Last week I pretended I don’t have Long Covid anymore and didn’t pace myself.

This week, my body said ‘nice try.’

Ate two meals in questionable condition, spent the night in the toilet.

Started working at the new job; I quickly learned from coworkers that apparently our positions are not considered employment (academia woohoo), so I don’t have access to lots of social benefits that are standard in this country

… to partially mitigate this, I made the dubious decision of writing an application for a highly competitive fellowship that is… due next week. Realistically should have started two months ago but I guess we work with whatever we have. I’m a bit stressed out lol

On vacation and my language learning has met with signs, native speakers, etc., which has been pretty humbling. Finding the balance between rest and experiences is also always a challenge. It’s also a nice reminder there are ways to live other than the one I’m used to, each with its advantages and disadvantages.

Decent, thanks for asking. Nervous about an interview tomorrow, but what else is new… What’s up with you?