I have been sick for the entire month of August: the musical

Welp, here's a 2x check-in given I was too flat out last week to do a post:

☑ weekly planner accountability check-in x2 because I didn't post last week's in time.

I have been sick for this entire month to varying degrees so August is a bit of a write-off. That's just how it goes sometimes. Hopefully I'm better by September c_c pic.twitter.com/NMXjOL3Tmh

— sassa: 100% (@AWildSassaApprs) August 24, 2019

I thought I was finally recovering from the flu this week but then on Wednesday it came back with new exciting awful symptoms that have stopped me from sleeping.

However in good news being sick for three weeks straight means I've finally read all of Homestuck from start to finish. Been meaning to check it out for about seven years so there you go. I finally did it.

Dave, Davesprite, Davepetasprite, Karkat, Nepeta and Kanaya are my fave characters. My top ships would be Davesprite/Nepeta (in an AU where she doesn't die and Davesprite winds up on the meteor too I guess) along with Davekat, RoseMary and Davepetasprite x basically any non-evil character... yes you're hanging off my every word I can tell. Oh, I also really feel for Hal, Dirk had all the power in their relationship and it's no wonder he acted out a little because of it.

I'm really enjoying a fanwork called TLCstuck, that essentially is a re-write of the Homestuck ending that gives the sprite characters more closure IMHO... I felt really bad for Davesprite in particular, along with Hal, and this version of the ending gives them opportunities to reconcile with their counterparts way more:

this fanmade alternate homestuck ending has been really well constructed. And I love that all the sprites get more to do than they did in the original ending https://t.co/bgWrjGVOF3 pic.twitter.com/QL2RWDRa2c

— sassa: 100% (@AWildSassaApprs) August 23, 2019

Anyway no one who knows me should be at all surprised that my top two characters are the goofballs that are deeply depressed on the inside. That's my weakness.

Gonna tag this with book recommendations in the sense that I do recommend reading the comic. It's a fun ride with some excellent characters.

Hello, and thanks for all the pathogens

Gotta love when people with the flu show up to a social event, and a couple days later you've mysteriously contracted the same illness. Especially great when that illness hangs on for 5+ days (I started to feel myself succumbing on Tuesday, full-blown by Wednesday, and it's still hanging on today (Monday)). Good times.

As such I didn't achieve a huge amount this week, was barely capable of holding up my DS let alone stringing together coherent ideas. That said, I made great progress in my Pokemon X replay. And even got a couple Yakuza 0 hours in when the painkillers were working (the TV is so often being used I don't often get chances to play my PS4).(Almost like I need... a Switch... [gazes soulfully out the window towards a hovering mirage of the new Fire Emblem game]).

Managed to put together my monthly projects plan for August all the same, so today I'm dragging myself through some tasks despite still being pretty flu-laden, and hopefully once I've shaken the flu off I'll have another productive month. July was actually my best month yet for completing important tasks, even though I spent the last week of it sick, so I'm hoping to continue the upwards spiral.

Only going to include the first tweet below, the second has my health diary in it but it was mostly yoghurt and crackers due to me being sick most of the week. Although I am proud of the fact that I did 2.5 hours of brisk walking over the weekend just to get some exercise even with flu-brain/body.

☑ weekly check-in part one (lots of planner art due to the change of month)

Didn't get a lot done because I was sick most of the week. Good Morganas on these pages though 👌 pic.twitter.com/k7W1u0Ty0b

— sassa: 100% (@AWildSassaApprs) August 5, 2019