Author: rainleander
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The Ten Day Work Trip
[COVID Day Five Hundred Seventy] I finally packed. The day of the flight. And I made the flight. And flying domestically within the United States is every bit as scary as I thought it’d be – no vaccine verification, no COVID test verification, just wear a mask, pack into the overbooked plane and hope you…
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Have You Packed Yet?
It’s fascinating to me how when I’m procrastinating doing one thing, I will do SO MANY OTHER THINGS. That I have been procrastinating.
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Escape Room: Davy Jones’ Locker
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Eight] I did the second! Ever! Escape! Room! Stream! From AMERICA! Tonight! I’m just as excited as you are. #TOTALLY A 90 min escape room in a box. This is an interactive box with various puzzles, which have to be solved one after the other to open the box. In…
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The Packing List!
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Seven] OMG OMG OMG OMG Cause I’m going to pack Sunday which means I need to do laundry Saturday which means I need to write this list NOW. Also, Leander, don’t forget that you need to reschedule that doctor’s appointment you have for this upcoming Friday because YOU’LL TOTALLY BE…
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Ready to Fly Again?!?
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Six] I am traveling for work, having not traveled for eighteen months, starting on Monday, lasting for ten days, and not going to one conference, but, technically, only two, but with LOTS of day zero events and social events and everything that goes on in between. And working The Booth.…
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Still Coughing
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Five] That’s it. That’s the whole post.
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Wait, what?
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Four] Last night as I was falling asleep, I was coughing, like ya do, and instead of chilling out as I fell asleep, it just kept getting worse. Until I threw up. A lot. “Ah, okay, sicker then I thought.” #Noted Except now I’m working in America where you cannot…
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The Cough That Would Not Go
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Three] I have had a frakin’ cough for how long now and it’s NOT COVID but damn. Also, I am flying for work for the first time in two years. On Monday. I’M NOT FREAKING OUT YOU’RE FREAKING OUT Wish me luck.
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You’ve Been BOO-ED!
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Two] This is one of the very first oh so American activities I totally signed First Minion up for as soon as the sign up sheet went round – during the month of October, kids in each grade get a surprise Halloween bucket full of treats – and since I…
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Escape Room: Schrödingers Cat
[COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty One] I seriously can’t believe this but this is my first escape room stream in America. And I haven’t done an escape room / game night in months. And First Minion totally crashed. And if you listen not that carefully at all, you can totally hear all three minions screaming…
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It’s Not Always The Most Productive
I’m getting back into the groove of getting up at five in the morning which basically means that I’m staying awake when Boy Twin wakes me up at four in the morning because he’s leaked through.
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Because You Mentioned It Enough…
[COVID Day Five Hundred Fifty Nine] I’m listening, I’m just sometimes s l o w. I’ve switched the subtitle to remove ‘Dutch Lockdown’ because not only am I not living in the Netherlands anymore, but … there’s no lockdown either. The depressing part is that COVID is now a permanent part of our lives so…