I want to be perfectly clear, it isn’t Covid-19! I started coming down with cold or flu-like symptoms around Wednesday as the temperature dropped and then I felt the sweats. I know there are all the naysayers about the vaccine, sadly, I discovered one at my job who I thought wouldn’t be. Even it’s diagnosed as this, the vaccine should have lessened the horrible outcome.
Being a selfish First Worlder, I’m more annoyed at how being sick and bed-ridden has eaten into my ongoing plans to clean up the house, get a bigger headstart on my Xmas cards, watching streaming shows and finalizing my 2021 Xmas mix. I am happy at how it resulted in more hanging-out time with my kitty Agamemnon! He loves to sleep by and on me as much as he can. If it’s on a bed or the sofa, even better!
Jennifer has been a saint as always as she dropped off a care package of things to help me beat it faster (Wednesday night). I stayed at my house too, didn’t want to spread it to the rest of her family. She’s practically invincible due to her profession being near sick people all the damned time.
As I’m getting closer to being on the mend, now comes the harder part, fighting off the anxiety and feelings of being overwhelmed. They’re the side effects of cold medicine, how I love them! I know I will be fine, just not yet. One thing which will help immediately, having dinner, in-person conversation and hanging out with Jennifer tonight. She peruses her TikTok subscriptions while I regain my momentum on writing the individual letters I like to put in our joint Xmas cards.