Slowly Getting There…

[rodo]

So, that break has yet to fully materialize, but I’m getting better, bit by bit. Got my grade – excellent (just barely, but hey, I just wanted to pass) – so at least all the stress and literal stomach aches were more than worth it. I am now officially a computer science expert for software development and I’ve got a piece of paper that proves it. Still feel like a complete n00b who can barely manage an if statement, though.

► The quick fix for the car didn’t last, predictably, so it broke down again while my mother was in the hospital, leaving me to deal with it. I swear, this car hates me. The last time it broke down, my mum was stuck in Poland with Covid.

► My mum’s surgery went well (despite the unexpected general anaesthesia). The recovery, not so much. Because of the wound healing she wasn’t allowed to take the meds against her auto-immune disease, leading to a flare-up. The symptom: excruciating pain in hips, back and shoulders that pain meds don’t work on (getting doctors to take it seriously is always fun, especially with orthopaedists).

► We got the water bill for the year while my mother was in the hospital and it was unreasonably high. My mother couldn’t cope, so we didn’t deal with it until she got back. Only found the potential cause yesterday (faulty faucet for the garden hose), but in the meantime, we “used” 25 litres and hour while no water was being used by us.

► While all that was going on, I actually managed to do candyheartsex – and I had fun, like always. I even managed to write a last minute treat this time, which I hadn’t managed since chocolateboxcomm ran.

► I finally got around to editing my travelogue some, so I hope I will manage to post it sometime in the near future. It might be of no interest to any of you, but I like how the act of writing and re-reading them every now and again helps me remember my travels, since I barely get to leave the country.

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[rodo]

Thanks!