Ack! I feel like crap. I don’t have Covid, but I don’t feel great. I was going to go to the gym, but I don’t think I should. I’m just going to have an early dinner and go to bed.

Work is okay so far this week. A couple people are in negative mood cycles and they seem to feed off each other. It’s sick, one goes from desk to desk, office to office spreading their bad attitude. It’s really draining. You can hear them telling each person the same thing, with a nastier tone with each new victim. I always know it’s going to be challenging when I come in and ask “how’s your morning so far?” And I get “Shitty, you wouldn't believe how stupid people are and what they’re making me do”.  Guys, I get in around 4:30am!!! How bad can it be when you’ve only been there 20 minutes before me??  I try to change the topic, say something positive or pretend like I have a call to make, but they don’t leave! I really hate it when work gets like this. I work at a great firm, but sometimes….

I also came home to a stinky house. I forgot to take the trash out this morning on my way out to work and there was raw chicken packaging that I apparently didn’t rinse very well before throwing it in the trash can. 🤢

Hopefully, the smell will be gone soon!

Tomorrow is going to be AMAZING!!!

Oh yeah, if you haven’t watched Shang-Chi, give it a spin. It’s a really good, underrated movie. I rewatched it and had forgotten how much I enjoyed it.  

This weekend has been pretty routine. I got most of my chores done, but not everything, which is frustrating.

I watched “The Gray Man”, which I was very excited about. What an amazing cast! Evans and his mustache, Thornton, Woodard, de Armas, Gosling…the Russo’s directing! My only question is, how can I love everything about the movie, except the movie??? Acting was terrific, filming, score, soundtrack, locations, everything was great…except the movie. I’m confused. Maybe I need to watch it again?

Because I’ve seen two moths, I meant to douse the apt in the cedar oil/vodka/water mixture that usually keeps them away, but I just didn’t get to it. I’ll have to take care of it when I get home from work tomorrow. It’s such a production to get it all done, grrrrr.

Fingers-crossed work will be easier this week. It’s been challenging, which is getting old. My weekly Zoom meeting is back on after having last week off and I don’t have anything to contribute. They moved the meeting from Fridays to early in the week and it’s difficult to come up with talking points when the week just started.

Well, it’s going to be a great week, I can feel it! We’ll tackle anything that comes along head on!!

Oh yeah, if you miss the discontinued Trader Joe’s Caribbean Fruit Floes popsicles, the 365 brand on Amazon fresh (is it a Whole Foods line?) makes a pretty close duplicate. Pineapple, Strawberry, Mango, Passion Fruit and coconut. It’s gonna be a looong hot summer.

Yes, I’m probably, definitely for sure going to complain about or mention the gym. Again. Probably will for a few weeks, until I either get used to it or quit. Sorry!

 I got home from work, changed into comfortable clothes and was enjoying that fact it was an “off” day from the gym as I went Saturday and Sunday when I remembered I have an eye appointment tomorrow after work (when I should be at the gym). GAH!! I scheduled that appointment months ago and I’m about 8-9 months overdue, so I can’t change it.

Aside from the fact that I just don’t want to go today, it’s too late to change and go now.  That place gets really crowded in the afternoon and it gets difficult to get done what I want to do. I guess I’ll have to go Wednesday and Thursday. Not ideal, to be honest. I really do feel worse for wear without a day off in-between. I guess I’m just too out of shape. Depending on how hot it is here tomorrow, I’ll try to do something here at home.

Currently though, it’s 87 in the apt, and that’s not even the room that gets all the sun where the equipment is. Reaching for the controller to the air conditioner now…

Work was okay today. Really busy catching up after being out on Friday. It’s amazing how much piles up just being out one day!  There was also the added twist that a co-worker tested positive for Covid Thursday night, so we’re shorthanded again. They closed the office Friday, on my day off, no fair!!!  

I came into close contact with them, but luckily, I’m still testing negative and feel fine, but I guess I’m back to taking my laptop home every day, just in case I get it or they close the office again. It’s a pain, but oh well. This strain of Covid seems to be more easily transmitted than the others, which is saying a lot! Luckily, everyone I know who has recently contracted it was vaccinated and boosted, so they’re able to get better at home with fairly mild cases. Not so mild it’s a walk in the park, but better than being in the hospital!

I’ve got a ton of stuff still to do when I get in tomorrow, BAH!  At least we have sweet, sweet air conditioning at the office! 

 I started back at the gym Sunday and went again yesterday (Tuesday). Guess what? I still hate the gym! I figure I’ll try to go 3 days a week and use my home equipment the other days, if it’s not too hot.

Sunday was “leg day”, so I can barely walk, even now three days later. Yesterday was “ab and arm day”, so now I can barely move anything else.

