Much better... AZ primary

I've felt better every day since the very first, but getting past COVID has been very slow. I've lost ten pounds, most of it since I started eating regular meals again. I never lost my sense of taste, but there were times of day early on when it was off. I'd eat something and it would taste/smell right, but my taste buds were over powering everything with sweet, sour, or bitter. After I felt better, sometimes my taste buds would revolt and something would be disgustingly bitter one bite and fine the next. Though my nose is still fighting me, smelling hasn't been a problem.

I still want to sleep all day, but I don't need to and keeping awake isn't as difficult. I can work again, can concentrate on things outside myself again. My strength was never much affected, but my stamina was very bad through the worst of it.

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It's primary election time and I filled out my Democratic ballot this morning. (Not many Democrats to choose from.) The Republicans have a horde of candidates for most offices, each claiming to be more reactionary than the rest in their TV ads. One group seems to be an old, rich, bleached-blonde, white women's club who's friends have been winning elections since I moved here. Another group seems to be mostly macho, ex-military men who want to get rid of the old hags' club, but don't seem to be any different in policy. A female news anchor from Phoenix is getting hammered on TV by the hags' club, but claims she been endorsed by Trump so it's hard to feel sorry for her.