Looking forward to the end of this semester of German II. I’m burned out. Given my struggles this semester, I’ll never achieve competence level A2. German I and II are considered A1, and I’m a middling student at it. Immigration wants higher than A2, so there goes that. At this point, I can’t even remember …
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Five Want To
“So Shawn, why’d you move to Austin?” “Oh, you know, bigger town, greater opportunity, lots of stuff to do. I wanted to eat it all up and suck out the marrow. Live life!” “And have you?” “Hold on, man, I just got off work. I’m a little tired. Maybe tomorrow?”
Evitable
So the thinkable happened. I got COVID. 2nd time. Thankfully I got the latest vaccine a month ago, so it’s not as bad as it could’ve been. Fatigue set in on Thursday, then throat-sinus inflammation that night, and then by Friday morning, full blown aches, fever, swimming vision, and testing hot. Fever broke this morning, …
On the Occasion of My 43rd Year
On Wednesday I turned a corner into another year. What have I got? After running for the past week with south-by, of going, of reacting, of trying to hunt for distraction, of taking care of business, I took the birthday off and had what looked like a typical Saturday. Slept in, made breakfast, got a …
Fatigue
I’m tired. I hate computers. I had too much dinner, and this coffee is too little, too late. Is this what being a grownup is like? Because I don’t like it. There was a power outage at my apartment today. Lasted almost an hour, much longer than my UPS backup systems can sustain. In other …