lol at the word recovery

 two days have passed since i last posted, and i thought i was getting better. no, no, no.

firstly, it's been a terrible heat wave for the last week or two, which explains why, in addition to this awful cough we've all had, we've been feeling like shit every time we've gone outside.

it's been brutal.

yesterday:

yesterday was a big day. after spending saturday with a sinus headache, i woke up yesterday morning with a sudden *drip* that i was totally not expecting. it was so bad that i slugged down some pseudoephedrine before heading out to my interviews.

the first interview did not feel good, and it had nothing to do with the weird, familiar buzz from the meds. it was an HR interview, and the guys asked me some questions that raised some red flags - not about the company, but about him personally and professionally. the second interview was architectural, and i feel like it went well.

then i took a lunch break and walked to meet my family at the sarona market. the sarona market at lunch time on a sunday during the holidays was a very bad idea. we wanted sandwiches, but the fully-automated ordering system wanted everyone's contact details before letting them order and there was a long queue in front of us, i eventually lost all patience and we couldn't find anything else so we ended up going home and putting something together there.

*TRIGGER WARNING, GROSSNESS* not before i experienced something utterly mortifying: i was walking with mr smear when all of a sudden, after about four hours of medically dried-up sinuses, i felt something release and i barely managed to catch a disgusting drip that caught me completely by surprise. fortunately we were very close to the bathrooms and i rushed off to clean myself up, but i still can't get over the fact that that actually happened.

you can be damned sure i took another dose just before returning to the technical interview. that interview was a little weird, i'm really not sure if it went well or not. at this point, i'm hoping for a call back but i'm not expecting one.

i spent a while chatting with firefighter and playing with his new puppy, then returned home completely done.

today:

today was exhausting from the get-go. first, i finally, after almost a year, took the soundbar in for repair/return. that was the second time i've encountered the woman who was supposed to help me, and it took everything i had to not go full-karen and call for the manager and ask for them to discipline / fire her, she was thoroughly and actively unhelpful. fortunately, one of her coworkers overheard and stepped in, and now i'm thinking i'm going to need to go in tomorrow and check in to make sure that they're actually taking care of it.

then i returned to the train station to meet up with my mom and mr smear, but after they took longer than expected while i stood in the baking heat i called and discovered that they were still at home and searching for mr smear's ravkav card. i was pretty angry by the time i got in, both for being stood up without anyone thinking to call me and for having to go and replace the card, especially when we had a timeline and we were now most certainly not sticking to it.

i searched thoroughly. i didn't find it.

we went to the train station and had a new one issued, then walked back out to the buses to catch one to the ikea.

on the way, i went through all the recruiter messages i've been ignoring and responded, which was a fair amount of work. then we arrived.

the ikea on a monday during a holiday sale was pretty packed, but manageable. we succeeded in finding what we came for, but also a few things that we hadn't planned for, and we eventually got through the labyrinth intact and headed to the train station, arriving just in time to drink something cool and get on board.

we spent almost as much on drinks today as we did on our purchases.

we got everything home, ate, and rested a bit. i woke up from a nap into a really intense coughing fit. eventually it calmed down enough and we headed out again to the natural history museum. we were able to get there in time to enjoy a little more than an hour going through the exhibits, which were interesting and engaging, and we all enjoyed the experience.

then we did a grocery shopping on the way home, which was mostly uneventful (although a lady cursed me when i didn't pay for her water, which got weird), and we're finally home and about to sit down to dinner.

we're all exhausted.

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my tooth is still hurting. i'm definitely going to have to get the root canal and crown done, and i'm not looking forward to any of it.