Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 214
April 1, 2020
Day 2,345: …better
Im feelingbetter
?
Its hard to tell, because it comes and goes. But, I think I am getting better. Finally. Its so weird, even my nasal congestion comes and goes. Like, right now, Im totally clear. An hour from now, I might wake up because I have to start breathing through my nose. Same goes for the aches and otherwise feeling sick.
Work is good though. Cruising along.
Watched a little bit of Live and Let Die tonight, the first Roger Moore Bond film. Its not quite as bad as I expected. Its...
March 31, 2020
Day 2,344: It’s Rough
Its rough not being able to spend time with Liz. Close time together, anyway. We eat dinner together on the floor, me leaning up against the bedroom wall that looks out through the door into the living room, and her on the floor of the living room facing opposite me. So, we do have that.
Its hard, though. No way around it.
Im assuming I have viral conjunctivitis (pink eye) in both my eyes, just from how red they are and the way they feel, which is not itchy or dry, the symptoms I get when Im...
March 30, 2020
Day 2,343: Gentleness
I was just petting the Coops before getting into bed tonight, and just observing how much he liked it when I was very, very gentle. And it made me think about how animals will be gentle like that with each other all the time. Its something they value, just like we do.
We dont often think of animals like that. And for good reason, given how cutthroat it truly is out there in the wild. But, with any animals that group together in social structures, youll see moments of gentleness when they feel...
March 28, 2020
Day 2,342: Up and Down
It was an up and down day of the sickness for me today. I woke up feeling pretty much normal; symptoms really lowered, energy levels backand then I felt back to being sick for the rest of the dayuntil this evening, when I felt even better.
SoIm on the mend, I think. I hearif this even is COVID, which it very well might not bethat symptoms can kind of wax and wane for an extended period of time with this thing, so we. Shall. See.
Watched On Her Majestys Secret Service tonight just because I...
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 