Hopefully, if I can keep at it, this dumb steroid weight will come off and I’ll be back to normal. I can’t believe that having those injections into my spine and shoulder would have such a reaction! Doctor said it could take a year for my body to let go of the weight, so I’m just gonna try to help it along a little bit.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the size of a house, but I’m heavier and not comfortable like this. At. All.  

Working out still sucks though.

I decided to take Friday off work. I think I’ve only taken one day off so far this year, so I capped out and stopped accruing vacation hours months ago and need to free up some time. I’m going to do glamorous things like get my oil changed and get my roots done. I’ll probably still work a little from home though. Jealous? 😂

It’s Wednesday People!!! The weekend is coming-up fast!! I hope.

 This post will probably be a potpourri of topics!

What’s gone on since my last post? I had another birthday, I’m not too pleased with that, lol! Getting older has it’s positives, but it’s still a bit unnerving at times when I think about the actual number of years I’ve lived.

I flew to Oakland in early June for the Midnight Oil show at the Fox. It’s their last-ever tour (so at least we’re all getting old and it’s not just me!), so I wanted to go to at least one show. I had a ticket for the local show a few days later, but I was still isolating and trying to make sure I didn’t get Covid from the Oakland show (I was in the minority wearing my mask at both the airports and the general admission show with an audience traveling from all over the world) and wasn’t sure I should go. Plus, it was really hot and I didn’t feel like waiting in line on Hollywood Blvd. under direct sunlight all day to get a good spot.

Oakland was fun! Great show. Interesting hotel, The Moxie. Nice, cool weather. Got to see a friend I hadn’t seen since before Covid, which was pretty awesome! PLUS, there was a Shake Shack near the theater, so we had kick-ass burgers while waiting in line for hours!

Work has been crazy hectic and busy the last few months. I’ve been exhausted every day when I get home, but only managing about 5 hours sleep a night if I’m lucky.  This heat hasn’t helped at all. I’m glad it’s supposed to cool down a little over this long weekend. Perhaps I will finally take these loads of charitable donations over! Bags and boxes blocking the hallway!

Frustratingly, I haven't shed the steroid weight yet. I was hoping to by my birthday, but it’s just not going anywhere! I’ve dropped a tiny bit, but nothing I can tell. I think I mentioned getting a Total Gym on sale (basic model for less than $300!). I assembled it and had it in the bedroom, but it’s way bigger than it looked on tv and while I had room for it, it looked weird and I was afraid I’d knock into it in the middle of the night. I ended up moving it to the sun room (i.e. the tiny extra room addition that gets hot as fuck because it faces south and west with windows taking up all the walls). It’s okay in there, but it really does get hot. It’s fun using it, if I do it really early in the morning or in the middle of the night.  Only got my hair caught in the pulleys once! HAHA!

A friend at work gave me a fancy silk pillowcase set for my birthday and oh my gosh, it’s amazing! How did I not know about these things??? She also brought back Polish dark chocolates with booze in them for the office. How did I not know about Polish booze chocolates??? Everyone knows about the amazing vodka, but the chocolate is fantastic too!

It’s 4th of July weekend, so I need to get Jaws out for my annual viewing. I think this is year 30, with maybe one or two times where I wasn’t able to pop it in either the vcr or dvd player.  I love that movie. Robert Shaw is legendary.

I have to admit, I don’t feel particularly patriotic, not that I ever do in general, but this year is an all time low. You know, I watch a lot of tv shows from the 1970’s and watching them I think to myself “how fucked up is it that women and people of color have more rights in 1974 than they do today?”. I’m so angry and so, so sad. Why is it conservatives only take things away from people? Things that have nothing to do with them. You never see proposals from the right that actually go towards helping people, especially not on a basic needs level. What are they so afraid of? Why do they hate everyone that’s not like them? 

Gotham is doing about the same. Not eating much, etc. he’s acting fine. Being an asshole if I’m honest. 😂 I’m clinging to the fact that if he can run around, jump, climb and play, I’m not going to take him to the vet for a bunch of appointments just to be told I need to get him to eat, when he won’t. It just stresses him out too much. With the hypertension, I think it will do more harm than good at this point. If I see a change, he’ll be there like lightening! I love my little old man so much!

Not much else is going on. I’ve got tickets for Thor on 7/15 (my friend is in Europe when it opens, so that’s the first day we could go). We’re going to the same fancy theater we saw Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Btw- I enjoyed it in the theater and have since watched it on Disney+ and am amazed at all the stuff I missed in the theater. Captain Carter is such a badass!

Speaking of Disney+, how do people find the time to watch all the shows on there???

Ah well, maybe I’ll add more later, I think I’ll make dinner. Something that won’t heat up the house!