It being Monday, a work-from-home day, I slept in until after 7:30 but woke up a lot. I have felt like I have breathing issues and have been tired all day. However, there is no coughing or loss of smell or taste, so there is no reason to believe it is Covid-19. I just need a weekend from my weekend!
As I said, I luxuriated in bed until I had to get started. I was online at night with the start of the next testing cycle for the project at the shoe company. While in bed, I checked for any issues and finally got going and made coffee in the kitchen. Breakfast was light; I had a late dinner on Sunday of oven-baked clam strips with tartar sauce and canned peaches. Breakfast was peanut butter toast and some more canned peaches. I wrote the blog last night and was falling asleep as I was writing it–a theme for today too.
I started my day by reading emails from the shoe company and my own, Slack channel updates (lots of these), and CNN to get a handle on what was happening. I was feeling OK but a bit dizzy as the morning went on. I did the first couple hours of meetings and then took a break to do my exercises and stretches. I managed to complete them as a distraction for the re-org meeting.
Yes, time for another re-org, effective immediately. Our director is now moved to the project director and will continue to exist after the project (yes, a concern mostly not spoken of). The legacy systems remain in the old structure for the time being. Thus, I survived another re-org–it is The Way of corporate IT.
Now that that was done, I headed out to see Susie. But I was feeling off, so I had a ham and cheese sandwich before leaving, slicing the ham from an Olympic Provision ham. So good. I sliced a bit more than needed and had a stacked sandwich. I think that made me sleepy and maybe caused some breathing issues, which I believe are primarily mental (I get tired and just want to sleep, and the breathing issues slow me). I know that all checks of my oxygen levels always come back good.
So tired, I headed to Susie’s without issue or any observations of extra-legal driving. I stop by Safeway and get some fresh flowers (Susie’s flowers in her room are fading) and some bananas for breakfast). Susie was delighted to see me; she resting in her recliner in the shared living room, watching the news. It was depressing with an earthquake in Eastern Türkiye (Turkey) that also impacted Syria, thousands dead. The China Ballon crisis continues into absurdity. The reports that the Trump administration let the balloons in, claimed to be fake news by the former president, were actually fake news. Worse, our very expensive military had not noticed them before (ugh). Instead of focusing on that, we called Leta, Susie’s mother, and they chatted for a while. We use my iPhone and FaceTime so Susie and Leta can see each other. Susie gets to practice holding the phone, and this keeps Susie from falling asleep (but today, she seemed very awake).
I was in a rush and feeling off, so I did not stay long; my regular visit is about twenty minutes on a working day (twenty minutes there, stay for 20, and then travel back twenty minutes again). The travel back was easy traffic, but my inhaler was not helping as much as I had hoped, and I felt like I could not breathe. Not a very happy drive. Once back at the house, I felt better.
The afternoon was full of crises of the moment as we headed to the 4:30 status meeting,g where I had to give some updates. Mostly, things were fine. I followed along, getting some rest a few times to improve my breathing. A short 15 min absolves the problem–yes,s it is in my head.
I head to BJ’s around 6 and have appetizers for dinner. Chips and flatbread with the waiter, a new one, suggesting something that I thought was not as good as my usual, but it is good to try things. I finish with coffee and a shot of Amaretto to sip with the coffee.
I am tired and have been watching, on my iPhone, all the events at the shoe company.
That is a wrap! Thanks, for reading!
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