[Sept 2023] I Got Covid & Moved Homes

 

Hi angels! Yes you read that title right. I told you my dark hair arc was the beginning of my suffering arc cause this was absolutely agony to experience.

I had to go out for a work dinner because we had lots of coworkers from our other offices fly in and visit. I was tasked with helping to arrange the event so I planned for us to go to a pub/arcade then dinner at a lovely Vietnamese restaurant nearby.

This is where all my makeup practice paid off because look at how cute this casual look turned out!!! Of course I never intentionally replicated this again after that night but now looking back this actually resembles my current (2025) work make a lot so good job past (and present) me ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ)

The restaurant we went to was really aesthetic on the inside. I really loved the beautiful floral ceiling.

The bathroom was cute too hehe (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

Since work was paying for the meal I decided to get this short rib pho. It was sooooo decadent. I actually had a lot of trouble finishing it because there was so much meat in the bowl.

Afterwards a few of us went and got ice cream at the shop next door and then we parted ways for the night. This is where I think I fucked up because the next thing I knew....

I woke up with a burning sensation in my throat. It was like swallowing broken glass. I really thought it was a sinus infection or something but it turned out to be covid. I had done so well to avoid it thus far but I think that cramped little ice cream shop was my undoing because no one got sick at dinner (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )

Fortunately I still had Kevin to help me move but he also ended up getting sick. He thankfully avoided covid but he came down with a bad case of strep so we were both literally dying as we hauled my shit to my new place.

I managed to take some time off from work for this and within the next week or so I unpacked everything and started to get settled in.

I had to get everything out of the boxes by a certain time because they were rentals so I just sorted through as much as I could and dumped the remaining clothes on my bed.

After some struggling I managed to get my wfh setup going so I could "go back to work" and slowly rearranged everything else as my energy came back.

Now that I've been here for just over a year I absolutely love my apartment. I started making some changes a few weeks ago to make it more cozy because I realized that I never truly made a home out of any of my previous places. 

I'm starting with my living room and am really happy with the cozy little space I've created for myself. I hope to stay here for a long time!!

Looking back I have no idea how I managed to do all of my packing and moving within a week just with my bf and myself sick as dogs. I actually don't know how I managed to do any of my moves previous to this either because again I mostly did everything by myself. I've been thinking a lot about this recently and I talked through some things in therapy which made me realize how much I underappreciated myself through the years. I got through all of my worst days because I had no other choice. I had to endure everything on my own because I didn't have anyone in my life to help me and it was the only way to survive.

Now that I'm in a much better place I decided I would use all of my hard work and lessons learned to live a happier life in 2025 and beyond. Also I am never gonna move again unless it's to my dream or forever home cause this shit was ass ( ｡ •̀ ᴖ •́ ｡)

Thanks for reading! I hope you have a lovely day (๑´>᎑<)~*