Blog: tracker's place

Same concern, different day!

Friday
December 8, 2023
1:05 PM

So, I went to my other site where I have been writing for about 18 years. Where people know my name. Where I get my feedback fix.

My Entry:

Thanksgiving in December
The turkey needed to be cooked. We all have Covid with none or limited taste. It was delicious, I imagine. I did taste the yams a little bit. I have lost 10 pounds in 10 days.


My notes:

1. Well, that stinks, and that much of a lost is probably mostly water, so be sure to stay hydrated. I guess that’s one way to lose weight. Get well soon!

2. What a way to lose weight!

3. What?? Yep, drink lots and lots of water.

4. Sorry my friend.

5. Hope everyone recovers quickly. Takes ages for the fatigue to go away from all I’ve heard.

6. *hugs* hope y’all feel better soon

7. So sorry you are all suffering. Having had two major bouts of it (and a third minor) I can empathize with how awful you must feel. Hope your taste comes back soon and that you don’t suffer any long-term effects.

8. I hope your COVID passes soon. 10 pounds in 10 days is a lot! Prayers for all of you.

9. Tracker, so sorry to hear that you and your family got the dreaded thing that is covid! I hope you’re feeling back to yourself!

10. Oh no, I hope you are turning a corner!!!

11. Hope you are feeling better soon!

No wonder my expectations for my blog here are set so high. The focus on WdC is writing and reviewing, not a personal diary or blog with friends and followers. Wordsmitty posed the question about a solution. The solution is to carry on as if there were no problem. Even if others share the same feeling, it is what it is. Too often I have lifted up a torch to lead. I am forever a leader when following is so much easier. Knowing my m.o. I probably will delete all of this nonsense about blogging. It is not a requirement. It is a great outlet for working out stuff in my head that I usually don't talk about.

I feel almost human today. Still a bit of yuck in my chest but so much better.

I wonder about being self-centered. Why do I crave attention...from people I hardly know? Do I write for myself or for an audience? Do I really have anything important to say?

My schoolwork is behind. I say I will address it first, yet here I am. Looking at a full inbox. Procrastinating. If only I was not so motivated to get my degree, I would quit...again. Who would care?

Ugh. I will come back tomorrow after I have given myself an attitude adjustment.