Week 857
Day 5993 - 11/27 - Still recovering
Today I am still recovering from being pretty horribly food poisoned on Monday. I spent a few extra hours yesterday not in the library, just napping in my car, because I felt pretty sick. I guess it wasn't the worst I've been food poisoned, but for a few hours I did have chills, fever, and a bit of shaking. I actually wish I had thrown up because I likely wouldn't have gotten as sick feeling. Today I think all day in total I've had maybe half a dozen strawberries, and maybe a dozen crackers. I'll get some fries soon, those are at least always a safe food, but we'll see.
I guess other than that my day was ok, but because of that my last day before two days of outside time was kind of rushed.
Day 5994 - 11/28 - Still feeling bad
Today I am still feeling pretty bad. The food poisoning flared up again last night, or I was re-poisoned, and most of the night my tummy was hurting and feeling terrible. Today I'm a bit better. I'm eating more normally, though probably only 20% as much as normal, so far. Though my tummy still feels off. It feels like I'm punched, full, starving, and pumped full of gas all at once. For a brief while it felt like I was being poked with something sharp when breathing in. Last night when it got the worst I again had a bit of fever and for a lot of the night I had chills. I am tempted to maybe go to an urgent care spot tomorrow if it doesn't feel like it's getting better.
The expensive food store I could set my stuff up in closed super early. I had to wait for a place to sit too, so I only got a couple of hours there. And due to how sick I feel I may not get much done with my hobby stuff at all like I'd hoped I would. I'll try and do some drawing soon, but mostly with how bad I feel I pretty much just want to sit here in quiet and recover.
Day 5995 - 11/29 - Too full
Today I guess I ate too much. For the first time since getting food poisoned on Monday I woke up with my tummy feeling fine. So I got a bigger fancy breakfast. Then I got probably a normal sized lunch. Though I probably have 1/3 left of what I got and I feel overly full. My tummy still thankfully doesn't feel bad, but it does feel odd in that it feels like it's full and not digesting what it has. It's just sitting in the tummy waiting for some reason.
I guess the day was pretty ok other than that. There were some super sketchy homeless in the expensive food store, people with multiple bags, and even one guy with literally two carts full of homeless stuff, so I guess they are ok with people coming and hanging out there for hours and hours at a time. It even seemed like 2 employees knew these people and were friendly towards them, so that was nice. I didn't stay too long, maybe 4 hours total yesterday and again about that today.
I guess in total so far I've been pretty productive with my hobby stuff. I still had hoped I'd had gotten more done, but with how sick I've felt lately I probably could have just rested and napped and lost all of the time. So I'm glad there was a decent amount of progress.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll go back to homeless normal.
Day 5996 - 11/30 - Almost normal
Today was almost normal. I was able to get a shower and get shaved, so that was nice. I had a regular breakfast, but only ate half of what I got for lunch and dinner. Tummy is still pretty sensitive to what I'm eating, though overall feels pretty normal beyond that. I was going to get gentle chicken, but the stupid food store really badly mistreats it. I'm tempted to complain again. That was living animals which had to die to become that food and mostly all of it was completely freezer burnt to the point of being inedible. I may get a fries though instead of having a dessert later. Calm neutral non-sugar food that is warm sounds pretty good.
I also did some hobby stuff I set up the past few days, and watched a few shows, so overall it was a pretty good day.
Day 5997 - 12/1 - Feeling calm
Today I am finally, I guess, kind of calm. It's the first day I seem completely over the food poisoning, so I think my body is just finally relaxing and settling back into normal patterns. I kept forgetting to mention, but a part of the sick was that my heart was seemingly beating louder and at a faster pace than normal, all of the time. So I think that calming down today has played a big part in feeling calm.
Day 5998 - 12/2 - Maybe a thing
Today I am maybe spending a few hours doing a paid survey thing. Until it's actually done I won't count it as happening. They so often fall apart, even at the last minute. You either are let go early for not being a match, or they said to come and you'd be a match, and then when you arrive there they decide you aren't and send you away. So, we'll see. It will be ok money for the time spent, and it's only a few blocks from the library, so that's great. But it's annoying that it will be 3 hours during the middle of everything, basically preventing my day from having any real time for me. But I guess it's ok. Everything I have is not time sensitive right now, so if it happens then the money, even though it will be store credit, will be helpful.
Day 5999 - 12/3 - Unknown Tuesday
Today will probably be a pretty regular homeless day. I don't have any plans or expectations for the day.
