Corona virus, what's different for you.

Jesus, and right after that my wife told me her aunt, cousin, and nephew all tested positive.

And they exposed all of the rest of her immediate family, so they are all waiting on their test results now.

Fuck you 2020.

I had a sore throat all through the weekend. Cancelled my shift at Amazon and called out of my main job. Thank God for the VA because the turn-around for a COVID test was 24 hours versus a week or more. Between the 3 cases at Amazon and the guy across from me at work whose fever wouldn't break without medicine, I didn't want to take any chances getting my dog's vets sick for appts I've had to wait 2 weeks for.

Getting the flu shot next week, too. Not taking chances with that this year.

Oh, and the tests were negative

The nose test sucked, but still wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Kinda felt like they jabbed the swab into the part of your head where your nose, ears, and throat meet.

It's fucking up the language.

Wisconsin governor extends mask order through November 21, surprise surprise.

I guess this sort of counts.

I've lost 18 pounds since April/May. Back in March I was at 174lbs. I'm down to 156 pounds. I haven't changed how much I eat, or how I eat. During the work week I usually will have a light breakfast, not much more than a snack. I'll skip lunch, then for dinner I'll have to what amounts to enough for two meals. Weekends, I'll do breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and normal portions, more or less.

What I have changed is where I eat. Before the pandemic, breakfast was fast food, something like 2 McMuffins or similar, then lunch would be maybe 2 times a week, fast food again, then dinner, about 2 times a week, maybe 3.

I would like to get down to 145, but even 150 would be good. Last time I was at 145 would be about 10-12 years ago. At my current weight, my BMI is overweight, one pound less puts me at normal. So I'm really shooting for 150.

Yeah. There is no eating out anymore in my house. And we only occasionally get door dash. But what I’ve also found is that I’m not tied to my desk or a conference room. Before I took meetings sitting down at a table for hours. Now I stand, walk around my yard, go on walks or even take the kids to the park. Yes that has mildly impacted my work product. But I don’t care. The other day I was on a call while picnicking with my kids. Had no idea what it was about. But they were going over a document (that I had just been emailed) apparently and were asking me and my partner questions about it. My partner deferred to me and I told the other attorneys the truth. That I’m not I front my computer and can they read me the page. And they did. (because I can get away with that)
But more embarrassingly I was on the line with some...um very important people...while again at the park. And I took my phone off mute to chime in and forgot it was off mute when I started yelling at my kid to not do something. That was an inside joke for a week...

What

Co-counsel. You’re allowed to tell the truth to co-counsel.

Allowed, so not required?
So, a courtesy truth?

Fuck anyone who lost weight during all this, unless you couldn't get food delivered.

I have the COVID extra 19lb.

Mainly because isolation means no one can smell booze on me at 9am over a Zoom call.

I’ve lost all respect for someone I cared about. Her husband has COVID and she refuses to quarantine. They got tested at the same time and hers came back negative so she thinks it’s fine. Ummm.....if he has it, you’ve been exposed. And now you’ve spread it all around at the grocery store, the Halloween costume shop (because it’s absolutely essential to find a costume right this minute?!?) and now the hospital, where her dad just had major surgery. I can’t even wrap my head around it. There are people that HAVE to leave their house to work and make money to keep food on the table and your punk ass, knowing you probably already have it, are shopping for entertainment? Seriously? What the actual fuck is your damage?

Some people are so incredibly ignorant it's a wonder they can tie their own shoes. If you've tried to reason with her and hit a wall, that's all you can do.

It's beyond ignorance. It's a deeply ingrained selfish self-centeredness. It's solipsism. Why should a pandemic that's killed hundreds of thousands of people change MY routine?

I was convinced it was pure selfishness up until the point she went and visited her dad in the hospital. They are really close and I know she loves him. All I’m left with is that she’s just....delusional? I don’t know.

Some people never grow out of that teenage invulnerability stage. "Well, nothing bad can ever happen to me."

It can. It will. And sometimes, it'll affect innocent people in its wake.

Ugh. I'm getting tested momentarily. Haven't felt good for the last few days.

I hate this test.

Ugh my brain feels violated.

Also got a chest X-Ray and blood work to rule out other fun stuff like pneumonia. Fun moment--the medical assistant got a little panicky when my oxygen sat level read as 76. I had to tell her it was probably due to my hands being really clammy (I always psych myself out a bit before medical tests). I was hoping my obvious lack of respiratory distress would have clued her in, but hey.

Was she cute?

Yeah, she was, actually. So naturally, all was forgiven.

Got shoo'ed out of a lecture room today - I'd checked the timetable to ensure it was empty so me and my new teaching support aide could go in and familiarize her with the AV setup. The porters took umbrage as apparently cleaning teams are sweeping the rooms during empty periods to sanitize surfaces. Nice of them to tell us this was the practice before we were already in there (having passed and been challenged by two of them already)...

Didn't offer medicinal alcohol.

I got tested again yesterday, the wait time was less than five minutes. Only one car ahead of me. The testing center site had changed, it's now at a park that's use mainly for large events like rodeos, craft fairs, fairs, etc.. Previously it was at the health department off a major 4 lane road. I sent the info to my mom and sister, they got tested yesterday as well. Their wait time was also the same.

This time it hurt less in one nostril, a little more in the other.

They only tested me in one nostril.

They only did one nostril for me too.

Maybe it has something to do with where you get tested. I made an appointment at a respiratory clinic for my test today.

Got my results, negative. I was a bit worried this time, had an appointment with a client that was obviously sick even though she said she wasn't during the Covid-19 screening call. Cancelled the appointment on her when I saw she was sick. Not sure if it was Covid-19, but she was obviously sick, started coughing (which she tried to hold back), sneezing, runny nose, red eyes and nose. She started yelling and bitching about it. Fuck her, fucking lying cunt, she wanted to call and report me, told her to knock herself out and tossed her my business card.

one or two nostrils probably depends on the type of test. One nostril, the target is your sinuses which join both nostrils in the back. That's why it feels like a brain probe.

They may have more sensitive or less reliable tests that aren't as invasive.

If they're going down both nostrils to access the sinus cavity they're just having fun.

One of my cashiers called and said she had symptoms consistent with Covid and is getting tested tomorrow. I bumped the call to the MoD :|