Itinerantia
CWs: physical/mental health
I am too out of it to write about this tonight but I want to, in more detail, soon. We were in Florida for a few days, mainly to go to our niece's wedding celebration, but we also stayed with my sister-in-law and that was very nice to catch up. Both my spouse and I are getting back into the swing of things; I went back to work Wednesday and my spouse went back on Tuesday; we left for Florida last Thursday, early in the morning. So it was kind of a whirlwind trip but we had a great time. The kitties came back from boarding with colds; Lyra seems to have gotten the worst of it, and Ajax is also a little goopy and sneezy.
My spouse came down with a cold shortly after getting back, and has felt bad for a couple of days, but is now feeling a bit better. I worry I am getting a little tickle in my throat personally too, but we'll see how it plays out. I'm hoping for the best.
I finished the slew of Latin projects, for now at least, which is nice. So we'll see when more come through, but none quite yet. I'm OK having a little more time to myself, even though I did take a bunch of time off of it while we were travelling.
I'm working on finishing Sofia Samatar's A Stranger in Olondria. I'm really enjoying it, and about 2/3 of the way through it. I found out there is a sequel, and I sorta jumped the gun in my excitement and put it on hold at the library. I need to pick it up within the next week, though, so I'm just gonna try to finish the current book before I pick up the new one from the library (I own the book I'm currently reading). I'd rather read it while it's fresh in my mind, y'know? Then I'll read something else after that, no idea what. I have a lot of interesting stuff to choose from, but I am trying to go with "older" stuff (i.e., stuff I've had around longer). Maybe I'll intersperse a new one though in there, we'll see. And Proust is a constant. I love it but I've been too tired to properly read it lately. And I'm almost done with the African-American poetry collection I'm reading; it is really, really good. I'll be interested to pick up another poetry collection after that -- perhaps the book of socialist poetry I've had on my self for awhile now.
Anyways, I hope the weekend is off to a great start for y'all, and you're enjoying yourselves, whether that means resting, or going out, or gearing up to do stuff tomorrow. There is a lot of doom and gloom to go around, and I'm trying to ward it off with the positive to the extent that I can. This is by no means a doom-and-gloom free zone, but I find I don't have the bandwidth to handle it most of the time. Even keeping up with my doom-filled RSS feeds takes a lot out of me, but I want to stay informed at the same time.
Take care of yourselves and each other, please, and spread as much love as you can. Thanks for reading, friends <3