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March 2020 was endless, confusing, and frightening. March 2021? Not as scary, but defined by exasperation and resignation as we entered the 13th month of the pandemic taking over our lives.
It was mostly spent indoors. It wasn’t interesting.
But a lot of importantly — there’s light at the end of the tunnel, vaccine-wise. Scroll to the “Coming Up in April 2021” section at the end of the post for a lot more on that.
Each cross is a memorial to a Czech who died of COVID.
Destinations Visited
Prague, Czech Republic
Lewis finished his FIP treatment!
Highlights
Lewis finished his treatment for FIP! We have been waiting for this day for so long!!! His treatment began on December 28 and his final injection was on March 21. now we begin an 84-day observation period; if Lewis hasn’t relapsed by June 13, he’s considered clinically cured.
I can’t tell you how delighted I am that my little cat is going to be okay! We thought we were going to lose him, and I was preparing myself to say goodbye. What a miracle this treatment is.
The observation period is nerve-wracking but it’s been getting much easier as Lewis has remained steady. It’s fantastic that we don’t need to go to the vet every day. and Lewis is thrilled he’s no longer getting stabbed every day! I’m taking him for his first follow-up bloodwork in two weeks.
Celebrating Charlie’s birthday with a Burger-Off. A great excuse to sample all the best burgers in Prague! We’ve always known Kantyna to have the best burger in town — but Naše Maso‘s aged burger is excellent, too.
My family is vaccinated! huge relief, and I’m grateful.
I baked some little Debbie-style Oatmeal Creme Pies. They were delicious — and even though I cut down the sugar, very sweet. a lot of of them were given to our vets and their staff.
Work is going well. traffic has picked up enormously in the last month. Bookings are the highest they’ve been in a year, and my display ad income is finally getting to less-scary levels. We will see how that trends, but I’m optimistic as a lot more Americans become vaccinated.
COVID cases in the Czech Republic are trending down. Let’s hope this time it actually stays down. It looks like the new requirement of a negative COVID test in buy to work at your job in-person is working.
Three days of stunning spring weather. Don’t you love those first days of spring, when it gets incredibly warm and everyone is outside, until it goes back to wintertime temperatures again? HA. but those days were lovely. one day we went for a charming bike ride along the river.
Outdoor beers! except for a brief two-week respite in December, the Czech Republic has been mostly locked down considering that October. but a few places have let you get a beer and sit outdoors, drinking your beer, as long as you don’t actually get table service. man did it feel good to actually drink a beer outside!
Beautiful spring weather on my square in Prague!
Challenges
I was ALL set to get my partner visa…then it didn’t happen. I was down at the immigration office with my immigration dude (Petr from Expat zone — highly recommended if you need a Czech visa), incredibly ecstatic to pick it up. then we found out that I couldn’t get it because VZP, the national health insurance system, hadn’t sent me my membership card yet.
Did it matter that I’m in the VZP system already? Nope! They needed the actual piece of plastic. So frustrating.
At least I was able to get my bridge visa extended to June 27, but in a few weeks, Petr and I are planning to show up to the VZP office in person to get the card and go straight to immigration from there. We’ll see how that goes.
Airbnb discontinued their affiliate program. This is a huge blow to travel bloggers, lots of of whom redid their sites to deal with this program. Airbnb, like Amazon, realized that they’re so big now that they don’t need bloggers to help them sell their product. might as well stop the program and make the shareholders richer.
I have long-documented issues with Airbnb — they need to take a lot a lot more responsibility and actually follow housing laws — but the truth is that so lots of travelers these days mostly choose Airbnbs over hotels. So I included Airbnb links in my posts, and I earned a lot more from Airbnb bookings than I earned from hotel boonullnull