• I flew to Georgia on a booked-last-minute flight now that I'm done with appointments for 6 weeks, to see my family, my brand new niece and to not be so alone when weaning-off steroids and in general. This trip has been long delayed because of—waves hands—everything.
• I upgraded my flight because I'm freaking out about covid and wanted to share air with fewer people, even though I'd be masking no matter what, of course. 4 of the 6 friends I've seen in the last couple of months have gotten covid again recently. I'm not loving that data point!
• I forgot to calculate the impact of timezones and a 29-hour travel day with my steroid plan. Had a wonky first two days but got on new sleep and steroid schedule without too much difficulty.
• At 39.99 years of age my mother drove me to the DMV to get my drivers license. I was 12 days shy of it being so expired that Georgia would make me start over with written and driving tests and I don't even know who drives on what side of the road anymore so it's great I avoided being asked!
• I didn't get covid from the flight or the DMV!
• It is so, so, so, so, so very good to be around people. My brother and sister in law are two of my favorite people, too. Also, it's so good to be eating boiled peanuts again.

Published on — Thu Sep 07 2023