Yup . . . I had Covid this week.

So, the nasty weather last weekend was wrecking havoc with my sinuses.  Allergies joined the fray to mess with my nose and senses.  Smells weren’t gone completely, but they were definitely muffled like they usually are when I’m dealing with allergies.  At least, that’s what I thought as I did some editing and played some Pokemon Go during the good periods of the weekend.  Went to work on Monday and the sinus headache was steadily getting worse.  Had an appointment, got some Sudafed on the way home, put my son to bed, and crawled into bed myself.  Woke up Tuesday morning feeling worse and called in because I swore it had to be a sinus infection since that was the only thing that hurt.  It was not a sinus infection . . . Fucking Covid.

Seriously, this is the third time I’ve had sinus issues and it turns into Covid.  No fever, cough, or anything else that would make me think otherwise.  It wasn’t even the first time I had a sinus headache in the last 3 weeks.  I’ve usually home tested myself if it’s really bad and nothing came up.  So, I was stuck home resting for the rest of the week.  I went out for some walks to see if I could stave off the lingering exhaustion like I had from going hermit the last two times.  Might have done the trick, but I didn’t get anything else down because this typically wiped me out.

The most frustrating part was at the doctor’s office.  I was told that Covid is handled just like a bad cold nowadays.  No medication.  No isolation.  No fever then go to work with a mask if you want.  Use your better judgement, which I find dangerous consider how terrible your average person’s judgement is.  I mean, we all know those who go into work sick, sends their kids to school sick, or go to big events clearly ill.  There are too many out there who don’t care if they infect others or are in a position where they can’t afford to care about that.  I don’t expect a fucking lockdown like before, but at least give me an antiviral to help me out.  Instead, I’m told I can go to my son’s concert on Thursday night with a mask and sit in the back since it would be after the possible 5 day danger period.  I do feel better, but I really don’t understand if I’m a risk to people or not.  Technically, this would be a full week after I started showing symptoms, which apparently means I’m no longer contagious . . . I don’t fucking know any more.

Clearly I’m in a bad mood over this.  I had to miss out on helping with one of my students’ basketball games.  Missed teacher appreciation week treats just like when I caught Covid the second time last year.  I couldn’t go to my own tenure ceremony that time.  I’m glad my son was with his mom for most of the time I was contagious.  The little time he wasn’t with me had him busy and not near me for more than a few minutes.  Thankfully, we have a long outdoor thing doing on today and he goes to his mom for Mother’s Day tomorrow, which means he’ll be okay.

Wish I could say I took advantage of the time home to do more editing.  I couldn’t get any of that done.  The one time I tried left me mentally frazzled and exhausted after 5 minutes of trying to focus on the hand edits.  The brain fog was really bad this time, so I used the few bouts of functionality to work on summer blog posts.  Got the poetry ones and most of the Tuesday Promos for July and August done.  Not happy that I couldn’t get further with editing, but I’ll get a chapter or 2 done tomorrow then wrap it up by next weekend.  I can start in on Darwin & the Avenging Elf by the end of the month.  Fingers crossed that I can motor through all of that by the end of June since there will be a lot of half-days with school.

This coming week isn’t going to be majorly exciting due to Covid aftermath.  My son has his big concert though, which will be a lot of fun.  Got a basketball game on Monday and possibly Thursday.  I’ll be happy to be back with my students and getting back into the swing of things.  Two field trips are going to add to me being exhausted by the end of every day.  Wish I had more exciting plans, but we’re in the final charge to the end of the school year.  It’s always zany and tiring at this point in the year, so I don’t want to promise myself writing time and lose it.  June should be easier.

Actually, I did accomplish one thing when resting up.  I binged a show on Netflix called ‘Dead Boy Detectives’.  It’s based on comics written by Neil Gaiman, so you know it’s going to weird with great characters and a fun story.  It’s about two boys who are ghosts and solve supernatural crimes alongside a psychic they befriend.  Kind of enjoyed how they’re named Charles and Edwin considering I’m Charles Edward Yallowitz.  Yeah, Edwin and Edward aren’t the same, but it was close enough for me.  Overall, I really enjoyed this series and hope they do another.

Goals of the week:

1. Recover more from Covid.
2. Complete more summer posts.
3. Enter more edits to Darwin & the Halfling Hunt.
4. Son’s concert.
5. Basketball game support.
6. Finish watching ‘Great Teacher Onizuka’.
7. Play more Pokemon Go to get exercise and fresh air.
8. Rest up.