Daily Check-in

[starwatcher]

 


Ack! Apologies again folks. Got buried in fanfic and completely spaced out. The days just slip away...


This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, August 21, to midnight on Thursday, August 22. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #31763 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 32

How are you doing?

I am OK.
22 (68.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
10 (31.2%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
13 (40.6%)

One other person.
14 (43.8%)

More than one other person.
5 (15.6%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Comments

[dewline]

My latest eye exam went very well: "Still stable, see you NEXT year!"

[kathmandu]

Yay!

[fred_mouse]

Win!

[lilysea]

My partner has COVID for the first time ever (I haven't been exposed at all)

Argh!

Just zoomed with my partner, who is currently in London,

and he has COVID! :(

I am very glad I sent him off with a box of Paxlovid. (Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir.)

I told him to

a) rest up as much as he can

b) drink as much water as he can

c) keep masking and taking precautions so he doesn't end up with a second strain of COVID on top of the first.

He's going to go to museums and theatre in London while sick, which is not the decision that I would make

(both to avoid sharing my germs, and to avoid the risk that not resting = greater risk of Long Covid) but he's an adult and I am not the boss of him.

He's been wearing an N95 while travelling - he probably caught COVID eating indoors in restaurants

(I suggested he only eat outdoors, but he said the outdoor tables had too much secondhand cigarette smoke)

[fred_mouse]

ah, crap

[starwatcher]

Well, crap. That's irritating / depressing.

[ratcreature]

Last night I dropped a small vegetable knife that managed to fall point first onto my left big toe and actually pierced the toe nail so it bled. I'm still feeling wtf about the slapstick misfortune aspect, though as far as kitchen knife accidents go it's better than cutting of a finger tip or something, but also, my toe is still hurting a bit this morning when anything touches the toenail area the knife hit, and it's not sandal weather today.

[fred_mouse]

Oh no. Here's to healing quick and being able to wear weather suitable shoes with comfort.

[starwatcher]

Ouch! One of those things that you couldn't recreate if you tried.

If you have or can find some cheap, cloth-topped shoes, you can cut a hole over the big toe area. Of course, that's a ruined pair of shoes, and your finances may not be able to support that. But if you can, your toe will thank you -- as I learned years ago when I broke off the tip of the big-toe bone.

Keep an eagle-eye out for infection. I'm not a doctor, but my gut says that a wound below the nail bed could be problematic.

[ratcreature]

Yeah I wondered about the dirty knife poking me, it's not like I could clean there, but it seems the bit of bleeding maybe helped. It's not swollen or anything and today wasn't more tender than a stubbed toe in a shoe. There's a tiny bruise under the nail where the knife hit, but it has mostly stopped hurting. So thankfully I don't think it'll escalate into any serious injury. It was just really cartoonish.

[starwatcher]

Yeah, bleeding helps cleanse the wound; glad it feels better today.

But I just realized -- if you're not up on your tetanus shots, you should get one. Much better safe than sorry.

It does sound cartoonish. Really, the weight of the handle should have pulled it sideways; it would have been much likely to hurt you.

[ratcreature]

Tetanus is part of a combi vaccine that I had boosted not that long ago because of the pertussis resurgence because apparently too few vaccinate against that now too, not just measles or covid. So it should be fine.

[starwatcher]

Good to know. And of course -- you know that I meant much LESS likely, right? *shame face* My brain runs faster than my fingers.

[fred_mouse]

Have spent the day awake and poking at small tasks that take a long time; this is the better version of jetlag than partner has, who says that what they've done all day is 'try not to nap'.

[starwatcher]

Jet-lag is a pain in the butt. Hope you have a long, restful sleep tonight.

[fred_mouse]

I have slept more than seems sensible, and woke at a better hour this morning!