“Remoted” – Day 153 (Sunday)

Book and pups in the morning.

It was a day of rebirth. Moose heralded the usual 6:00 awakening and I felt a million times better than Saturday. Even with all the sleep throughout the day Saturday, it was bed at the usual 10:00 time. The night sleep was as great as the day sleep, and even longer. Waking up not feeling like poop on a stick was even greater.

The listed side effects were gone, but it wasn’t a totally symptom free day. There was a new condition – a runny nose – which I hope to high hell is allergies and not one of the common symptoms of the dreaded COVID-19. Having left the house a few times over the past couple weeks has me on high alert at every sniffle, sneeze, or twitch. Porch morning reading time, frequently punctuated by pauses to service the Canine Overlords, today included additional stops for the nose blowing, but was still quality comfort time with a book and the pups.

With the renewed lease on life, the theme of the day became GSD – getting stuff done. Laundry. Check! Make vegetable soup. Check! Bake cauliflower, broccoli, macaroni and cheese. Check! Finish book one from the three-book vacation reading list (“The Visionist” by Rachel Urquhart). Check! Pick up all the dog turds in the front and back yards. Check! Wash the dishes, both the sink and dishwasher. Check!

Cauliflower, broccoli mac and cheese
for the lunchtime win.

After a full week off, the idea of returning to work feels a little bit like the first day of school. What projects will we be assigned to work on? Will I have all the same workmates, or have any of the interns finished their time and moved on? Thanks to working from home, I don’t have to worry about what to wear to the office, and having done all the laundry will make the easy choice even easier. Regular Sunday cooking means healthy and comfort food lunch options are on auto pilot and the week is already off to a good start.

The day’s new and fresh runny nose symptom wore off by suppertime, so that felt like a good sign. Maybe all the wishful thinking finally paid off for something.