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Biannual Update/Whinge

 I've sorely neglected this blog. 2020 has been a dreadful year for me, for both the pandemic-related reasons and a host of personal ones.

I lost friends and family this year, to COVID, cancer, and aneurysm. I was in an accident that caused a "cataclysmic" injury, according to my surgeon, who seems eternally concerned that I'm not taking things seriously enough, and still in physical therapy. I've been sufficiently depressed to be prescribed another anti-depressant. And of course, even if I could work right now, there are no jobs in my field. 

Not quite accurate, that. More specifically, there are no jobs in just my field. Employers seem to think their strongest strategy for getting through this downturn is to combine barely-related specialties into a single position: one super-data goddess, please! Yes, you must be expert in servers, database administration, data conversion, data warehousing, and data visualization. Oh, and website design/maintenance, including APIs. Maybe this person exists: what do I know? I can't even find a job, can't even work a job right now if I find one (yes, I'll need a minimum of 10 hours a week for physical therapy until further notice: will that be a problem?). But when I was working, those were separate positions. Everywhere.

So, sigh. There hasn't been much good to write about, finances included. We're managing. But we are dipping into savings, every month. Not a lot, but it doesn't need to be a lot to be unsustainable. Or depressing. So please, vaccines, work. And please, 2021, be better than 2020. 


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  1. Out My windowDecember 9, 2020 at 11:48 AM

    Amen to that sister, it was so nice to hear from you after such a long time.

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  2. AnonymessMarch 28, 2021 at 2:04 PM

    I'm so sorry I didn't see your comment! Thank you for the nice thought. I hope you're well and thriving.

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