Isn't there an old saying...if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans?
I had grand plans for this past week. My husband was going to be at work and I would have the house to myself. I could write or work on minis... not have horror movies on the TV constantly.
And then...
One of my husband's employees went to a family gathering. Guess what happened next.
Go on, guess. I'll wait.
You got it. She caught Covid. And then gave it to my husband and four other employees.
As you know, sharing is caring, so my husband gave it to me.
Luckily, because he has underlying conditions and the folks at my workplace are bad about wearing their masks, I keep my mask on constantly while I'm working. Even six feet apart or in meetings. It seems to have worked because no one at my workplace has caught it. I'm relieved. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
So my plans...
Yeah, my husband has been home this past week. There was no quiet time. And even if there was I felt so lousy that I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything. The cats are upset because we're not letting them close enough to sniff our faces or get cuddles because we're petrified we'll give them Covid. It's rare but apparently cats and dogs can get it.
I was able to accomplish a couple of things. I had ordered us new phones, and got them set up and the old stuff moved from the old phones to the new ones. Got longer charger cords so we could use the ones specific to the phones in the cars. And cases for the phones so we don't break them. (This is an actual concern.)
I tested the camera on the new phone. Tali (aka The Building Inspector) was irritated that she was the test subject and I woke her up.
The other accomplishment was a new coffee maker. The old one was on its last legs and we don't drink pots of coffee in one sitting anymore. So we splurged on Prime day and got a Keurig. We ordered some reusable filters for it so we don't waste all the coffee we already have. It's smaller and fits under the cabinets so that's nice.
I'm trying to get away from drinking soda in the morning for my caffeine fix. My doctor's been after me about it. So the new coffee maker is our fourteen year anniversary present to ourselves.
I got a little bit of energy early in the week and organized my minis a bit more. Moved the new shelves in place.
I really need to do something pretty to the paper boxes. Cover them with more fabric or vinyl and put my label holders on them. Maybe when I feel better.
And I cut out the back of one of my new laundry room boxes. I also microwaved one of my little birdhouses and took it apart.
The other plan for the week was to goof around with the Cricut and learn more about using it from the cool videos and tutorials. But that fell by the wayside when I wanted to sit again after walking around the house for two minutes.
I can tell you that the symptoms are not great, but we're lucky we've only been hit with them moderately. The hardest thing is thinking it'll be like the flu. Four or five days of misery and then recovery. Nope. We've been feeling lousy, then we have a good day, think we're getting better and the next day we feel worse. It feels like the flu but it doesn't progress or follow the timeline of the flu, if that makes sense?
They say fourteen days after you first show symptoms but you can only go back to work if you're symptom free. It makes it hard to plan because you might feel fine for a day or so and then get hit with the symptoms again.
So we're taking it day to day. He can work from home easily enough but I can't. Even with a VPN I only have a laptop and with my lousy eyesight it's very difficult to be productive. I'm going to talk with my boss Monday hopefully and try to figure out when I can come back.
I hope everyone else out there is staying safe and as healthy as you can. A mask actually will work if you remember to wear it. (I don't think they wear them during surgeries as a fashion statement.)
Take care of yourselves. I hope you're all having a great weekend.
