Tuesday

Zara is taking up more and more of my desk chair. I came back from lunch, and she was sprawled out ALL the way across it. No, I can't work from home because my cat has taken over my chair :)

Mom called. She's going to have four cycles of radiation, not chemo, for the lung cancer. But she'll also have to have a year of immune therapy, for which she'll need to have a port put in. Plus she'll continue to have chemo for her multiple myeloma. She's not happy :(

I found a place in Florence that sounds great, but it's up five flights of stairs. However, it has a great view of the skyline and you wake up to the church bells :) If COVID ever dies down, I need to use the stair stepper at the gym. And I should use my incline treadmill, but it hurts my hands and arms. Anyway, step 1 is to get my passport renewed. Found my old passport! Awesome. That will make it easier. I should get my hair cut before taking passport pictures. I'll call tomorrow. Note to self: a Business Class upgrade takes 25,000 mile points.

I'm also making a list of tours that I'd like to take in Florence and Tuscany to get a better idea of how much a trip would cost.

I accidentally sat on Zara, and she's not happy too. But she came back and now she's sitting on my shoulders. Revenge!

Piano class went well, and it reminded me of how much I like piano.

Took a nap and slept through until morning.

A Draft of My Essay about My Experiences with Psychosis

I now have a solid draft of my essay about my experiences with psychosis for Medium. If you're interested, would you read it and let me know of any comments that you might have? It's around 850 words. Here's the link:

A Journey Through Psychosis

Thanks!

Omicron Peak

Woke up at 7:30 AM. Decided to get up and have a leisurely breakfast before work.

Mimi is not happy that Zara is sharing my desk chair. She's asking me to go lie down with her, but I'm explaining to her I need to work. She doesn't think that's a good reason.

When I went to take my COVID test, there was a sign saying that the pharmacy was closed because of staffing issues. And Walmart is reducing their hours, presumably because of staffing issues. Eeek! It looks like the Omicron peak is here.

Okay, I'm going to put in a grocery delivery order at Aldi tonight (though there's an ethics issue with sending someone out for me). And then I will put in a pickup order for Saturday at Walmart, which is the earliest time that they have open. I'm going to hold off on the haircut for now.

I have a new COVID test scheduled for Sunday.

The grocery order went well, except she was waiting for a response from me, and Instacart didn't pop up the message. Now I know to refresh if nothing seems to happen for a while. I could get hooked on this, but it costs more money. But perhaps spending my time decluttering rather than shopping would give me more bang for my buck. I've submitted my pickup order at Walmart for Saturday. The cat litter and soda need to be shipped, but that's even better. I just got enough for free shipping. I added more diet cola to the order so that I don't have to go to Dollar Tree.

Got the groceries put away. The only downside is that I have even more reusable Aldi bags. Next time, I'll ask for paper bags.

Maybe I'll get some stir-fry veggies in my next Aldi order. I want to eat more veggies. Also, I should put sweet potato-black bean burritos on my list sometime.

I'm wondering if I should hire a cleaner to come every other week, but I want to get more organized first.

I have a good edited draft of my essay. I posted it to Dreamwidth/LJ and to my Facebook beta reading group. We'll see what comments I get.

Time to go clean. I think I'll post this though because I'm at my computer. And then turn my desk chair over to Zara, who will appreciate it.