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rodoSo, like seemingly everyone around here, it seems I had some health trouble at the beginning of the year. I don’t want to go into details, but doctors have assured me I’m fine because my symptoms magically disappear whenever a test is done. I’ve got more tests coming up, but that might be equally useless, because I’ve had these same weird symptoms for the past four years, for about a month or two, starting from mid-to-late January to mid-February. It was particularly bad this year, and I suspect it’s somehow related to the cold weather.
And of course, two weeks into that, added stress: after a short three-day holiday, I got back to work to the news that the senior colleague with a focus on backend and systems who kind of kept everything running quit the company with just one month left to divvy up his responsibilities. There’s three other developers: one who can’t take over a lot of stuff for Reasons, one who only works part-time, and me: a junior with a year of combined active developer experience, mostly doing user facing stuff like apps or web frontend.
So, that’s how I ended up sitting in meetings way out of my pay-grade and trying to get into backend dev, and maybe even having to deal with complicated C code soon. I have no idea what I’m doing, guys. The cryptic variable names don’t help.
In more positive news: I completely missed that there were new seasons of School Spirits until midway through the third season. I recced it two years ago and I really enjoyed seasons two and three as well and I so hope there’s going to be a fourth.
I also rewatched some comfort series due to above-mentioned stuff. Among them My Lady Jane, which I don’t think I’ve talked about before. It’s awesome. Just pure, unadulterated fun. Everyone should watch it, even though it got cancelled after one season. That season is so worth it: Jane’s playboy husband is a horse, her brother-in-law is a himbo with a thing for scheming MILFs (that MILF being Jane’s mom AKA Anna Chancellor), Dominic Cooper seems to be having the time of his life playing a scheming vizier-type, Princess Mary is enjoyably unhinged, and King Edward gets a cat boyfriend. Also: the narrator rocks.
I also really enjoyed the fourth season of Bridgerton. Not as much as the second, mostly because I still think Benedict is incredibly bland and boring, but Sophie was soooo good. Perfection, really. And Katie Leung should play scenery-chewing villains for the next ten years, she’s such a pleasure to watch.
And of course, two weeks into that, added stress: after a short three-day holiday, I got back to work to the news that the senior colleague with a focus on backend and systems who kind of kept everything running quit the company with just one month left to divvy up his responsibilities. There’s three other developers: one who can’t take over a lot of stuff for Reasons, one who only works part-time, and me: a junior with a year of combined active developer experience, mostly doing user facing stuff like apps or web frontend.
So, that’s how I ended up sitting in meetings way out of my pay-grade and trying to get into backend dev, and maybe even having to deal with complicated C code soon. I have no idea what I’m doing, guys. The cryptic variable names don’t help.
In more positive news: I completely missed that there were new seasons of School Spirits until midway through the third season. I recced it two years ago and I really enjoyed seasons two and three as well and I so hope there’s going to be a fourth.
I also rewatched some comfort series due to above-mentioned stuff. Among them My Lady Jane, which I don’t think I’ve talked about before. It’s awesome. Just pure, unadulterated fun. Everyone should watch it, even though it got cancelled after one season. That season is so worth it: Jane’s playboy husband is a horse, her brother-in-law is a himbo with a thing for scheming MILFs (that MILF being Jane’s mom AKA Anna Chancellor), Dominic Cooper seems to be having the time of his life playing a scheming vizier-type, Princess Mary is enjoyably unhinged, and King Edward gets a cat boyfriend. Also: the narrator rocks.
I also really enjoyed the fourth season of Bridgerton. Not as much as the second, mostly because I still think Benedict is incredibly bland and boring, but Sophie was soooo good. Perfection, really. And Katie Leung should play scenery-chewing villains for the next ten years, she’s such a pleasure to watch.
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Date: 2026-03-14 10:59 am (UTC)Doctors just assuring you you're fine when you know you're not is so frustrating.
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Date: 2026-03-14 02:19 pm (UTC)And hey, maybe I am fine - I'm honestly happy when they at least check if they can find something, as opposed to the guy who told me it was all in my head because they hadn't found anything the last time...