The Second Lockdown
Jan. 5th, 2022 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zesty_pintoSo the SIL brought a friend to a Christmas gathering and all was well. Actually, it was three days of epicureanism which my body can't handle anymore. Still, they were nice and have been a longtime friend of the family at this point and-more important still-keeps the SIL from ___zillaing which she has been known to do.
That friend also ended up testing positive for COVID three days later.
I'm sure you don't need someone like me to tell you that Omicron is making rounds these days. I was initially concerned about the hype about it because everyone kept pointing out how it was discovered in South Africa. As someone that reads into the bordering alt-right shit bucket, I can tell you that a fun association ultra right racist shits love to do is associate foreigners with disease. This same thing happened with Ebola and of course it happened with the first round of COVID.
Then the reports started getting worse and now the spread map has emphasized that nowhere is safe so yeaaaaaah we're undergoing lockdown procedures again.
Michelle was given an ultimatum from her doctor whom she wanted because she "tells it like it is." "Like it is" meant that she was told off for not taking better care of herself and was threatened to take double her Lipitor previously prescribed unless she does something about her weight and that she was too heavy to have kids. Like that, she has done more for pushing Michelle to lose weight than I ever could. She's been pretty good about it so far btw: 5 pounds in a week despite plain eating in the New Years! Otherwise it's been fiber drink and fat removal pills while autophagy takes care of the rest.
While I'm on that subject, I tried RingFit for the first time in awhile and got to say that I was mostly good with it, barring the cardio. Cardio I am utterly shitty on, which means I need it more than ever, so I think I'm going to be pushing myself more in that direction. Still should weight lift too, though whatever I do I want it to reduce the creaky sounds my joints are getting from the repetitive motion.
Got a replacement PCI board for the SSD and... it's not working. Fuck. I guess I could learn how to resolder the chips, but I first need to find a way to remove the smells from this house if I do, so put money into ordering an air purifier for the kitchen (we seriously need one anyway so I can cook without making the house smell like ramen for a week).
So yeah, gonna try to push myself to get back into routine again. At least until my bones get creaky again. Fun times!
That friend also ended up testing positive for COVID three days later.
I'm sure you don't need someone like me to tell you that Omicron is making rounds these days. I was initially concerned about the hype about it because everyone kept pointing out how it was discovered in South Africa. As someone that reads into the bordering alt-right shit bucket, I can tell you that a fun association ultra right racist shits love to do is associate foreigners with disease. This same thing happened with Ebola and of course it happened with the first round of COVID.
Then the reports started getting worse and now the spread map has emphasized that nowhere is safe so yeaaaaaah we're undergoing lockdown procedures again.
Michelle was given an ultimatum from her doctor whom she wanted because she "tells it like it is." "Like it is" meant that she was told off for not taking better care of herself and was threatened to take double her Lipitor previously prescribed unless she does something about her weight and that she was too heavy to have kids. Like that, she has done more for pushing Michelle to lose weight than I ever could. She's been pretty good about it so far btw: 5 pounds in a week despite plain eating in the New Years! Otherwise it's been fiber drink and fat removal pills while autophagy takes care of the rest.
While I'm on that subject, I tried RingFit for the first time in awhile and got to say that I was mostly good with it, barring the cardio. Cardio I am utterly shitty on, which means I need it more than ever, so I think I'm going to be pushing myself more in that direction. Still should weight lift too, though whatever I do I want it to reduce the creaky sounds my joints are getting from the repetitive motion.
Got a replacement PCI board for the SSD and... it's not working. Fuck. I guess I could learn how to resolder the chips, but I first need to find a way to remove the smells from this house if I do, so put money into ordering an air purifier for the kitchen (we seriously need one anyway so I can cook without making the house smell like ramen for a week).
So yeah, gonna try to push myself to get back into routine again. At least until my bones get creaky again. Fun times!
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Date: 2022-01-06 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-10 03:41 pm (UTC)We are however trying our damnedest to figure out how to avoid contact with people as much as possible like we did during the lockdown days. Thankfully, Michelle also hoarded supplies back when demand was going down and things began easing up, so we're probably going to be good for the most part. Appreciate the concern regardless!
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Date: 2022-01-06 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-07 03:18 pm (UTC)