When it rains it pours: An update on where I've been (Patreon)

Hello my patrons! Some of you may have noticed that I once again haven't posted any pre-release videos for the main or second channel. Just like last time: I'm once again suffering with health issues that have totally taken me out of commission! Yep, when it rains it pours.

After picking up that GI bug back on June 16, I was getting better little by little and last weekend was starting to feel much more back to normal. So I took the weekend to catch up on chores like laundry, gardening, shopping, and cleaning, the stuff I had postponed when I was sick.

My intention was come Monday of this week, I would be down in the basement and get back to working on projects and videos. After getting so much done over the weekend, I felt optimistic II was back in business!

Well, it seems mother nature had different plans: I woke up Monday morning with a runny nose. "Uh oh -- what's this? Just a mild cold hopefully?"

NOPE ... things quickly degraded and by the evening, I felt like total garbage with a 102.2F/39C fever and terrible congestion. I took a COVID-19 antigen test Tuesday morning and within minutes, it came back positive.

The double whammy was now in full effect!

I started taking the anti-viral Paxlovid Wednesday night and it seems to already be helping. I'm feeling a ton better this morning than I was mid-week which is a relief. Sitting here composing this, my head still feels like it's going to explode with congestion but the overall improvement is uplifting! I hope in the next couple days I should be mostly back to normal, at least if the recovery trajectory is similar to last time I had COVID.

So, the double whammy foiled my plans for a triumphant return to productivity this week, and I once again am behind on everything. SIGH. Such is life sometimes, right?

So that's it! I will be OK -- but please bare with me just a little longer so I can try get back to my normal self. Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement!

TL;DR: GI issues took me out for a few weeks. When I was mostly better and ready to be productive, I caught COVID which took me out once again. I'm still fighting the COVID but am improving so hopefully there is an end in sight!