Thing-a-Day Jan 23 #15 - Shit Sunday

Honestly, I just don't have the energy to rant about anything in the news today, so I'll just rant.

Things haven't been going so well for me lately, but I've been keeping my 2023 plan on-track! I've been religiously taking my vitamins, eating less [and healthier], drinking fewer Rockstars, using less nicotine, figuring out what hobbies I can excise, and obviously getting back into writing! These are great steps forward, and we're only fifteen days into the year, but damn, if 2023 hasn't been fighting me tooth and nail to get back into my rut!

Just before the turn of the year, I get the tooth infection. Thankfully, I go see the surgeon in ten days for a consultation.

Last week, I fell flat out of my truck so hard it may have fractured my tailbone. Jury's still out on whether it's a fracture or just a really bad bone bruise, and I refuse to see a doc for it because they'll just tell me to sit on a donut and eat ibuprofen. Thanks, doc... I got it.

Work has been an uphill battle because of the recent holidays. Now, there's been a bit of news that just sucks all the wind out of my sails. Don't worry, I'm fine, and my job is secure. Just... damn.

Now, I'm starting to fight a stomach bug that was likely let in by the antibiotics the dentist prescribed me combined with the probiotics I've been shoving in my face to counteract the bacterial massacre going on in my gut.

I'm almost starting to fear walking through closed doors because I might stumble into some Kafka-esque nightmare and become a sapient cockroach!

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