My calendar promised me that I was going to have a good Friday. It hasn’t turned out that way. I have actually slept more than I’ve been awake today. And even after the naps, I don’t feel refreshed at all. I’ve been complaining about low energy levels for several days now, but I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Even if I wanted to go out tonight, and I don’t–that would be irresponsible, I honestly don’t think I could make the ten-minute walk to the nearest bar. I expect I’ll remain homebound at least until I can start feeling asymptomatic. I really, really hope that will happen sometime over the weekend, but perhaps I’m being overly optimistic. We’ll see.
As I mentioned in the comments to an earlier post, my fever has at least dropped back to the normal range. I’ve checked it several times today, and although it fluctuates some, it has not risen above 37.5 (it’s 37.1 as I write this). Other than the lethargy and some light-headedness, the other warning signs of COVID still don’t seem to be in evidence. Well, I’ve had a cough, albeit a wet one, and that’s pretty normal for me with my damaged lungs. So, I don’t think I have a lot to worry about, but I need to be cautious so as not to spread whatever this is to innocent bystanders.
And for the record, there are places I can go to get a quick and easy COVID-test. My fear remains, however, that a positive test result would create a shit storm of contact tracing and my potential confinement in a quarantine facility. That’s a nightmare I don’t want to endure. I’ll get through this at home.
I already miss the great outdoors!
I’d hate to miss Monday’s Hash and break my consecutive hikes streak. Even in the best case scenario, I just don’t see me climbing Easter mountain though. Hopefully, I can do my own trail out to the On-Home, which would keep my record intact. We’ll see.
Back in the “good ol’ days”, like last night, I’d be looking forward to some beers in one of my favorite venues. I did the newest bar in town yesterday, and this is an actual text message exchange I had:
You out?
Yes.
Where are you?
It doesn’t matter.
Okay, fine. Be that way!
And yes, I did point out to the owner that he’s missing an apostrophe. Heh! A bar with bad punctuation. I should fit right in!
It’s funny and sad I guess. We take our normal routines for granted until something happens and everything changes. Still, I expect this is only gonna be a short term setback. Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone… Right, Joni Mitchell?
John, I hope what’s ailing you isn’t Covid and instead just a “bug” that afflicts all of us every now and then. I take it as a good sign you’ve noticed the grammatical oversight in the name of your new favorite establishment. Your alertness remains astute. With a little red and white paint I think you could fix that pretty quickly. Maybe during an afternoon Happy Hour when no one is paying attention. On the other hand, just feeling better by Monday’s Hash time will probably be the best outcome of your weekend of rest. I hope it happens for you!
What Mark said.
Hope you get better soon John , for my own selfish reasons . The first thing I do in the morning after getting my coffee is go to LTG to find out ” what John did yesterday “. But your right , you don’t want to have a positive covid test in that country . As a non-citizen you could just “disappear ” in their system.
Thanks for your support and well-wishes, guys. It means a lot that my faithful readers are pulling for me! Hell, it means a lot that I even have readers!
Feeling better so far this morning, let’s hope it lasts…