something of a day

[jazzfish]

Today I spent an hour and a half on the phone with the EI office, mostly on hold, in an ultimately successful attempt to report my severance pay, which came through today. Verdict: my EI payments won't start until mid-June, but on the bright side my (year-long) claim limit also doesn't start until then. I mucked with my budget a day or two ago and determined that the EI will more or less cover my bills, so that's a relief.

Today I also took a two-hour nap. I may be fighting off a random sinus infection or summer cold; Mya was over for dinner last night, and reported feeling ill this morning. I've got a bit of a sore throat and a bit of the general muzzy-headedness that I usually associate with sinus infections. Who knows.

Also today Tsalmoth arrived, so I'm making my way through it. Feels like a throwback, which of course it is, set just after Yendi and long before Vlad quit the Jhereg. It's good? I may be starting to lose my taste for Vlad's first-person-asshole narrative voice.

It's been summer-like out today, and I think will be for the rest of the weekend. I may ride out somewhere and read under a tree tomorrow or Sunday. Next week is for GIS-career research, and getting back into viola practice, and continuing to get out on the bike as much as I can.

Mr Tuppert is dozing on my foot. I'm quite glad I get to be his human.

Comments

[reedrover]

I’m glad your money seems to be solid for a good long while ahead.

Please test for Covid!

[jazzfish]

Done, and results clear. I would have been very surprised; it really doesn't feel like Covid, at all, except for the sinus muzzy-headedness that I get with pretty much any illness.

Tsalmoth

[snippy]

It made me feel like I am not smart enough to read the books - I can't seem to keep track of what has happened. But they are also far apart and, I think, intentionally a bit misleading.

Re: Tsalmoth

[jazzfish]

Ha, not to mention that this one's a) set pretty far back in the timeline, and b) deliberately complicated and somewhat confusing. I'm maybe two-thirds in and I think I'm following it pretty well but it is taking some effort, for sure.