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Category: Long Reads

  • Sunday Feelings Dump

    Sunday Feelings Dump

    I’m getting over COVID.

    It’s been quite the fucking journey, I’ll tell you what.

    And the timing? Truly could not have been worse—and I still have a nagging sore throat that just won’t quit combined with absolutely no energy. I keep having to spend money I don’t have thanks to being forced into taking out a predatory loan a few weeks ago when my alternator failed in my car.

    My stress level has been high and my bank account is constantly overdrawn. I don’t really see a way out for at least the next six months–I’ll just have to keep juggling cash advances and overdraft fees. Even my pending raise at work was delayed once again. Yay.

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  • Long Reads: My Lost Decade

    Long Reads: My Lost Decade

    This begins my personal blog where I’ll put things I’d like to remember. I have a pretty shitty memory as it is, so as I piece everything together I hope to be able to hold on to it for a long time to come instead of being scared it will just disappear one day.

    By the title you can probably gather that I feel I’m coming out of a lost decade. This post will be both about that decade and also a bit of a general introduction to me as a person. It’s my one year anniversary where I work and that means that after July I’ll officially be in my longest position I’ve ever held. My boss speaks highly of me. I’ve accidentally made myself an important part of the team. Things are going well there.

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