2023 and now part of the statistic

What a banger 2023 was for me. 

We are nearly done with the 1st half of this year and it still cracking at us and I think, it will not let up. Massive layoffs, gun violence, racism and fascism, war in Ukraine, inflation, as our luck would have it, we still have Covid. 

Ive been dodging miss rona for the past years and it has finally caught up with me. Just this week, I passed its test. 

Though I have it, I still consider myself lucky, because i caught it now that I'm completely vaccinated (2 vaxx shots + 2 additional boosters) so the effects are very minimal. Im not sure which strain this is, but after too many counts of close contacts my body did me a solid and said stay. 

I have very little symptoms really, at the start I had a very low grade fever, I had LBM, and now, we are down to headaches/nausea every evening and a very phlegmy cough. 

I tried to login to work yesterday and tried getting some stuff done, but my head was spinning i felt like im getting vertigo. Today, is a bit better, but my voice is hoarse and i still cough a lot. 

I wear a mask at home and have taken a very healthy living approach to food and drinks, thanks to my mom and dad who consistently done a wonderful job of buying/cooking healthy meals and nagging me on taking my meds on time. 

Im also counting this as a blessing, because I can rest from work. I have consistently been working 12-13 hrs a shift daily since 2023 came in, weekends are normally reserve for reset but even then, Im getting work calls. Even when I take 1 holiday off like Lent i still get work calls. 

My body just gave up. It wanted some rest and downtime so it succumb to it. 

So i said, ok body, lets do this. Lets rest, we will chill and relax and take our grand time to recuperate because after this week, to battle we ride, and we ride at dawn. 

xoxo, 

JL