Book completed

The Burnout, by Sophie Kinsella. A good Sophie Kinsella novel is the perfect light reading, and I'd rank this in the top three, along with The Undomestic Goddess and I've Got Your Number. As the book starts, Sasha is doing at least three people's work for her company, which would be cool if the work conditions weren't so awful. Here's an early paragraph - the speaker is Sasha's nemesis, Joanne:

"Sasha," she says briskly, flicking back her straightened hair. "I'm a little disappointed with your level of engagement in our employee-joyfulness program."

I think that pretty much captures the style of this book. Eventually Sasha escapes from her job and finds herself in Rilston, a faded holiday town on the Devonshire coast, where her family used to spend all their vacations. She hasn't been back in 20 years. The people there are very quirky! She makes a new male friend! And a fun story unfolds.

Happy birthday to J!

Today was J's birthday! He got lots of attention from his friends on FB and Discord, and his brother and his mom both called him. We ordered Thai food for the three of us for dinner, then he opened his gifts - a videogame from D, another from me, plus two books and a 3D dragon puzzle. Then he went to sword class, which was fine by me as I didn't have much energy, and after he returned D. came back over and we sang Happy Birthday and ate some mocha almond fudge cake. (I just get two bites since I generally avoid sugar, but I've got two bites saved for tomorrow, as well as leftover Thai food.)

J. playing Slay the Spire with cats napping on him:



I was feeling considerably better today - no cough and my throat was fine. Covid test was negative. I still felt generally ill, although that improved over the course of the day. Wrapping J's gifts and carrying them to his house (small as they were) was exhausting, so I stopped exerting myself. By the time we had the cake, D. was starting to feel unwell, though. Either it's a very mild virus or our immune systems are doing well at fighting off something worse.