quarantine days
or, uh, I caught covid
Had a few different things I was considering sending out as my first post of the year, but I guess it may as well be this. A more off-the-cuff little piece about how I’m beginning the year.
I haven’t really talked about Covid, mostly because I don’t have anything interesting to say about it. I do have some thoughts about very specific behaviors, but probably it’s the same kind of thing you’ve heard someone else talk about already. Mostly I just wish people weren’t such freaks.
I wore my mask, social distanced, got vaccinated, and managed to avoid catching it for almost two years. But it got me!
We began to develop symptoms last Thursday, which is when we got notified that someone we were in contact with tested positive. We got tested on Friday and found out we’re both Covid positive, though our son didn’t have it.
At first, the symptoms weren’t so bad for me. Felt like a very mild cold. Chelsea, being pregnant, got hit a bit harder earlier. Mostly lots of congestion and a bad cough. When I woke up on Friday, though—that sucked.
Friday sucked real bad! Just felt exhausted and miserable all day. Which honestly wouldn’t have been that big of a deal, except we have a three year old. So you just feel miserable and then bad because you can’t really do anything for your kid except be alive in the same room. Fortunately, he got some Magna-Tiles for Christmas, which has got to be the best toy for toddlers. It’s been keeping him occupied since Christmas.
Also, he really enjoys watching me play Mario. And, now, Dragon Quest 11, which I’m currently tearing through.
But so Friday was terrible. Waking up Saturday, though, I felt much better. More like a bad cold than anything else. Chelsea continues to have a rougher time, but I would say that I’m mostly back to normal. Though I get real sleepy real hard and real fast.
Also, disastrously, i’ve just lost my sense of smell. So now two of my favorite hobbies (cooking and eating) have taken a big hit. It's the worst.
I guess what I’m saying is the vaccine works. Combined with the Omicron variant being less dangerous, having Covid honestly hasn’t been too bad. I mean, it sucks to be sick. But we never felt like our lives were in danger or anything like that.
Anyrate, despite this rocky start to the new year, I have some fun things planned for this newsletter. I have a longer post coming out next week that’ll go into more detail.