Covid?…

I woke up quite late today. Around 11am. My throat is so sore and dry I can barely talk at all. The cough has come on a lot too. Great. All symptoms that have been associated with Covid. My first reaction is to start looking for a test. Last time I tried, the system was completely over loaded and was giving me test sites in Northern Ireland! Today was different. It gave me a walk in test site at the Theatre in town. 388 slots available. I book myself in for 4pm.

It’s been drummed into me by the Government and my infection/covid control training that the only safe attitude is to assume you are infectious. The timing is simply stunning. First we were worried about getting Precious home for Christmas, now we’re worried about getting her home for work. Now in tier 4, she is not supposed to leave the tier 4 area… At all. The rules can be so confusing sometimes. You are allowed to go to work for instance. What if you have to commute out of your tier area? Even aside from all this, now I’m ill, all 3 of us have to self isolate at least until I get a negative result back and a lot longer if it’s positive. We are so screwed if I have it. Short to medium term at least. Precious and my Princeling will need testing, Precious will be stuck here and I won’t be able to go to work either. Precious and I are randomly laughing maniacally at how ridiculously insane the whole situation is… Again. We have felt the same all year in this regard. Just one thing after another, after another. If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while, you will know what I mean. Constantly being battered by ever worsening situations, it still blows me away. I mean… How much crap can happen in one persons life in a year, never mind the last few?

I tell my Subs Club family about it and the outpouring of well wishes and love was amazing. They are all genuinely concerned for me. Love them all.

This last week or so I have felt very insular. I don’t have the emotional energy to be social. The odd call or zoom, but even then, I’m the quiet one in the room. Mostly just listening to them, making the odd comment here and there. I couldn’t be bothered with zoom tonight. I just don’t have the energy for interaction and yet I feel mentally alert enough to sit here catching up with my blogs.

While I’m writing this, I’m listening to all the tunes I’ve put together, both from way back in 2007 and this year. It’s interesting and not a little cool to have a ‘list’ of songs even if they’re not finished. Well, I’m running out of things to say for now. I have my Earl Grey and still have lots of brown MnM’s. Oh… Its nearly 2am… How did that happen?

Night friends… x