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feeling like crap the last few days; congested, wake up with a sore throat (probably from breathing with my mouth open all night due to congestion), headache, cough, stuffy ears, swollen lymph glands under my ears and neck... I took an old expired covid test a few days ago and it was negative. I've ordered a couple more to be delivered tomorrow morning. Just in case. I still have my sense of smell but I heard or read that the latest covid variant doesn't have the loss of smell as one of the symptoms. And it's a lot more contagious than previous versions....which means that if it was covid I'm sure others in the house would have it.?

I dunno.

Anyway, I feel like shit. Haven't done much today other than drink coffee, and feed and walk dogs. Thax made banana bread and also made the coffee. Both good.

I am also sad and angry with myself for (once again, as usual) allowing fear to delay my helpful impulses until it was too late.

There was a little skunk stuck in an open pipe along our walking route. For a couple of days, the dogs kept getting excited about the hole in the ground but I pulled them away. Finally last night I looked in and saw a small skunk. I planned out my strategy and went to the hole today armed with gloves, wearing a swim mask and a trash bag with a head-hole cut out. But the skunk was dead. I should have gone back last night after taking the dogs home ... I didn't want to get bitten or sprayed so I delayed. And didn't even bother to look at what the dogs were keying in on for a few days before that. :(

I am sad. and my head hurts and my nose is itchy and uncomfortable inside. (dried out from medicine but still congested, somehow??? wtf.)