Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 211
March 27, 2020
Day 2,341: Symptoms Day 2
Okaynow that Ive gone back and written my missing entry for last night when I wasnt feeling well and just passed out
Its day 2 of whatever the sickness is. I thought maybe it would be a good idea to write out the progression of my symptoms, just in case this DOES turn out to be the dreaded COVID-19.
The very, very first symptom I felt was a very, very slight tickle in my chest. Id only feel it really at night, laying down, but it was that feeling that if I were to inhale to fast or hard, Id...
March 26, 2020
Day 2,340: Ooops
By accident, I never wrote a blog entry for today. Doing this the next day.
Simple reason: I got sick 
Day 2,339: Wiped
Wiped out. Good day. Long day, but oof. I am exhausted. So tonight, Im writing this with my thumbs on my iPhone rather than typing on my iPad. Meaningshorter entry 
Starstuff Live!
Im reading my book Starstuff each day on Facebook Live! Thats right, from beginning to end.
You can check them out every day from not until I finish over on my facebook author page here.
Im also recording those live sessions, and posting them to YouTube in a playlist that Ive embedded below. If you want to follow along but either dont use Facebook, or prefer everything all in one place, this is your best ticket.
Just click the PLAY BUTTON below and start from the beginning of the story.
Use...
March 25, 2020
Day 2,338: In Bed On Time
Im in bed on time tonight. Listening to my Shazam playlist, which is fun, because its a smattering of everything Ive ever used the song-recognition phone app to identify while Im out and about. Theyre ear worms that caught my attention enough that I wanted to know what song it was, and theyre all over the place genre-wise.
Shazam used to connect automatically to Spotify, so whenever Id ID a track, it would go into this playlist. Well . . . I just checked and it hasnt done that now for over a...
March 24, 2020
Day 2,337: On Time
I really, really want to get up on time tomorrow. And that means making this a shorter entry.
Im out of a groove. Theres no doubt. I was in one so recently, though, I can still feel the grove. Its close by. I just need to grab hold of it again.
Work was fine. I wasnt tip top productive, but I will be tomorrow and Thursday and everything will be fine. Writing, too. I can do better. I did write two of my three sessions. I want to do all three tomorrow.
So . . . Night 
March 22, 2020
Day 2,336: Avenged
Liz and I watched the first Avengers movie tonight as part of our MCU rewatch. Damn. Its so, soooo good. That movie changed comic book movies for me. I didnt like them before that film. After that, I was all in.
Work day today. Not much to report.
The world continues to fall apart over corona. Our president is currently considering lifting the shutdown to save the economy and the governor of Texas said on TV tonight that grandparents should be willing to die to keep the economy running.
Its...
Day 2,335: Better Than I Remember
Liz and I watched Captain America: The First Avenger today.
I hadnt seen it since I first watched it back five or six years ago, I think. Whenever Winter Soldier came out, I think, is when we watched it last. We missed it in theaters when it first came out. Neither of us liked the movie all that much.
We were high. Its pretty damn good. Not perfect, for sure, but it works.
The difference? Between that time and now, Ive come to love Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter...
March 20, 2020
Day 2,334: Rest
SoI think I just needed some rest. Which I got today.
I woke up feeling fine. Tired, but the real test of whether or not I was getting sick was if I woke up with a sore throat or a cough or otherwise had worsened from feeling achy and tired the night before. But I didnt. I woke up feeling fine.
I stayed in bed most of the day, just to be safe. Took an epic two hour nap in the afternoon, but when I woke up from that feeling hungry and otherwise normal, I knew I wasnt sick sick.
Excellent news!...
Day 2,333: Not Great
Not feeling great.
No fever. No cough. No shortness of breath. Thats all the good news. The bad news is that . . . I dont feel great. Im tired, and I have aches, the sick kind.
It could be just allergies. Those have been bad lately. It could just be fatigue from a long, stressful couple weeks. It could even be a cold or the flu. It could be any of those things. It could also be corona.
Odds of the latter seem low right now, but still, given everything going on, it was stressful to realize...
