Hi everyone. I’m joining in with #WeekendCoffeeShare for the first time in over a month. It’s nearly 10PM as I start typing this, so no more coffee for me. I did have a mug of green tea about half an hour ago, but for now it’s just water. Feel free to grab yourself a cup of your favorite beverage and let’s chat.
If we were having coffee, first I’d talk about the weather. Not that I’ve experienced much of it, as I spent most of the week indoors with what I believe to be COVID. The daytime highs most days have been around 17°C and we didn’t get much rain.
If we were having coffee, then I’d share that I paused my activity rings on my Apple Watch because I was too obsessively trying to meet my goals while being sick. I originally intended to restart them yesterday, but for now they’re on pause until this coming Tuesday.
If we were having coffee, then I’d tell you that, today, I finally feel like I might be on the mend. Being me, I did immediately go for a 30-minute walk. My average heartrate was 140BPM, which is high even for me. Let’s hope I won’t be exhausted tomorrow.
If we were having coffee, then I’d share that my spouse finally visited me today. We hadn’t seen each other in a few weeks even though it was our wedding anniversary on the 19th. Then though, I was sick with that could-be COVID thing. Today, we still didn’t do a lot. We went to a nearby pancake place to have lunch.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that, on Wednesday, the Center for Consultation and Expertise consultant came by. Like I said on Tuesday, I was only informed a day in advance and the consultant gave as little information about herself as she could (ie. just a first name). I feel incredibly distrustful of the entire process because of this. One of my assigned staff, the student, attended the meeting with me and it was more her telling the consultant what she thinks could be improved about my situation than me. I honestly fear this whole consultation is going to be a waste of time and money, as if the staff already know what I need (which, frankly, they don’t), why involve an independent consultant?
If we were having coffee, lastly I’d share that the student who’s my assigned staff, is leaving on Monday. She’s going to work at the intensive support home I used to live at and I’m struggling not to use that against her. I did, with some difficulty, create a necklace for her, which I’m going to give her when she has her last shift here.
A Multitude of Musings 
Sorry your assigned staff is leaving, I think it was nice that you made a neckalace for her. X
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Thank you! 🙂
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I guess your assigned student wants to get as many different experiences as she can, but it leaves you to deal with new staff. I hope that goes well for you.
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True and students always have to work at different homes even if they’d rather stay here.
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I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been unwell, Astrid. I keep coming across mentions of a new COVID strain going around here too, so it seems to be making the rounds everywhere. Such a pity it put a bit of a cloud over your anniversary, but I’m glad you still managed to enjoy some pancakes out together. Wishing you a much brighter and healthier week ahead! 🙂
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Thank you for your supportive comment. I feel rather bad that this probable COVID thing destroyed our wedding anniversary plans especially this year, as my spouse and I have been through some interesting times. Thankfully, I’m now doing much better.
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Oh no! Sorry you have been unwell! I hope you are feeling better now. It sounds like your spouse did the right thing by staying away so he didn’t catch it.
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Thank you for your kind words. To be honest, even if my spouse had not been afraid of catching my virus, I didn’t feel well enough to be going out for lunch.
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I hope you’re feeling better. Thank you for your weekend coffee share. Take care.
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Thank you for commenting. Yes, I’m feeling a lot better.
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I am glad to hear that you were improving. I hope by now that Covid is a thing of the past for you. I will still keep my fingers crossed that something comes of the consultant visit. I am sipping the last of my morning coffee now and appreciate the chat!
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Thanks so much for your kind words. No news about the consultation yet, but thankfully I’m about 95% over that probable COVID thing.
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Watch out for that 5%…some people have that little bit hang around for a long time!
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That’s true indeed.
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