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So after last week’s “is this COVID or is this any other seasonal ailment?” drama, my boyfriend’s company gave his department the go-ahead to schedule their vaccines. (He works for a hospital system.) He gets his first shot at noon today! Nothing will change for awhile, but I’m excited anyway. It makes the idea that things might start getting better later this year feel real.
I can’t recall how much the It Cosmetics one costs, but it’s way more than $14. It tends to last me a long time since I need very little product, so I haven’t minded the higher price point. I can tell I’m near the end of this one and will try the ELF one when I run out.
@TheLadyE Why would that be bad? I started using foundation as a teenager because, as I mentioned some pages back, I used to have persistent acne that made me very self-conscious. Back then, I used it as a shield. I used to dread the first time a guy would see me without makeup. I’ll go out into the world bare faced as an adult, which I never would’ve done when I was younger. I don’t have acne anymore, but I also wasn’t blessed with awesome skin and I like using something to even out my skin tone. Sometimes that’s a CC cream, sometimes it’s a foundation. I have different products that I like for different occasions. I hate the feeling of anything heavy on my face, so I find the products that work for me. Anyway, if you don’t like or want to wear foundation, don’t. It’s fine. Who cares?Also, I have quite a few pregnant friends right now, but zero are complaining.
I haven’t tried it. I used the It Cosmetics one and I like it enough that I’ve repurchased, but find it pretty thick. Pre-COVID, it was my casual weekend go-to and is now my go-to when I want to look put together for video calls. I use maybe half a pump or less for my entire face and mix it with a lightweight lotion to thin it out, I otherwise find the product too thick and the coverage too full for what it is. For the price of elf products, I’d definitely give their version a try.
I felt for anyone whose plans were upended because of the pandemic. But I have little sympathy for anyone currently planning a large 2021 wedding whose plans may have to change — we know now, and have known for awhile, that this isn’t going away as quickly as we may have optimistically thought last March and we’re facing a lot of unknowns. Small gatherings still seem like the best wedding option for the foreseeable future. What’s the latest on your SIL’s wedding?
@hfantods Yeah, as someone who lives far from most of my oldest friends and extended family, one of my favorite parts of attending weddings has been the reunions that come along it. That’s disappointing. If that IS important to you, enough to postpone the wedding, there’s not a huge difference between fall 2021 and early 2022.
My boyfriend’s COVID results came back negative, which is a relief. Whatever he has, he seems to be on the upswing. I asked how he felt this morning and he said this is the first day since Saturday that he’s woken up with any amount of energy and even wants to go for a walk today.
Well, that’s disappointing. If I recall correctly, though, you’re in a major city, right? I’m sure there are a lot of great venues to choose from and you may even find another you prefer. I think it’d be hard to plan anything right now. There’s the unknowns about the future of COVID and when things might start to feel safe enough for a celebration, and I don’t know how easy it is right now to go look at venues in person.
FWIW, one of my cousins got married on NYE. It was a very small ceremony/celebration with only immediate family, but the photos made the whole experience look great. They got married in a barn, unsure where, but it was Pinterest-worthy and even with minimal decor looked very elegant. My cousin’s now-wife has been married before and she chose a beautiful lavender dress with some embellishments. I can understand being disappointed if you’re the kind of person who has always dreamed of their wedding day being a certain way, but I do think there’s something to be said about the intimacy of a smaller wedding. (And if you decide you want the bigger party when it’s safe, go for it!)
Well, my comment about teachers at parties is more from the perspective that if I were a teacher, I wouldn’t feel safe in the classroom (especially with the new strain, which I’ve read children are more susceptible to). And if I had to go into the classroom (because rage quitting often isn’t an actual option for people), I’d feel like that was all the risk I needed in my life. I’d probably my free time rage tweeting instead of going to parties as a teacher. (A good college friend is also a teacher in the south, also has to go into the classroom and she’s scared every day, upset that people who traveled and mingled over the holidays will still be sending their kids back to school today, etc.) But yes, I understand the point you’re making. I don’t know his sister or her husband well since they don’t live nearby, but they’ve consistently seemed so cavalier about everything that I’m judging them pretty harshly every time I hear a new story.
I’m hopeful it’s negative. We don’t go anywhere except the grocery store! The only thing we’ve done out of our norm recently is going to the eye doctor. But we’ll see!
We found out last night that my boyfriend’s sister, who lives in SC with her family, is now getting tested again. Maybe a month ago, her husband got it from a coworker after an unmasked indoor lunch. She tested negative. Well, they ended up going to a NYE party at a friend’s and almost immediately after, a few guests found out they have COVID. So now she’s getting tested again. She’s a teacher. I keep thinking if I were a teacher through all of this I’d rage quit. And then I hear about teachers like her.
Well, my boyfriend is sick with… something. Flu-like symptoms started yesterday and at first were pretty mild until about 4am, when out of nowhere he went from feeling meh to feeling very ill, got up to get himself some water but was so fatigued from that small effort that he had to sit down in the living room. I got up to check on him and was worried enough to ask if he wanted to go to urgent care. We didn’t, he eventually made it back to bed and fell back to sleep. Today he looks and feels a lot better, still feeling under the weather, achy, and keeps needing to sit down if he stands for too long. It could be some other ailment, but he got a COVID test to be sure. We’ll know on Tuesday.
@hfantods If you want to learn how to curl your hair, highly recommend YouTube! I learned how to do hair and make-up watching YouTube tutorials in my early- and mid-20s. I don’t bother to curl my hair often anymore these days, but I’m glad I know how for the rare occasion I feel like wearing those styles.
@MG Did you contact Costco about it? I’ve had a handful of packages stolen over the years and have always had great responses from the retailers. They’ve always either reshipped the item for free or refunded me in full.
We also do our own laundry and so far that’s working for us. I also have a lot of delicates that I worry he’d unintentionally wash or dry in a way that damages them. We’ll throw our towels in together, which he usually folds and put away. I tend to be the one to grab the sheets and throw them in.
For other chores, I do most of the food shopping and cooking (I enjoy both the grocery store and cooking), he does most of the cleaning. The last one out of bed in the morning makes the bed. If one of us is running an errand that involves going out the back door, that person takes the trash or a bag of recycling down. He does all of the handiwork and manages the bills. I do more of the dog stuff, but the dog was mine when we met. Since we’ve only lived together during the pandemic, how we divide up the chores may have to change when I go back to the office (BG will likely be permanently remote) and there may be some growing pains then.
My parents also had traditional roles like yours, @hfantods. Over the weekend, I was FaceTiming with my mom and she was surprised to see BG cleaning the kitchen in the background. My dad would’ve never. Things have changed and you can divide things up in whatever way works for you guys.
Also, re: home buying. The market seems to have shifted here. Or at least that’s my anecdotal take-away specific to my area. I was stunned by how quickly places were flying off the market over the summer, including BG’s place, which sold in like three days. One of his old neighbors and one of my friends/her husband are trying to sell their places and both condos have been on the market for several months now. BG’s old place is not quite a mile from us, my friend/her husband’s place is three blocks from us. My friend/her husband bought a house in the suburbs and have already lowered the price of their condo in the city $30K, they’re going to end up selling for lower than what they bought it for. This was a condo that they got into a bidding war over just a few years ago. So, IDK, just seems like things aren’t moving fast anymore and that sellers no longer have an edge.
