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[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

My cat woke me up meowing loudly at 6.30am so that she could go outside and sit and look inside the house. So pretty good so far.

[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

It's my last ever Spring Break and I have been bedridden with COVID since Monday.

Not great.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

I feel pretty good. I finally saw some visual progress in my transition and I went through all of my documents and sorted them and got rid of everything I don't need anymore.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I traveled for some volunteer work and caught the crud. It progressed into a double ear infection that's been awful. But! I'm finally starting to see the light on the other side. I can breathe through my nose again and have regained hearing in my left ear. Woo!

[–] vfscanf@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 22 hours ago

We've had no heat at the beginning of the week, thankfully that got fixed today. Had to take a cold shower yesterday :-D And now the supply valve for the washing machine started leaking. So yeah, a bit stressful, but that's life. It could be worse.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago

Shit, to be honest.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's going pretty well. Spent time with my lover and some friends, I have a needed medical appointment Friday, and yeah... basically I'm in a good place.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee -2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Who the hell refers to their significant other as their "lover"?

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 18 hours ago

Well, I do for one.

Maybe I'm missing something, but can you explain exactly what's wrong with this?

I'm just trying to understand where you're coming from.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's ok I'm having plastering doing so it's a bit stressful. The plasterers trainee has gone off with a bad back but the plasterer has said he can finish it Monday or Tuesday. I fucking hope he can!!! I told him in a friendly way he's not getting paid till the job is done and he's got rave reviews.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I feel you! We're doing a whole house renovation and it's so stressful! I had a meltdown this week over wall texture. It's so stupid and seems like the smallest thing, but when you're paying for it you want it to be right

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 21 hours ago

Yep and you use your house every day!

[–] AnotherFuckingCoder@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

Not really good if I'm being honest, too much work I guess. Would love to retire if someone wants to toss some money in my direction

[–] ghostlychonk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Pretty good. My work week is almost done, and it's finally going to be warm enough tomorrow to get to the driving range and see how bad my golf swing is after four months of not swinging any clubs 😬