no longer cool
I tested positive for COVID Thursday morning. On Wednesday evening, I was feeling not well including a fever. Luckily on Thursday, I had two morning meetings (8-10) so Angie was able to pick up a test. I actually felt much better on Thursday morning, but decided to take the test to be a good person, plus we were planning to go to an office dinner (Angie's office) that evening. Good thing because it came back positive. So now, I'm working from home for a minimum of 6 days and can go back upon a negative test (after 6 days). Pretty much I'm just in the house now. I'm bad and will walk Alfie with Angie, but stay far from any people that we see. And Angie tested negative and is showing no symptoms, which is good because I'd feel bad if I gave it to her, which I guess I still can. Maybe her vaccine (Moderna) is just better than mine (Pfizer), but probably more likely, the infection from a vaccinated person is weak enough that the vaccine can more easily stop it.
I feel like I start most days okay (after rolling out of bed). Especially after breakfast, I don't feel too bad. But slowly, I get more headachy and thirsty. I've been trying to drink lots of liquids. Luckily, my taste hasn't been affected, but I get full pretty easily. So I've been trying to make sure to eat small things every so often. (Angie just made a herbal chicken soup, which was quite good.) It's not pleasant, but not terrible. Actually, after I tested positive, I was like "it's good that I wasn't just being a wuss with a cold". Probably means the vaccines are working, especially if Angie doesn't end up getting it. I also let people know at work and feel good that I kept up distancing and masking, since besides a lunch, I wouldn't think I'd really expose people. I definitely let the "car bro's" who I had lunch with know, but again, I don't think it was much exposure, but it was unmasked over a table.
But I can no longer be cool with my "never got COVID" status. I wonder if it was that lunch, or if I should not eat random stuff that's left around. There's often food left in common areas. But hopefully it'll be done after those six days. I'll try to get another couple of tests, probably take one when I feel better (so I know if I'm over it), and take one after six days (this is assuming that I recover quickly).
In other news, we watched Obi-Wan Kenobi. Man, it was bad. Like to the point that it doesn't feel like there's someone who watches it and asks basic questions. Like it's bad from a Star Wars consistency point of view, but I'm just talking about basic things that seem to make no sense, let alone motivations. Angie said it's enough to finally end her fandom, but I'll probably still be a sucker. Ms. Marvel, on the other hand (only 2 episodes in), is much better. It's somewhat amazing how the quality between Star Wars and Marvel shows can be so different. Basic competence and doing something slightly different seem to be completely impossible with the Star Wars franchise.
Thor: Love and Thunder was okay. I kind of feel like it was a generic Marvel movie. It wasn't nearly as good as Ragnarok. It was really toned down and I wonder if it was because too many people thought Ragnarok was too foolish. Well, if it's so toned down, you get something that's very eh. Also, didn't like the "defeating the villain with compassion" (or logic in this sense) motif. There were some things that I liked, but overall, I thought it was only okay.
I feel like I start most days okay (after rolling out of bed). Especially after breakfast, I don't feel too bad. But slowly, I get more headachy and thirsty. I've been trying to drink lots of liquids. Luckily, my taste hasn't been affected, but I get full pretty easily. So I've been trying to make sure to eat small things every so often. (Angie just made a herbal chicken soup, which was quite good.) It's not pleasant, but not terrible. Actually, after I tested positive, I was like "it's good that I wasn't just being a wuss with a cold". Probably means the vaccines are working, especially if Angie doesn't end up getting it. I also let people know at work and feel good that I kept up distancing and masking, since besides a lunch, I wouldn't think I'd really expose people. I definitely let the "car bro's" who I had lunch with know, but again, I don't think it was much exposure, but it was unmasked over a table.
But I can no longer be cool with my "never got COVID" status. I wonder if it was that lunch, or if I should not eat random stuff that's left around. There's often food left in common areas. But hopefully it'll be done after those six days. I'll try to get another couple of tests, probably take one when I feel better (so I know if I'm over it), and take one after six days (this is assuming that I recover quickly).
In other news, we watched Obi-Wan Kenobi. Man, it was bad. Like to the point that it doesn't feel like there's someone who watches it and asks basic questions. Like it's bad from a Star Wars consistency point of view, but I'm just talking about basic things that seem to make no sense, let alone motivations. Angie said it's enough to finally end her fandom, but I'll probably still be a sucker. Ms. Marvel, on the other hand (only 2 episodes in), is much better. It's somewhat amazing how the quality between Star Wars and Marvel shows can be so different. Basic competence and doing something slightly different seem to be completely impossible with the Star Wars franchise.
Thor: Love and Thunder was okay. I kind of feel like it was a generic Marvel movie. It wasn't nearly as good as Ragnarok. It was really toned down and I wonder if it was because too many people thought Ragnarok was too foolish. Well, if it's so toned down, you get something that's very eh. Also, didn't like the "defeating the villain with compassion" (or logic in this sense) motif. There were some things that I liked, but overall, I thought it was only okay.