Week 858
Day 6000 - 12/4 - Goodbye annoying kid
Today I am happy to say is the second day an annoying kid (probably mid 20s) has not been near me in the library. Months ago he used to sit in the center, but then he moved to sitting behind me. I was really close to just punching him in his stupid face several times. First, he'd hop around doing this absolutely zero skill or knowledge shadow kickboxing. It was clear he was copying moves he'd seen in anime shows and he's never taken a real class, which I'm amazed he didn't hit or kick anyone who was walking around the library. Next, everywhere he walks his shoes have an annoying squeak. Which that alone sets off my sound sensitivity. And again, he was getting up and not sitting still all the time. I think barely 30 minutes would go by where he could actually sit still. Last, he was always eating out of these annoying plastic bags. So there would be rustle rustle rustle, then chomp chomp smack smack chomp. And not for short periods of time. I don't know how, but he would eat this stuff for an hour at a time, sometimes longer. How does it take that long to eat? And he'd do that about every 2-3 hours. Which, yes, on some days that meant he was literally eating for 50% of the time he was there over a 5-8 hour period of time.
But now, I guess my staring at him when he'd been eating lately finally sunk in and he seems to have moved back to the middle of the library, far enough away I don't hear him, and thankfully don't usually even see him.
It's like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders, now not having to worry about how he will annoy me at any given time. In a few days I'll probably be relaxed enough to be able to do whatever I want, with or without headphones, and not feel like I need to wait for a quiet calm window to be able to focus. Because it will always be quiet and calm again and I would be able to focus at pretty much any time I feel ok.
Day 6001 - 12/5 - Productive
Today as I thought I might, I felt emotionally better enough to do some work on my hobby stuff. So I spent around 2 hours doing some pretty menial, but very necessary, chart work with my second supplement. I still really need to focus and officially close out the first, but there are a few left over ideas floating in my head that I'm seeing if I want to add or not before closing it out. I mean, sure, in one sense it may never be fully left as is, I'll probably always update it as long as I'm interested in the game it's built on, but still.
This was really it for the day. I did risk getting some chicken from the food store. What I ate was ok, but it was certainly way too cold. It was kind of still frozen during lunch. I don't know if I'll finish or toss what little is left.
Day 6002 - 12/6 - Social day
Today was a pretty solid day. There was a special stream of my pen and paper hobby game today, so there was chatter on the social pages about it.
I am still recovering from my food poisoning, but I am still wondering if maybe the instant ramen isn't really being cooked by the hot water. I may, in a bit, try more of the cup types, as those are designed to just have hot water put in (as opposed to the package type, which usually you are supposed to have in boiling water for a while.) But in general I may just not do it and use the hot water for the occasional hot chocolate or hot water bouillon cube. I don't want to be eating a thing thinking that my body is ok if it is not. Every time I did the ramen it kind of felt like it was just a big lump in my tummy.
But today was pretty good. There were fun or silly social things, and there was an early access game that I backed that started today, so things were pretty ok.
Day 6003 - 12/7 - Basic day
Today was a pretty basic day. I got up before I needed to, which was super lame, but I suppose I did probably get 9 hours of total sleep, so it should be fine.
I played a bit more of my new early access game, maybe too much. But it's new, so it's nice to have something different to do. Pretty much that was it for my day. The rest was just a regular day.
Day 6004 - 12/8 - Full
Today is pretty ok so far. I played some games for a bit, and just had lunch, and I'm pretty full. I had some extra leftover stuff from yesterday, so I have plenty to eat today.
I realized though I need to get moving a bit faster on my pen and paper hobby stuff. I've been going at a super casual rate, but it occurred to me I should probably be targeting an end of February completion date over mid-April. While it's possible the game it's based on may not release until even June, it's probably equally possible it will be out as early as March. So in order to be ready for final release adjustments it should be ready by the end of February at the latest. Still plenty of time, I'm sure, but I should probably focus a bit more since I have quite a bit banging around my head to get put into the works.
Day 6005 - 12/9 - Unknown Monday
Today I have no clue what will happen. It should be a pretty regular homeless day.
Day 6006 - 12/10 - Maybe monies
Today I expect nothing special will happen. I heard my dad did send Xmas monies though, which is surprisingly a lot more than usual, so I can get properly sized boots and those special inserts I need to get. So hopefully those will work out and not wind up being more painful than the rare pain my flat feet can cause.
