down that way over the past few days. UGH, BODIES, WHY. But then I think something cleared up a bit and I slept very well from about 3am to 8am, for which I am very thankful.
Today I sounded pretty awful (see above in re: gunk in my chest, ugh) but have been feeling much better and more mentally coherent, albeit still generally exhausted. Also despite the occasional coughing, my throat is no longer singing an interminable chorus of "pain, pain, pain!" at me, which is nice. (My throat does not like having a never-ending stream of mucus running down it. I can't imagine why.)
Words report: good! I have not only continued reading my latest book project, I managed to write something for the first time in about a week. The break was partly due to general frustration, but then also to being too sick to think. I think it was helpful. Sometimes it's just a good idea to stop banging one's head against a wall and go do something else for a few days.
Work report: very slow! Which is not surprising, since this weekend is the tail end of Cornell's spring break. I am sure things will pick back up on Monday. But today I met my new coworker, who I will give a nickname in due time. She seems nice and generally competent.
I also got to enjoy Mom boss's new keyboard (with visible markings on the keys!) and new office chair (that isn't falling apart and doesn't threaten to tip me head over heels if I lean back a bit too fast!), which, to be sure, are minor pleasures in the grand scheme of things, but I like to savor the small pleasures as well as the great. :)
Today I sounded pretty awful (see above in re: gunk in my chest, ugh) but have been feeling much better and more mentally coherent, albeit still generally exhausted. Also despite the occasional coughing, my throat is no longer singing an interminable chorus of "pain, pain, pain!" at me, which is nice. (My throat does not like having a never-ending stream of mucus running down it. I can't imagine why.)
Words report: good! I have not only continued reading my latest book project, I managed to write something for the first time in about a week. The break was partly due to general frustration, but then also to being too sick to think. I think it was helpful. Sometimes it's just a good idea to stop banging one's head against a wall and go do something else for a few days.
Work report: very slow! Which is not surprising, since this weekend is the tail end of Cornell's spring break. I am sure things will pick back up on Monday. But today I met my new coworker, who I will give a nickname in due time. She seems nice and generally competent.
I also got to enjoy Mom boss's new keyboard (with visible markings on the keys!) and new office chair (that isn't falling apart and doesn't threaten to tip me head over heels if I lean back a bit too fast!), which, to be sure, are minor pleasures in the grand scheme of things, but I like to savor the small pleasures as well as the great. :)
