Folks, I am neither chatty nor cheerful, but I do need to start the thread. So I'll ask you how are you all doing today, and leave you with a goofy picture of a very happy Pippi.
Folks, it is Friday and...it would be overly dramatic to say nothing is going well. Several things have gone wrong, and none of them are capital-C Crises, but Lexapro withdrawal is making me feel extra bad.
Got an email last night saying one of the companies I work for will not be going ahead with my application so better luck next time. Huh? Do they know they hired me 3 months ago? They don't pay very much, and the work is pretty menial and sporadic, but it is some extra income. So am I fired? I haven't been in trouble or anything previously, but according to the people on Reddit this sort of thing happens a lot. Logged in and everything seemed fine, account wasn't disabled and I can still work, so...I think I will just keep working and not bring it to their attention.
Today I got a desk rejection for the academic paper I submitted to a journal a couple weeks ago. They said it was not ready for peer review "for so many reasons." According to me, the reasons were pretty bloody stupid. One of them was that the abstract was not long enough. Excuse me, the abstract was exactly as long as it should've been. Supervisor is away for a few days but I will talk to him about what to do next next week. Next next, yes. He is also an author. I think I'm leaning towards submitting to another journal as is.
Got a text from D today asking how we are, which was weird. Later she posted a photo in a nice restaurant with the caption being something about happy to meet up with all her friends. Wasn't invited to anything, guess the text earlier was out of guilt.
Supposed to go to book club tomorrow, but it's going to be 38 (about 100F) and I will have to leave the house at 8:30 in the morning to get there on time. I told them I wasn't feeling well (which is true in a way, not feeling good in the head counts as not feeling well) and bailed.
In good news, I have gone for a walk 3 days in a row and have no knee pain. Last night's walk involved some guy screaming in the street and a lot of police officers. Tonight's walk involved what I'm pretty sure was a drug deal gone bad. I'm getting off track. Last night I also did some upper body sans weights, felt good at the time and still feeling good today. Will do some pilates tonight.
Food is going to be salad for the next couple of days, too hot for much else. I think this will probably be our last heatwave of summer, had some chilly nights this past week. But we've had some pretty boiling Marches in the past so maybe not.
Come chat, if you'd like to. I like hearing from you. Hope everyone is well, and if not, that you get through the challenges relatively unscathed.
Ppals 21 Feb
Folks, I am neither chatty nor cheerful, but I do need to start the thread. So I'll ask you how are you all doing today, and leave you with a goofy picture of a very happy Pippi.
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Edit: I've now gone for a walk and had food and extra caffeine, so let's try this again.
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Folks, it is Friday and...it would be overly dramatic to say nothing is going well. Several things have gone wrong, and none of them are capital-C Crises, but Lexapro withdrawal is making me feel extra bad.
Got an email last night saying one of the companies I work for will not be going ahead with my application so better luck next time. Huh? Do they know they hired me 3 months ago? They don't pay very much, and the work is pretty menial and sporadic, but it is some extra income. So am I fired? I haven't been in trouble or anything previously, but according to the people on Reddit this sort of thing happens a lot. Logged in and everything seemed fine, account wasn't disabled and I can still work, so...I think I will just keep working and not bring it to their attention.
Today I got a desk rejection for the academic paper I submitted to a journal a couple weeks ago. They said it was not ready for peer review "for so many reasons." According to me, the reasons were pretty bloody stupid. One of them was that the abstract was not long enough. Excuse me, the abstract was exactly as long as it should've been. Supervisor is away for a few days but I will talk to him about what to do next next week. Next next, yes. He is also an author. I think I'm leaning towards submitting to another journal as is.
Got a text from D today asking how we are, which was weird. Later she posted a photo in a nice restaurant with the caption being something about happy to meet up with all her friends. Wasn't invited to anything, guess the text earlier was out of guilt.
Supposed to go to book club tomorrow, but it's going to be 38 (about 100F) and I will have to leave the house at 8:30 in the morning to get there on time. I told them I wasn't feeling well (which is true in a way, not feeling good in the head counts as not feeling well) and bailed.
In good news, I have gone for a walk 3 days in a row and have no knee pain. Last night's walk involved some guy screaming in the street and a lot of police officers. Tonight's walk involved what I'm pretty sure was a drug deal gone bad. I'm getting off track. Last night I also did some upper body sans weights, felt good at the time and still feeling good today. Will do some pilates tonight.
Food is going to be salad for the next couple of days, too hot for much else. I think this will probably be our last heatwave of summer, had some chilly nights this past week. But we've had some pretty boiling Marches in the past so maybe not.
Come chat, if you'd like to. I like hearing from you. Hope everyone is well, and if not, that you get through the challenges relatively unscathed.