June Recap
Better Late than Never
Two weeks removed from June and it feels like a lifetime ago.
I’m not sure if it’s just post-Covid life where everything leaves my brain two minutes after it happens or just that I feel like this year will not give me a break. I started the month still sick from whatever sinus infection I had that I just couldn’t shake. The last week of May, I had almost lost my voice completely, sounding like croaking animal more than a person.
By the first week of June, I had my voice back, but still had this nasty cough that I just could not seem to get out of my system. I mean, deep, in your lungs, mucus comes out kind of cough (trust me, it was not fun).
And even now, halfway through July, while I feel better thanks to another round of medication, I’ve realized that I feel like I’ve spent most of this year sick in some way or another. If not the flu or the sinus infection, it’s been the blues, or colds or just awful fatigue (I’m on night three of three hours or less of sleep) and a good chunk of that I blame on my job.
June was a month I almost saw progress on the job front. I interviewed for an internal role (as did one of my best friends). Immediately after that first interview, I knew the role wasn’t for me, but it’s still good to get that practice in for interviews. It’s also the only actual interview I’ve had this year, but several of my friends have made progress with new jobs in the last month and a half, so fingers crossed it’s almost my turn.
Outside of work, there was not much pool time due to life and being on medication that made me sensitive to the sun. However, there was a lot of time spent out of my house which was nice. We’re currently a one car household and since my boyfriend works in an office and I don’t, I have to really make an effort to get out of the house during the week.
And often times, that comes at the expense of my wallet. But it’s fun to go out sometimes and just socialize with people who aren’t my boyfriend or my customers. Nice, fun conversations that take little time or bandwidth but are with kind people. I also used it as an excuse to get out and brainstorm on my book.
Despite brainstorming being my main focus, I don’t feel like I got as much done as I wanted. And maybe I have to just try to learn and accept that I never will. My life is so different from when I started writing and blogging, it’s much fuller in some ways and much sadder in other ways.
But one of the ways it’s full is the people I have in my corner now, including one of my best friends, Kala. We got to celebrate her her birthday at the end of the month and I just love getting to celebrating friends and family. I spent time celebrating her birthday and then a week dog-sitting for family, again.
With the first half of the year gone, I really hope this second part of the year is kinder, maybe a little slower (that it won’t be) and full of more happiness, not sadness.
June Reads:
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
Such a Clever Girl by Darby Kane
Caught Up by Liz Tomforde