I had a (mostly) nice day!

[singedsun]

I have an appointment next with the head of our HR department to talk about *vague gesture* EVERYTHING that's happening at work. I'm not sure what that's going to look like, or how I'll come out of it, but I'm glad it's in the works and I've got a few days to put down some ideas to take to that meeting.

I got the news yesterday that I'm getting my first covid vaccine dose on Monday, so I'm taking half-a-day Monday morning so I can get that done and go to my first IN PERSON migraine appointment. The current regimen is working through so I'm hoping those are both short visits.

Then after work yesterday I went out and got to see my baby niece for a little while. I hung out and watched tik toks and played music for us while my sister went to the hospital to visit the new little one in the NICU. They're tentatively on track to bring him home finally in May. My niece is sweet and cuddly and we just chilled the whole time I was there. I wish I could see her more, but I know that's not possible right now.

One of my coworkers accepted a job with another team at our company, so she's not leaving next week when everyone else is. I can't tell you the wave of relief I felt at knowing I'd still have ONE of them around to talk to during the day. Training is still going awfully, but my coworkers make it worth the effort. I realized in therapy today that I've started to grieve them a little -- realizing how special our little group is and how much I love these women I work with. I've got to deal with that somehow, but I'm also learning in therapy about how much stress and decision fatigue I'm under, it's hard to call it traumatic, but I know that's what it is... that's what makes this all so difficult.

OH! This didn't happen this week, but recently. I'm finally getting a small piece of flash fiction published. It's actually the first bit of a piece I wrote for jukebox last year. I'm proud of it, and I'm excited I will no longer have a query letter that says I'm unpublished! :D Speaking of, after Futurescapes I've been going back through my critique notes and figuring out what I need to work on next. My workshop teacher, an author named Christian Heidicker called what I need to do next is "commit a crime board" for my story. I need to do that before April because I plan to take my novel back into Camp Nano and work on it some more.

I hope you have had some good days, positive days, amid all the mess. Tell me in comments if you've got any good news to share!!

Comments

[peachpai]

Yay for vaccine and BIG CONGRATS on the publication!! That's super awesome!

My good news to share is that I'm also getting my first dose of vaccine next week. :)

[singedsun]

omg yay! I'm glad you're getting yours next week too :D

[eglantiere]

congratulations on your publishing! that's so cool. i'm sorry the work situation is such a mess, but at least there's some movement in some direction out there...

[sideways]

Very cool about the publication!! A shame the work situation is breaking up your team :(

[charlottenewtons]

Congrats on the publication!

[queenhera]

Congrats on getting the flash fiction published! That's awesome. And I hope the planning for the next writing goes well.

Very exciting about the vaccine dose. I hope it goes smoothly.

[broken_record]

I'm learning so much about trauma too and it's safe to say that's what trauma is. When your body and brain are under a lot of stress, it is traumatic. Congrats on getting published. :)

[lassarina]

Congrats on getting published!!

A good thing: my whole family (except me) is vaccinated.

[singedsun]

Will you be able to get your vaccination soon? I'm so looking forward to being able to see my parents safely since we'll all have both shots and be out of the window by the end of April.

[lassarina]

Who knows. In theory I *should* be eligible under the "other disabilities" tag (chronic migraine being a neurological condition) but the county says no, so I'm waiting til Illinois opens up vaccines to everyone April 12th, but who the hell knows when my appointment will be after that!

[singedsun]

I signed up as soon as immunocompromised people under 65 were eligible in KS and I got my email like a day later. So hopefully once they're opened up for you guys, it'll go quick. The actual process of going and getting my first shot was really easy -- they had the whole process in the building moving quick.

[lassarina]

I fully believe that once *somebody* can vaccinate me, it will go quickly, but the problem has been getting enough vaccine to people who can administer it. It's "fine" for certain values, in that I don't need to leave the house or anything, but I really REALLY want to see my grandmother. (She's now fully vaccinated, but she also lives in Florida, and I would not feel safe.)

[singedsun]

I'm also wanting to see my grandmother. She's here but since my grandpa passed, it's been hard to not see her. Florida though. YIKES. I have done the drive down and back in the last year, but I drove just so I could control every part of the trip. I'm not even sure I'll feel flying even when I AM fully vaccinated.

[lassarina]

Probably I'll drive with my husband when we're fully vaccinated. Or maybe my mom. I hate flying anyway so I can deal with the driving bit if I need to.