Greetings, Internet! I hope everyone’s staying as safe and sane as possible. This week, I got some dissertation planning done, watched some crazy NFL playoffs, and had a medical procedure done. Daily summaries below!

Day Six Hundred and Eighty (1/21/22)

• Wow, it is COLD outside.
• Went to Push to Walk! It’ll be my last time for a couple of months. <sadness>
• Worked a bit more on getting through this article.
• My mother and I had ramen and watched Amy Schneider tie the “Jeopardy!” record for second-most consecutive wins. Yesss!!
• Who’s awkward on the phone? This girl. Right here.
• Total Times Outside: One Hundred and Eighty-Six!
• Wordle: five guesses.
• Total videos watched by other YouTubers: 0. It’s been 0 for a while now, I know.
• Currently feeling: Another late night, but it’s all good. I’ll sleep at a reasonable hour tomorrow.
• Currently looping: I’m With Her’s “Call My Name.”

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-One (1/22/22)

• Did the FES cycle. Watched another episode of “Succession.”
• Helped a friend declutter some household items.
• Does anyone else watch the X-Games? These ski events are ridiculous.
• Video chat with my bestie! How is it we always have a ridiculous amount of things to catch up on?
• YEAH, NINERS!!! Sorry, I usually like Green Bay, but Aaron Rodger is a ridiculous person and I can’t with him anymore.
• The battery that operates the remote for my door died. So now I have to replace that.
• Wordle: three guesses.
• Currently feeling: Didn’t get much done on the dissertation today, but at least I got to be social?
• Currently looping: Aoife O’Donovan has a new album out! It’s called “Age of Apathy,” and it’s brilliant.

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-Two (1/23/22)

• Caught up with “The Book of Boba Fett.” Love Fennic Shand.
• Put some WD-40 on my front casters because they were squeaking. So nice not to hear excess squeaking.
• Finally backed up my computer! And just in time, because I’ve been doing some chapter four prep.
• I’ve been finding so many relevant things today! #productivitysundays
• I feel so much less anxious about how this chapter might shape up.
• Okay, the NFL playoffs have been bonkers this weekend. Absolutely bonkers. Very excited for an LA v. SF matchup.
• This girl has agreed to play chess online in the near future. She is terrible at chess. But sure, another hobby, why not.
• Wordle: Three tries.
• Currently feeling: So much dissertationing today! I keep telling myself that I got this fourth chapter. Just keep planning and writing and it’ll happen.
• Currently looping: Aoife O’Donovan’s “Age of Apathy.” Sarah Jarosz’s music makes me think of Texas, but Aoife O’Donovan makes me think of upstate New York. Do I want to visit either? No, but they sound lovely.

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-Three (1/24/22)

• Did the FES cycle. Watched another episode of “Succession.”
• Well, this is painfully accurate.
• Oh, kitchen sink, why must you vex me so? <sigh> Might need a new faucet.
• Got a pre-op covid test and had a nice time wheeling around to the tunes of Sarah Jarosz. Although there might be a tiny shard of glass embedded in one of my tires now.
• Virtual dinner date while watching “Jeopardy!”, “Wheel of Fortune,” and “The Bachelor.” I guess this is a thing now.
• Wordle: Four guesses!
• Total Times Outside: One Hundred and Eighty-Seven!
• Currently feeling: So glad I did a ton of dissertationing yesterday, because I got nothing of that sort done today.
• Currently looping: Sarah Jarosz’s “Build Me Up From Bones” album. SO GOOD.

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-Four (1/25/22)

• Had a meeting with my advisor. My chapter four ideas have the green light, so, that’ll be the objective while I’m in recovery mode.
• Went outside to get some treats from the nearby bakery.
• Virtual tea with my sister!
• Call with my bestie, who is killing it in Mercury retrograde ❤
• Working on an article for something I hope other historians will take to heart. Also hoping that I understood the assignment.
• Total Times Outside: One Hundred and Eighty-Eight!
• Wordle: Three guesses!
• Currently feeling: I think I was supposed to do something to prep for my procedure today. And now I’m worrying that I might not be able to do it tomorrow. Oh dear.
• Currently looping: Sarah Jarosz’s “Gone Too Soon.” I first heard this song yesterday and immediately stopped what I was doing to listen. Dang, Sarah. This deep cut is everything.

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-Five (1/26/22)

• Prep for procedure day.
• Oof.
• But! I got to chat with a friend this morning who I hadn’t heard from in a while, so that was lovely =)
• Hello, hospital. Why, yes, I am coming in tomorrow for a procedure. What do you mean I’m not on the schedule? You’re missing a test result that I need to send?
• Bureaucracy, the ultimate headache provider.
• I am now on the schedule. Huzzah.
• NO, AMY, NOOOO! #jeopardysadness
• Wordle: Four guesses!
• Currently feeling: So freaking nervous for tomorrow.
• Currently looping: Continuing with the majesty that is Sarah Jarosz’s “Build Me Up From Bones” album.

Day Six Hundred and Eighty-Six (1/27/22)

• Procedure Day! I am so freaking dehydrated.
• Fell asleep in the waiting room several times. Occasionally woke up to find another patient staring at me. ‘Twas weird.
• Feeling the love from all of the people wishing me good luck ❤
• Whoever invented the Bair Hugger is a genius.
• My mother’s here! There are noodles aplenty.
• Anesthesia is fun! WHOOOO!
• Also, anesthesia causes you to do the equivalent of drunk dialing. “Just wanted to hear your voice.” Who says that? Me, apparently.
• Let the wound care begin.
• Wordle: Five guesses!
• Total Times Outside: One Hundred and Eighty-Nine!
• Currently feeling: Relieved to have the procedure done, but anxious about the next six weeks of wound care. To quote Thor, “Allfathers, give me strength.”
• Currently looping: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes’ “Home.”

Thanks so much for reading! Stay safe, get vaccinated/boosted, and stay safe during the nor’easter!