Month: March 2023

Legs feel spongy. Fatigued. Still do not have much of an appetite. Still feel out of sorts in ways that are hard to express. Have been able to sleep much better recently so that has made life more positive. Cough is present, but no better and no worse. All things considered I believe (with no medical training, nor perceived ability) that things are ok(ish). Would have preferred to not get Covid, but things “seem” stable, and on the mend? Best guess. Staying positive.

Tried to do some work last Thursday/Friday and that was awful. Glad I didn’t have to do more than a few minutes worth of minor edits to legalese mice type. I still intend to take things a bit easier until I get out of this. Longer breaks. Perhaps a nap. No hard physical labour around the house. We can live with the clutter and mess for a bit. No point to doing needless extraneous work.

Today is Tuesday, and the second official day of spring. That’s about as far as I’ve thought for today. Like I said Covid brain fog is a thing. Not as bad as it was. But still a thing.

Still appear upon those tests. Today I awoke with a new, but funny taste in my mouth, and my leg muscles feel a tad spongy. Not sure if that bodes well or not, but the brain fog is dissipating, the eye pain & head ache have finally ceased, and for the last two days when I’ve felt hot, I haven’t actually had a temperature above 36.6 ° C. Could be a long row to hoe before this clears up. My family have all finally tested negative on two tests 24 hours apart. Much relieved by that. So that does mean I’ll have to do school drop off, and pick up in a mask/gloves/goggles and stood apart from everyone to make sure I don’t pass this along now that it’s just me with it.

I don’t care to wager on how long it could take to shake this Covid infection. I had thought 2 full weeks, and that may very well be close give or take a day or two, or three. Oh joy. That is going to restrict things for even longer. Oh well. If the weather turns I can enjoy the wood shop if I’m not too tired, distracted, or coughing.

Hope you all keep well. Stay safe out there.

48 hours later – again, still solid, but a softer pink. Progress! Slow marching progress!

My eyes are still not too keen on all of this unfiltered sunshine. Usually for March break we’d be thrilled to have blue skies, and warm sunshine, but this Covid brain /eye pain combo doesn’t much care for it. Now I don’t think I’ve ever had a migraine, so I couldn’t say if the four plus day long headache that was unceasing in severity would cross over into that type of territory but… it was pretty terrible.

Still throwing up solid red bars on the test while the kids are free and clear two days in a row. My spouse has a fading intensity to her tests over the days too. But mine is rock solidly red. Damn. Could be at this for week(s) plural. At least 2, by the feel of it.

The last nine days has been a real ride. Started out with such high hopes, and then we all tumbled and fell like dominoes. It will be memorable for its consistent level of suck for all involved. A very Covid march break. Zero stars. Do not reccomend. Pull it from the shelves. Banned in 25 counties. Not worth it.

Though we all seem to get attacked by Covid slightly differently, though I feel we cover much of the same ground eventually. That surprise was eye pain. Horrible, debilitating eye pain. I was aware of brain fog – very much agree with that on a personal “I’ve experienced that – yes” kind of way. But the swelling, painful, feels out of round eye pain was mostly unexpected. I hate every single minute of it. It feels to be dialing back, at least in one eye, and occasionally both. I hear symptoms can be cyclical, so I’m not looking forward to it coming back. Also the multiple days long headache put an end to much of my week. I know what we had planned for the kids for march break! It sure as fuck wasn’t full blown Covid infections, but that’s what we got, and it governed all of us for the back half of the break. More time lost to this stupid fucking mess. God damn. These kids deserve some fun time away from these shit conditions. I’m telling you. But boy am I glad we didn’t catch it in Florida, as I would not have made the trip back in the state I’ve been in the last few days.

I was thinking about how I haven’t read much since I finished my last book on Sunday morning, but the whole Covid eye thing has put a real damper on reading more than a short sentence at a time, possibly per day without intense mental pain in the brain matter. God knows what messed up lunch meat will be left in its wake once it clears off. Though the true clearing off period is like 7-8 months, and god forbid you have latent patches in body fat that act up. It’s a mine field.

