Pronoun Trouble

My episcleritis is responding well to treatment, yay! But it's starting to appear in the other eye as well, boo!

So now I'm attempting to be proactive about treatment, and trying for prevention. I'm guessing it might be related to the passenger side carpet in my car, which got routinely soaked over the course of a month due to bad drainage issues, and I did not have the wherewithal to take the shopvac to it after every rain.

The leak is, as near as I can tell, actually fixed now, but I'm left to wonder if the carpet isn't actually horribly mold infested past the point that I can do anything about it. Once I was pretty sure that the leak was fixed, I vacuumed the whole thing, then tried a baking-soda paste (did not work well) and then sprayed the carpet down with a vinegar solution. Up next I'm going to call my mechanic and see if they're able to replace the carpet there, or if they can recommend someone who can. So that's possible solution number one, and while it will potentially hurt my pocketbook, it's probably better to have it done in the long run (and honestly in the short run as well).

The second thing I'm trying is cleaning my room properly! The aim here is to get rid of the tremendous amount of dust hanging around, and make it possible for me to hopefully keep things less dusty. Even if this doesn't help my eyes, it will still be good for me, and may help my sinuses.

I got a decent start on it yesterday, clearing out huge stack of things by my doorway that had been gradually building up for a while. The problem is that I decided to continue my cleaning streak tonight, and have now probably dumped way more dust into the air than I rightly should have for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, I will ideally do my cleaning somewhere closer to the daytime, and also I will make sure to set up the box-fan-and-furnace-filter on high speed in my room for an hour or two after my cleaning session.

Anyway, I'm seeing my eye doctor for a follow-up on Friday, so between those three things, hopefully one of them will work.

After the horrific car expenses twice last year, this year's tax refund finally got my checking account back to normal levels! I was sitting at a nice, comfy spot for almost two months.

Almost. And now the check engine light is on 😭

A day of rest has done me a world of good! Granted, I have still more tabs open today, but I now have the brain power to start to deal with them, and a good hour or two in which to do so.

Mom is also feeling better; her test results are back, and say not only "Not Covid", but "Not the flu" as well. She still sounds like she gargled rocks for fun, but she thinks she'll be up to doing her Wednesday afternoon volunteer work. I am personally anticipating another request to take the dog on her evening walk when I get home from work for exactly that reason, but expecting it is better than being surprised by it. I'll probably see what I can do to take it easy at work with that in mind. I love Molly the dog, but our outings usually involve moving at a faster pace than I care to, and with more vertical movement than I'm used to compared to my mostly horizontally aligned job.

( The story of the past few days )