Hello again

[shiv5468]

Iz slightly back.

I did pick up your messages around the time of my birthday, for which much thanks, but I was rather unwell. I don't know if it was the coronavirus, but I felt awful, sniffled on the sofa and napped for a whole month or thereabouts.

And then I was knackered from being ill, and I'm only just getting back on top of things round the

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[gingerbred]

Glad you're alive, shiv.

You don't have to be the worst off to be less than pleased when life sucks; the grievances are certainly legitimate. (I'm attempting to cling to the "this, too, shall pass" mindset in the hope it will help; thus far, it's gone swimmingly.)

Perhaps things with Francis will seem a little different when your circumstances are as well? (I've had that go both ways. Incompatibility with partners definitely throws a spanner in the works.)

[shiv5468]

It will pass, and it's touching me lightly apart from not being able to find a job.

I'm even doing a lot of exercise and picking up egyptology again.

Maybe. We shall see what the new life brings, when it gets here.

[zigadenus]

turns out to be something of a dampener on a friendship

Sorry to hear it, but if you can't stand someone's partner, and they can't stand you, it begs the question of whether you were really friends, or just occasionally amusing. Since he is no longer being amusing, you might be well shut of him.

People are very cross and very scared and very shouty and I'm feeling exhausted and stressed out by it all.

I hear you. I think we're all stressed and exhausted. There's a fucking pandemic on, is what I'm constantly reminding myself, when I/other people disappoint.

[shiv5468]

I don't think we were ever friends, or if we are it's not something I recognise as worth persisting in.

Yes, indeed. It's surprisingly exhausting being stuck at home with nothing to do but no deadlines.

[zigadenus]

It's surprisingly exhausting being stuck at home with nothing to do but no deadlines

I have been baking bread. Soon I will be gardening. Technically, I should also be working, and I have been doing a bare minimum to that end, but there are very few deadlines, and very little that needs to be done, so I am not much fussed for it.

[blueartemis07]

Hi shiv! I'm glad you are around.

I have work, and it is exhausting. Harder to work from home than from the office. I don't like it. And yes, it is exhausting to be home.

Promptfest is going.

[shiv5468]

I miss the contact with colleagues. I used to find it hard to concentrate in the office when I had something big to do but oh... I miss lunch with decent company.

[therealsnape]

Glad to hear from you! I'm sorry life isn't better for you right now. To have both the no job situation and the break with Francis right at this time is seriously unfunny. I hope things will get better soon!

[shiv5468]

I've got a sniff of a job prospect on the horizon. I don't want it, but it'll pay the bills.

The break with Francis has been coming for some time, and not telling me he had a girlfriend for six months whilst he worked up the courage to propose to her was the last straw. He sat at dinner with me the night before and talked about going on a road trip. Absolute shit.

[dreamy_dragon73]

It's good to hear from you, though I am sorry about both the break with Francis and the job situation.

People are very cross and very scared and very shouty and I'm feeling exhausted and stressed out by it all.
Yes and yes. I'm currently trying to avoid everything that causes more stress and anxiety - with varied success...

I'm sorry if there was a misunderstanding about the giftfest. We are not doing an extra round, just a little something that - hopefully - might help to distract people a little in the current situation. If there ever was another round of the exchange, I'd run to sign up and if I am not entirely mistaken, so would Delphi.

[shiv5468]

Oh it's entirely my misunderstanding - someone said something to me on twitter and I thought they meant a full fest, and it's not, but there's promptfest going on anyway so....

Something will happen, I'm just not sure when because I've the motivation of a slug.

[dreamy_dragon73]

Something will happen
Woohoo!