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Managing Madrid

I know I haven’t been doing much in the way of blogging lately, but there are definitely reasons. I’ve been out of work for four weeks with shingles and trying to keep my sanity while cooped up at home for so long. The down side of this (one of many, I suppose) is that my psychological health has taken a hit, so I haven’t really been able to read or write much. The exception to this is sports, which I’ve watched a lot during my time “off,” and for whatever reason I have still been able to write about that subject.

In that vein, I am contributing some to an awesome website called Managing Madrid. It is a fan site and SB Nation blog dedicated to (surprise, surprise) Real Madrid, and it provides a lot of great content, from tactical analyses to news updates to transfer rumors and all the normal Madrid drama. Continue reading “Managing Madrid”

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Monday Musings

I’m tired of feeling like everything I put on this blog needs to feel like a complete work, so onto the opposite of bigger and better things. Smaller and shittier, maybe? That works for me.

  • Shingles sucks. I know this is quite a revelation, but there it is. Smaller and shittier, like I said.
  • Being barred from work due to an infectious skin condition is really not as fun as it sounds. I can’t even enjoy the time off because, aside from the excruciating pain and inability to sleep, I feel horribly guilty for leaving my coworkers short-handed. I actually apologized to my supervisor when I told her the doctor confirmed it was shingles, as if I had plotted to develop full body herpes to avoid work.

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