What a Weeeeeeek. in These Foolish Things

Happy Friday - what a freaking week.

Work’s been sucky. And by sucky, I mean, everyone is in a tizzy. It’s a panic, y’all. When I tell you that it’s about to get really bad for consumer products, it’s about to get terrible. And this is for just about any consumer product or really ANYTHING that you want to purchase - food, housing, energy, clothing, furniture and home decor, pet products…the supply chain is severely damaged and it’s getting worse and worse right now. It’s a chain reaction. Come Holiday time it’s gonna be terrible. My suggestion to you is to buy anything you need long-term as soon as possible because things will be scarce and prices will be astronomical.

This week has been an exercise in…patience (?)…futility (?) as I watched others decide on the fate of much of my product coming in for Fall and Holiday because my company refuses to pay for the freight from the Port of Shanghai (where much of my stuff ships from). It’s a long, complicated issue, but the bottom line is, the cost of shipping has gone up well over 500% in recent days and it keeps rising.

When I say buy product now, I say this because soon there won’t be anything [new] to buy! It just won’t be here. It will be stuck in a different country. Or it just won’t even get made due to lack of materials.

Unfortunately, I can’t buy furniture right this minute because I’d rather have stuff delivered straight to my new place. But maybe I can get one of those mattresses that comes in a small-ish box and have the movers move it before even opening it. And I’m also thinking that I might be buying some gently used furniture as well. Hm..lots to think about.

In fact, I may be going the “vintage” and secondhand or upcycled route on many things in the near future!

Regardless, I’m going to say this: my new boss is a rockstar. Maybe even too much of a rockstar because it has made me feel a bit incompetent. But she’s been able to step in and get some things done that I don’t know that I would have been able to. She’s an Excel spreadsheet wizard! And we needed that this week. And add that to the fact that she’s a genuinely nice person, and I’m very, very lucky to be in this position right now.

I don’t know what the future holds, but I’m grateful at the moment.

In other news this workweek, the CDC came out with new guidelines yesterday, but I’m going to be one of those likely playing on the safer side of the coin. I mean, I hate to do this a lot, but I’ll play the Cancer Card if I have to. Still, pretty damn excited to think that we might see an end to this at some point in the kind-of near future? As long as people don’t screw it up!

The thing is, there’s obviously no way to tell who has been vaxxed and who hasn’t and so how are we supposed to know when to wear masks and when not to wear masks? One thing I do know is that we’ll be wearing masks during my doc visits and chemo treatments so…in those terms, it’s still very much a pandemic to me. I will need my masks for quite some time.

So mentally, I think I have things to work on with meditation and just getting my mind right and settled.

Physically, this has been my “good” week after chemo infusion #4. I’ll be going back for #5 next Wednesday and I’ve got to work on my dread (which goes back into the ‘mental’ bucket). But I’ve felt pretty good over the past few days. The nausea is at a minimum, I truly believe that’s thanks to the new off-label antipsychotics I take on the first three nights of infusion week. How wild is that? Yes, I have felt some nausea here and there, but it hasn’t been debilitating like it was during infusions 1 and 2.

Did I tell you that I have a Chemo Crush? A guy I follow on IG is going through the same treatment, but he’s on infusion #8 and man…he seems to be doing really well. I watch him because it keeps me going. If he’s not hurting then I feel like I’m not gonna hurt. He posts a lot, so I can watch how he’s doing daily. It’s so good to have a point of reference in this scary place.

I also watch a girl on IG (maybe a girl-crush?) who’s on treatment #10 of 12, and she posted some good stuff yesterday as well. She’s making it through and almost done and WOW! Again, nice to see people getting it done and rocking it rather than hearing tales of woe and complaints. We all know that chemo SUCKS, so I don’t have to hear about that. I want to see success stories, and I’m so happy I’ve seen them out there.

Anyway, the weekend is almost here - if I can get through these next few hours. Please let me make it through (I’m sitting in a large Zoom meeting right now and have a few more today). Hopefully no more hair-on-fire emergencies!

I have a dog walk “date” of sorts tonight with a guy who I have ZERO feelings for, but I’ve known him for many years and he’s in town (lives across the country) so I told him to meet me in the park for my dog walk and we could go sit on a patio somewhere. I’m still planning an early night to bed.

Tomorrow I’m taking Martini to a meet & greet at a potential new daycare in our new neighborhood and then I’ll drive north to meet a friend who’s bringing me some medicinal support (wink-wink) that I may or may not even ever need…but it’s nice to be prepared. And then I’ll have a walk & talk and patio time with [Athena]. Can’t wait!

Sunday looks like a washout. I promised Best Bud I’d attend a concert featuring her son, who, at the age of 16, has turned into an AMAZING jazz saxophonist. He’s really, really good and I wanted so badly to go with Best Bud to see him play, but I already know that if it rains I’m not going to want to go. I know BB will insist on coming to pick me up, but I just don’t have the energy for her eccentricity. It’s just toooooooo much for me to handle. We shall see what happens.

So. Zoom almost over. Need to finish some stuff and post this.

Ready to be done with this week!!
XO,
GS