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canyonwalker) wrote2023-10-01 09:30 pm
canyonwalker) wrote2023-10-01 09:30 pm
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A Week at Home: Working, Blogging, Coughing
I've been home for a week. It was last Sunday evening we arrived home from our Blue Ridge Mountains trip. Ordinarily I'd expect a week at home after traveling for 9 days to be a time for recuperation. This past week has, unfortunately, been fairly busy.
For starters, I was busy at work all week. There were a few deliverables I was responsible for, including one demo presentation and one recommendations document. It took several meetings and coordination with others to get those ready.
I was also sick with a cold for several days. I knew Sunday evening that I was getting sick. I took a rapid test at home Sunday evening and tested negative. Yay, it was just a normal cold. But how badly would it slow me down for the week? I went to bed Sunday happy it wasn't Covid but worried I might still wake up Monday feeling wrecked for a few days— something that would force me to ask for delays on my work deliverables.
Fortunately my symptoms were never really severe. And those I did have I kept somewhat under control by popping lots of pills. But still I felt fatigued in the afternoon most days. I had just enough time to cram in most of my work this week. I did let two low priority tasks slide.
Here are a few stats about wrestling with a cold this past week:
One thing I kept apace this past week was my blogging. I came home from out WV/NC hiking trip with quite a backlog of journals. Since Sunday night I've maintained a pace of nearly 4/day. Four a day. "Was that at the expense of not doing work?" you might ask. No; it was how I spent my time when I was too fatigued to do anything else. It turns out blogging about travel is a low mental energy task that's also something of a Zen exercise. It lifts my spirits up when I'm sick.
Well, my week at home comes is nearly at an end. This evening I've packed my bag for 4 days of business travel. Tomorrow morning I'm headed out to Phoenix for a customer visit and then to Vegas to staff a trade show through Thursday.
For starters, I was busy at work all week. There were a few deliverables I was responsible for, including one demo presentation and one recommendations document. It took several meetings and coordination with others to get those ready.
I was also sick with a cold for several days. I knew Sunday evening that I was getting sick. I took a rapid test at home Sunday evening and tested negative. Yay, it was just a normal cold. But how badly would it slow me down for the week? I went to bed Sunday happy it wasn't Covid but worried I might still wake up Monday feeling wrecked for a few days— something that would force me to ask for delays on my work deliverables.
Fortunately my symptoms were never really severe. And those I did have I kept somewhat under control by popping lots of pills. But still I felt fatigued in the afternoon most days. I had just enough time to cram in most of my work this week. I did let two low priority tasks slide.
Here are a few stats about wrestling with a cold this past week:
- Nights I went to bed earlier than normal because I was fatigued: 3
- Mornings my body woke up early because "Extra sleep? Ha, ha!": Also 3
- Pills I popped: Lost count somewhere around 20.
- Nights I ate in rather than dining out or buying take-out: 4
- Nights my dinner was a pair of Hot Pockets®: Also 4
One thing I kept apace this past week was my blogging. I came home from out WV/NC hiking trip with quite a backlog of journals. Since Sunday night I've maintained a pace of nearly 4/day. Four a day. "Was that at the expense of not doing work?" you might ask. No; it was how I spent my time when I was too fatigued to do anything else. It turns out blogging about travel is a low mental energy task that's also something of a Zen exercise. It lifts my spirits up when I'm sick.
Well, my week at home comes is nearly at an end. This evening I've packed my bag for 4 days of business travel. Tomorrow morning I'm headed out to Phoenix for a customer visit and then to Vegas to staff a trade show through Thursday.