DawnOwar's Blog

 I signed up for notifications from Ikea if they had my sofa back in stock. The one i used to have. before. its not the best sofa in the world but it was the right size and shape for my space and the best and most important part, I could buy slipcovers for it, and i had a hot pink ultrasuede set and I loved it. Had that sofa for a few years, just long enough I was about to order a new set of slipcovers when I sprayed that flea spray that ruined my life on it and everywhere and it eventually got on and in everything from me trying to clean it and just spreading it around to more stuff. anyway, I got covid and i was down for a couple of weeks with that. Started a new job i had to spend $ for new work clothes. Would have had to do that regardless. I dont fit in the old ones that are from 10 yrs ago now anyway and my new job is more casual and i can come up with a thousand reasons i needed a whole new work wardrobe, but truthfully id have bought new clothes for any new job im sure. New...

 Since then I've got a new job, took a week off in-between to go to a local 3-day outdoor festival and see some old friends and do a little partying. The closest to a vacation i was gonna have because I have to pay bills. and by the 3rd day i was feeling a little off and by the 4th day I had Covid. My new job let me take another 2 weeks to get over Covid before I started, so instead of being out of work one week with a the vacation pay from the job i was finishing without ever having taken any actual vacation days, I ended up out of work 3 weeks with pay for only about one. Because there was also a city-wide power outtage for a day or so and i couldnt work a day and half and then .. once i'd stopped ... going back was impossible. I couldnt do it anymore. thats all it took. a day and half off unplanned and the promise of a new job and I couldnt make myself do it anymore. It was time for me to go. So i took a lot of unpaid time off that last week, thinking it'd be covered wit...