A week since I wrote and almost a week since I tested positive for Covid!
Yup it got me… even fully vaccinated!
But in my profession and with EVERYONE seemingly sick lately it’s a miracle it didn’t happen before!
I haven’t had typical symptoms other than fatigue, body aches, a blaring headache and loss of appetite. That last about two full days and a wimpier verdin a third day. Today is the first day I’m feeling good again!
Good enough to have eaten breakfast AND lunch and do some much needed neglected stuff around the house!
I swear I lived on green smoothies and protein shakes for at least four days!
I’m outta work til Thursday and I’ve learned several of our regulars along with two other bartenders are positive as well. I know I’m not the superspreader as at least two other people who frequent there had it before me but I’m sure I didn’t help the situation as I really started feeling crappy two days before I tested positive.
Sadly this is the world we live in now… you go out and you’re at risk!
Thankfully the owners took a day to have the bar deep cleaned and everyone is quarantining so no one else gets sick!
So with all that going on my diet and such have been off. I was actually craving meat and cheese so bad the other day that if I wasn’t quarantined and on a strict NO DOORDASH policy for the next month or so I would’ve caved like a MoFo!
DoorDash is my weakness… I order out way more than I should so I had to shut that shit down even all the local vegan goodness!
One thing that having Covid did bring to light and make a very harsh reality is not having sick time. I lost a week of pay and there’s nothing I can do about it!
But it has me wondering at age 52, how much longer can I swing this?
Especially with my “health conditions”??!!
Which is HEARTBREAKING because I LOVE what I do… but I have to be realistic.
Not to mention I pay for health benefits, no 401k (I turned what I had into an IRA but still), no life insurance god forbid something happened to me… etc etc!
Then ironically I was contacted by my former employer in finance that I left in November 2019 to bartend full time. They want me back and made me a preliminary offer that’s really insanely good.
And the best part… it’s WORK FROM HOME!!!
It was strictly office in a depressing cubicle which I LOATHED and part of the reason I left… it literally took a toll heavily on my Lyme! The last six months I was there I was in a perpetual Lyme flare up to the point I actually was on FMLA in fear of being fired!
I begged our VP to start some sort of work from home option but he wouldn’t budge…
Then Covid and Lockdown happened and low and behold they figured out that yes, our job can be done remotely and even better than in person with less absenteeism and better performances!!!
So I tweaked my dormant resume and emailed it to my old boss who will set me up with a remote interview and we’ll go from there. If the perks aren’t good I can always say no and I will keep at least one bar shift even if I do ultimately take the job back.
It has its pros and cons of course… but I’m hoping the pros outweigh the cons and maybe this is the path I need to be on. Definitely would help in regards to limiting or quitting drinking!!!
Remember when I thought I was being ghosted but then got the random text… welp, haven’t heard from him since other than him still liking everything I post on Facebook.
Honestly I’m not heartbroken just a little confused… as I’m the one who got shafted in the sex department that night… if anyone should be ghosting it should be me!!!
So what do I go and do… I rejoin Tinder after two years of course! Because I had such positive and uplifting experiences on there the other three times I join and ultimately deleted the app… 🙄😒😑😵💫
I’ve matched and chatted with a couple guys… nothing super promising other than one guy who’s of course not super local but travels here twice a week for work. Which of course equates to dinner and fucking twice a week. Which if I’m honest I’m not totally against but deep down shouldn’t I want more??!!
If there’s an unavailable guy with a billion red flags I’m alllllllll about it!!!
But that’s life as I know it… I’m actually looking forward to going back to work on Thursday… I’ve missed my motley crew and bar!
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