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The boyfriend just tested positive for COVID. This is the second time he has had it. I tested negative, which I was expecting since I just got my booster 8 days ago, but I have a friend who got hers maybe 2-3 weeks ago and tested positive last night. My marathon is in a little over a week and I’ll be bummed if I get sick and have to miss it.
Also, I bought a faux suede mini skort from Abercrombie on a whim at the recommendation of a petite lifestyle influencer I follow because she, too, has a butt. I assumed it wouldn’t be flattering on me (I have a hard time with skirts) but kind of love it. It’s doesn’t look like a skort, it’s a mini skirt with built-in shorts, and it’s flattering on my shape.
I had an absolutely horrible night of sleep post-vaccine. Today I am exhausted and I’m not sure if it’s because from lack of sleep or a booster side effect. Or a combo. Initially felt fine, ran 8 miles after work, came home, hung out with my sister for a bit, then hit a wall. I will probably log off for the day after my early afternoon meeting and enjoy an afternoon of the couch potato life. The boyfriend’s dad is coming into town tonight for a long weekend so hopefully I’ll feel more energetic tomorrow so we can take him around the city as planned.
Just got my flu and bivalent booster shots! We’ll see if this booster wipes me out. So far, I’ve been okay after these vaccines and the worst side effect has been an arm sore enough to keep me up at night.
@Anonymousse I’m sorry about your daughter! I never had another kid hit me (outside of my sister, but that was just petty sibling crap) and while I was never a huuuuge target of bullying, I do remember being name called from time to time and I still remember a few of those moments vividly. I hate hearing stories about kids getting bullied and know I’d be upset if I were a parent with a kid getting bullied. I do know a few people who said fist fights broke out regularly when they were in HS, but never experienced that at either HS I went to. Anyway, hope your kid is in good spirits!
So super random, dating related story. A friend of mine is running the Chicago Marathon in a couple weeks, she’s trying to qualify for Boston. A mutual friend is putting together a gift to motivate the friend during the race. In organizing this, she added me to an Instagram group chat with a bunch of the runner friend’s friends for anyone who also wants to be in on it. Well I was mindlessly clicking through the chat participants to see who else was in it while eating my lunch. One account I clicked over to belongs to my runner friend’s running team friend. This woman’s now-ex is a guy I briefly dated years ago who ghosted me. LOL! Small world. I’d totally forgotten about this guy. Glad he’s still alive, I guess.
I think the answer is still therapy. Telling the story of your trauma from multiple perspectives to see what kind of advice/reaction it gets? Therapy. Telling a more or less honest account of a gross, abusive parent? Therapy. Completely fabricating a story out of, IDK, boredom? Do literally anything else, but still therapy. I don’t think you’re completely fabricating anything, FYI. IDK what’s going on with you, though. I grew up with a chaotic family, it took me a long time to accept that my dad’s behavior was not okay and sometimes abusive (it looked very different than what you’ve described/been through, but still). I know how it can mess with you and I do hope you will speak to a therapist and get yourself sorted out. Assuming even some of what you’ve written here is true, I don’t think it will be as simple as closing one chapter and starting the next unaffected.
They even look supportive! I’ve had to lean into orthopedic chic shoes the past few years. I’ll check those out more when I get home tonight, thanks for the rec!
I hope your symptoms stay mild and that you recover quickly, @hfantods. I’m still out here dodging this thing somehow. I have my bivalent booster and flu shots scheduled for Thursday.
I’m training for my first marathon right now. It’s in a few weeks. It’s been a lot of work, I had my peak week of training last week. I keep thinking that of course I’ll probably end up with COVID on race day or something and have to miss out. A handful of years ago, before my first half marathon, I got appendicitis a week or two out from race day and had to miss it, it was such a bummer.
Aw man. I was rooting for you a little bit over here, LW.
I don’t know too much about IP addresses, but device doesn’t matter when you’re on the same network. Like right now I’m at work. I use the work wifi on my phone as well. My IP address will be the same whether I’m on my phone or on my computer. So if your IP address has not changed, it means your location has not changed, either.
The other day I was at the shoe department at Macy’s and I saw a pair of, like, lug sole platform loafers with a block heel that look like a pair I used to wear in middle school. OMG. That is a trend I did not expect to see come back. I do not wish to participate in again.
I’ve been on a pretty endless quest for comfortable, decent looking work shoes. I keep a pair of black pumps and black flats under my desk. I haven’t reached for my pumps even once since being back in the office. My flats are very comfortable but I’ve had the same pair for about a decade, they feel dated and they’re looking a bit rough. I stay in my commute sneakers a lot when I’m in the office. I used to keep a blazer or two at the office in case I ever needed to throw it on and I brought one back since in-person stuff has picked up a bit. I’ve been on interview panels recently for some open roles we are (finally, omg) filling. I’m glad we’re doing interviews in person, though. I didn’t love doing them virtually.
I skipped over the Casey story when I saw Kate call it out in the comments. I suppose I can kinda see posting from another perspective to see the behavior is called out for what it is, but therapy would be more a more effective way to process what you’ve been through. I don’t think you’ve even started deconstructing your past. You need therapy for that, not an online forum.
