I'm social distancing again. · 10:43pm Dec 19th, 2020
Which doesn't sound impressive until you consider I've been in quarantine since Dec. 7.
I tested negative for COVID on Dec. 11, and the clinic said I shouldn't get re-tested unless I had clear symptoms or a more definite exposure to the disease. Now, I could still have it- the fifteen-day window doesn't close until Tuesday morning- but the odds are decidedly against it at this point. I have no fever, and my sats consistently measure 94 to 98. (For some reason my right hand consistently measures lower than my left...)
So now, instead of avoiding all human contact whatever, I'm now back to minimal human contact- like, for example, shipping six mail orders today and replenishing my cat food and liquid soap supplies.
That said, the odds are I'm skipping Christmas anyway. I didn't even bother putting up my little tree this year, because I didn't want to put someone to the trouble of taking it down if the worst happened. Besides, I have tons of work to do, assembling what amounts to five books so I can get price quotes for them.
Stay safe and careful, everyone. It's bad out there. And even if you don't get COVID, the hospitals are so full you don't want anything else happening to you right now, either.
Oh man, I know that feeling of relief. I had to quarantine back at the beginning of November, then had to wait a week to get the test done, all while I came down with a mild cold (usual for me this time of year). Let me tell you, the relief from that negative result was incomparable.
Hooray for not having plague!
I've been quarantining for 2 weeks until today, because that was the only way I was going to be able to see my parents for christmas.
I'm holed up with them now. Glad your sickness is relegated to its usual brains-spaces :)
Yeah, be careful everyone, you don't want to have to go to the hospital now. That being said, if you need to go then go!
I'm glad you seem to have dodged it this time; good luck, and thanks for your good wishes for our health.