So in all honesty I’m ten full books down, with one extra partial read book to count towards my challenge of twelve this year. I do have enough books from previous over purchased years to do twelve even if I hit a few that stall out from boredom. My backlog is extensive. Just have to un bury a few that tickle my fancy now, several long years later. I’m going straight genre this year, no fancy book learning head scratchers for now. Maybe come Oct/Nov/Dec I might feel the need to broaden my horizons. But foggy me wants easy reading for a bit.

Feel a little less wretched. Head ache has subsided briefly. Still feeling warm off and on. Had a late night hour long coughing fit. Body aches feel to be subsiding? I’m worried about it being in my lungs now though. Concerned. Cough makes the head aches worse. Sinuses occasionally feel blocked and/or swollen. Eyes still sore and sensitive. Neck hurts a fair bit. Nausea makes itself known every now and again.

Hello, I’m currently holed up on bed with Covid. My eyes hurt, as though they have swollen into the wrong shape for my head. I have an unceasing head ache. Formerly had chills, and body aches & pains. Occasional nausea, and fits of the dry heaves. No appetite, and kinda dehydrated no matter what I drink, or keep down.

I have a whole ritual around getting up that takes me a while. Gotta psych myself up for it. First the sit up. Sometimes followed by throwing up. Next a sit to a stand. Then a sit to a stand to a walk. Then a sit, stand, walk to a sit, and if I have to lie down at any point the whole thing is shot, back to step one. Ah, the wicked alchemy of the human body. So many strange processes to undergo when sick. Blargh. Also reading hurts my brain just a bit less today.

And boy do I feel awful. This is up there with some of the weirdest illnesses I’ve ever had. The splitting head ache that I can’t shake is really unpleasant. The frequent fevers suck a lot too. My hips and joints don’t like this much at all either. Blargh.

My head is a mess. Wicked headache. Slightly dehydrated too.

Both kids have a night time cough now, and the oldest sounds more like Kathleen Turner than ever before. But no fever, or throwing up, or gut issues for the moment. The youngest has a runny nose off and on though. They got a bit flushed after some time in the hot tub, which was to be expected. But the youngest’s face stayed red for a really long time. Got really cold outside, and then really hot in the tub, sobi think we had that element explained fairly well. The oldest had a lethargic afternoon on Sunday, but seems to have bounced back. Now we wait to see if it attaches itself to their mother or myself over this break week. Or just in time for Monday back to work/school. That’s where we are at the moment. Waiting to see if it gets better or worse. Fun times.

Still a tad weary where the time change has occurred. Not my favourite thing to do. Waking up in the darkness – yet again. As much as I appreciate sunshine after dinner, I’d prefer not to wake up in the pitch black darkness. But that’s just my personal feelings on the matter.

Pretty sure today is Tuesday. But don’t quote me on that until I’ve had something to eat.

As cool as it is to create new and interesting artwork from out of the ether, the thing that I really like about my day job as a graphic designer is the immediacy of the feedback. Good or bad, I’m not waiting months or years for a sign of how it’s going. I like that. It really helps you to kill your darlings, and not get so precious with your work. At least not paid work for clients, personal projects for me only, are another matter entirely. Some folks may have to wait for their bi-annual review, or yearly review to hear about how they are doing, and what people think about them. Not me. I’ll hear all about it almost immediately. I like that. Sometimes the feedback is scathing. Don’t care. Couldn’t have spent more than a day on it, so no major harm done. I might argue with folks to be concise, or to offer constructive criticisms, but I’m ok if you don’t like it. No body bats 1000. It let’s me know right away if I’m on your wave length, or it tells me if you don’t really know how to file a brief to get what you want. Or that you had no ideas to start from, and just need something to help steer you in the right direction. Immediacy is great for ideation, and creativity. But I digress.