Went for my Covid testing for work today and took a pic of the testing tent. A woman with her two little girls was a head of me -- so cute but no masks and running around which kind of made me nervous. It was strange standing in the line for testing, felt so surreal. Have seen the testing tents on the news and in photos so often it was weird to actually be in a line for one of them. There were circles with the Husky symbol on the ground to keep people in line 6 ft apart but the line went pretty quick because we had to pre-register and basically just show our IDs to the check-in nurses through the plexiglass. The whole things was pretty straight forward – they called you up, verified you were in the system, had you go to a chair, turn it around and sit in it. After a while a nurse covered head to tow in a gown, gloves, disposable pants, mask, hair net and face shield comes up to you with long stick, says this is going deep in you nasal passages on both sides then plunges it in. It is a shock when she does it -- definitely hurts to suddenly have a stick shoved up your nose, and I joked with her that I was really awake now It gave me a mild headache afterwards but the whole thing was super quick so I wouldn't hesitate to have it done again. (...)
August 26, 2020
Last week my mom finally came to visit!!! It was a glorious long weekend, and felt halfway normal aside from sitting in the parking lot with our masks on while we waited for her rapid Covid test results. Once time has passed and no faint line appeared I could finally take a deep breath and relax and just enjoy her company. My daughter was so excited to see her at pick up from daycare she ran right up to my mom instead of her usual shy act. The next morning we went to a pumpkin patch with the expectation of buying the big pumpkins, which of course turned into about a dozen small to medium pumpkins to decorate our front step and our dining table. We had a great weekend with my mom plus my in-laws, lots of time outside, a trip to our favorite park, a birthday celebration, a few meltdowns (mostly the three year old, one of my own). My sister in law and her family ended up staying home, mostly out of concern for the non-Covid but still miserable daycare germs they’re still battling every other week. All in all, it was an excellent weekend.
October 27, 2021