It's a great day...

It's a great day to be working from home. /sarcasm A water main broke and no one in the apartment complex has water.

Just swabbed my brain again and I'm FINALLY testing negative. I'm going back to the office tomorrow! 😁

I'm not feeling 100% today.

I'm not feeling 100% today. Good thing I'm still working from the apartment.

Waking up early yesterday might have worked too well because I crashed out by 8 pm last night. I'm not usually so easily tired... except for when I have PMS. That tracks since I've been cramping for 2 days and I'm super bloated. My mood is also crappy today. I'm usually pretty chill, but today I'm grumpy and I just want to go home to my family.

I'm still testing positive for COVID so I can't go back to the office yet. The office Holiday Party is tonight and I really wanted to go, but I can't. It's at a museum and they are having some delicious food catered and I miss everyone. I'm bummed. And I just wanted to get that off my chest, I guess.

I hope you all are having a good day. This isn't my best day, but it's far from one of the worst so I'll take it. ❤️

Words I never thought I would say:

Words I never thought I would say:

I miss my routine.

When I had the 'Rona of course I slept a lot and tried to let my body heal. I didn't stick to any routine; I just did whatever made me the most comfortable in the moment.

I felt mostly better last week, but wasn't allowed back in the office (and I'm not mad at that - I think this whole pandemic could have been avoided if more people had taken the "better safe than sorry" approach), but working from here in the apartment was really different for me. Being able to sleep later and still make it to my laptop on time, or skipping showers because I was basically here alone, and eating whatever / whenever I wanted to...

Those things might sound like perks, but I didn't feel so great last week. On top of sleeping like absolute crap all week (which could be a hormonal thing or a post-'Rona thing or a "my schedule is out of whack" thing or a combo of it all...) I felt a bit disoriented. And I wasn't taking as great care of my body as I'd gotten used to doing.

So it's a new week that starts with me still working from home. But I'm awake and showered and am about to do my morning skincare routine and have breakfast. The only thing I am not going to do is put on uncomfortable office clothing. I see no reason to make extra laundry if no one is looking at me.

I feel like this is a personal growth thing for me. I used to detest schedules and being told what to do with my time. I used to revel in staying up late, and hate the morning rush of scrambling to get ready for work on time. Since I've been here in Cincy, though, I easily fell into waking up at 6, taking care of myself, working, and crashing out by 10 pm so I could do it all again. And getting out of whack after being sick made me appreciate that. So yeah, I'm saying it:  I missed my routine.

I have only been outside of my apartment once...

I have only been outside of my apartment once since November 28th - and that was to take out my trash.

Today, I am going to curbside pick up my prescriptions... and if the weather is nice I'm going to either take a walk outside or skate. Here's hoping that a bit of exercise will help my sleep issues.

Feels like a big day after almost 2 weeks shut in.

I have been sleeping like crap lately.

I have been sleeping like crap lately. I really dislike having to take Melatonin, but I have been because I need to sleep. But it gives me weird dreams. Today I woke up mad at Barbie dolls. 🤨😂

I'm gonna ramble.

I'm gonna ramble.

Today started off a little rough.  I woke up with a pretty bad tension headache.  I had a lot of weird dreams and must have slept crazy.  I took some meds to head of a migraine and got started on my work later in the day than I wanted to.  But I did my time and made a lot of good progress towards Challenge #2.  I am pretty excited that I am able to be productive from home.

I showered today and put in larger earrings.  I'm at a 5mm now, which I think is about a 4 gauge.  When I visited home for Thanksgiving I brought most of my body jewelry back to Cincinnati with me.  I have a few things I can wear in this size, but a LOT more options once I reach a 2 gauge.  I'm excited about that.

I'm being SO NICE to my ears.  I'm only inserting larger earrings after a hot shower and there is no pain at all.  I remember when I stretched my lobes back in the day it always pinched and hurt a bit.  I feel like I'm just not into that part of it anymore.  I want everything to be comfy.  It's probably also easier because they were stretched before, but I am not complaining.

After catching the 'Rona (I assume from the airport), I have decided that I'm not flying home around another holiday.  My plan is to pack my car full of as much of my stuff as I can live without for a few weeks and drive home and unload it.  That way, when I leave Cincinnati for good I'll have more room for this desk that I acquired and that I love to come with me.  And hopefully a friend will ride with me again - definitely gotta make sure I have room for her!

I'm missing a lot of my work buddies.  I can't go back to the office until I test negative for COVID.  I'm not mad at the caution regarding it, but I feel like I'm missing a lot.  A couple of the guys got their certifications, and one has already been put on a project.  That is all super exciting stuff.  I messaged them on Slack to congratulate them, but it's not the same as a high-five and a "Let's fucking go!"

Anyway, so this is crazy.  I have the ParaGard IUD, which I think hurts me sometimes and I'll probably get removed at some point.  But my hormones are getting jankey, so the doctor I saw prescribed birth control pills.  On top of all of that I am nowhere near my husbang so it seems crazy to be this birth-controlled, but I know there are reasons for it.  The doctor said that I am not old enough to be going into perimenopause yet, but my suddenly irregular periods and night-sweats say otherwise.  I've been a whole damn mess for a few months now and I really hope the pills help.

Well, I can't think of much else to say.  I'm about to chill down for the night and hopefully I'll sleep restfully instead of stressfully tonight.  We'll see. I hope you all are doing well.  ❤️

I didn't go to work last week...

I didn't go to work last week and part of this week because of being sick.

My manager gives us code challenges to try. I finished the first one after getting tons of feedback throughout the day the week before I got sick. Coding is not my strong point, but I am trying my best and he is very helpful!

I missed Challenge #2 because I didn't feel well.

I worked from home today and I just finished Challenge #3 (which he gave us yesterday). I did it all by myself, y'all. I am so damn excited! 😁😁😁

This photo will mean nothing to most of you, but I wrote this script. And it works. And I comment it like I do because it helps me learn and keep my train of thought on track.

It's not due until Tuesday, so maybe I have time to go back and try Challenge 2. 😁

This is the boost I needed tonight after being away. 😁