is it really allergies?

 i dunno. i mean, i definitely didn't feel sick today, but my nose was still stuffy as hell and i had a few "it's raining mucus" events during the day that went on for a while.

one of my coworkers is still clearly sick and coughing openly, another seems to be experiencing allergies, and our boss is definitely sick as well. so i was feeling really bad for the one coworker who wasn't sick, sitting right in the middle of the room...

mr smear voluntarily did his hebrew reading homework this morning (thank you, translated spider-man!) and now i'm on the lookout for the next one. after dropping him off at school and doing the usual morning things, i went past the clinic to arrange an emergency appointment for gd and then headed to the office.

first thing: i won't be getting barista coffee any more. it made sense when i was drinking lattes, which i'm now avoiding because the barista milks have oil in them and i don't react well. it even made sense when our previous barista (who quit last week) was making them, because he was quick and pleasant. the new guy is nice, but he's slooooooooooow.

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when i joined the queue, there were about five or six people ahead of me. and i stood there for upwards of ten minutes waiting my turn. holy shit.

the work day - getting through a full pack of tissues notwithstanding - went well. i made slow and steady progress on my frontend project until everything finally clicked in the afternoon, and everyone (but mostly me) was excited by the results!

i ate too much of the curry leftovers for lunch, but that aside i ate pretty well today.

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mr smear didn't participate in class today, which i guess could have been worse but we still have to try to herd him on that score. i feel like we all did okay today.

a good day out

we had a really great time at our friends' place, including mr smear. he seemed to forget his aforementioned issues, and had a good time with all three siblings.

our only concern of the afternoon was the couple that came over with their small children who were obviously sick, when there's another round of covid happening and we're nervous about getting hit again.

i'm pretty sure we're going to get hit again.

assuming we're still okay by tomorrow evening, it looks like we might have company for wall climbing, which would be fun :)

we left rather late, and while mr smear ate dinner i got into celeste on the ps4. it's freakin' hard, and by the time i handed the controller over to mr smear for "just the first chapter" i'd already forgotten just how long that first chapter took me... fortunately he'd learned from a lot of my mistakes, but he still went to bed much later than planned :P

after he went to bed, gd and i watched a bunch of interesting ufc videos / fights, and now i'm enjoying my last cup of tea before bed.

hopefully i'll get a better night's sleep tonight.

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as i typed that, some tiny, weird-looking little bug landed on me. i hope it's nothing interesting.

vaccine news!

i almost forgot! gd and i are booked for our first jabs.