The Last Day Of Isolation

 Well I've almost made it through.  I received a call from the health nurse this morning and she confirmed that I'm free to be part of society again once midnight hits tonight.  As the rest of the family is still isolating because they are close contacts if I do leave the house I'm supposed to be in clean clothes and sanitize my phone and keys and such.  As I have to work on Monday and Tuesday I doubt I'll be going anywhere but there is always a chance.  It will be nice to have different views to look at than these four walls but there is the other side which is I'm a creature of habits and the ones I've formed in these two weeks are comforting and make me happy so letting them go is going to be a challenge.  

I don't think there is much to get up to today.  The grocery order is going to be coming, though it looks like they have only half of it in stock so there may not be too much that arrives and I may have to go out to buy things to finish off the order once I'm free.  We'll have to see just what exactly shows up as the total they have sent is higher than the original price and yet it says all sorts of things are not being delivered.  Beyond that I'm getting a few more things into a donation box and trying to get the dresser cleaned up a little.  Sitting here staring at it for this time has made me want it to be clearer than it is.

I managed to wrap a couple of Christmas gifts last night.  I decided that instead of making it a big rush on the last two days before Christmas I'd try to get a small amount done in the weeks before.  I just have to remember to keep the ones that are from Santa hidden a little better than the ones that I will just be giving.  I also need to have a small stash of paper that is not used for anything else so I can wrap stocking stuffers up and not have them be noticed as Santa using the same paper as Mom does.  

Well that's all the excitement from the bedroom.  Next time y7ou hear from me I'll be a free woman again.  

Stay Safe!

Day 11 Waiting for a Treat

 One of my co-workers is on their way over with a delivery of Tim Horton's coffee. Well in actuality it's a hot chocolate from me and a coffee for Hubs.  He asked me a work question well past work hours and this was his way of making that up to me.  I'll happily take it as a break from the monotony of iced tea and Diet Coke I have been drinking.  Though honestly I don't think I'm drinking enough as I'm barely passing any pee during the day.  It's not worrying me enough to drink more though.  Silly me.

Today has been a lazy one so far.  I've renewed our library books online and been reading personal emails and doing my online classes.  I do want to clean off one of the dresser tops today as a goal but so far I haven't made it to that level of activity.  Th girls seem to be busy playing and watching some TV shows in the background.  I think Hubs is napping on the couch as I haven't heard him speak in a while.  He has taken my laundry down and popped it in the machine for me though so there will be some folding happening at some point.  

Yesterday we ordered pizza for supper.  I ate way too much and felt generally ill afterwards.  

We have just received word that all the kids activities are cancelled for the current lockdown dates.  So there is no bowling or ball hockey until the middle of December at the earliest.  It's kind of nice to get a break and to not have to be anywhere but home.

I think one of the first things we will be doing once we are all free of the house is going to get a Christmas Tree.  There have been a couple of news stories that they are selling like crazy and places are running low so we want to get that handled even if it is a few days earlier than I would like to have one.  It's just so much work to set it up and I hate having to have it be a family affair.  It was always something only I did as a child so I hate having to share the task.  I know they are making their own memories but too bad, LOL

I'm having trouble getting into the book I've been reading so I'm switching it out for a Christmas novel.  Maybe that will be more engaging right now.  

Well I can't think of what else to say today so I'll be off to my boredom.

Stay Safe Everyone!

Day 10 and The End is Near

 I think isolation is finally starting to get to me.  I want to do nothing more than eat and sleep and be left alone.  However beyond that I'm in good spirits.

Got a call from the health nurse today.  They will try to call me one more time on my last day of quarantine but there has been an explosion of cases (her words) and it might not happen.  I guess the only good news is that I will have immunity from COVID for a month or two.  Of course I still have to follow all the rules and wear my mask in public and all that but I kinda thought that would be a given anyways.  I guess there are some people who maybe don't have logical thought and think that being immune means the rules don't apply.

I'm still not sure what is going to happen for Christmas as there are different rules for both Alberta and Saskatchewan.  As much as I know the girls want to see Grandma and Uncle it would be so much easier to just stay home and celebrate alone.

My plans for the day include doing a bit of cleanup in the bedroom and then I have a stack of meetings from 11-330 so that takes care of my middle part of the day.  I'm a little concerned about one meeting as it's basically a meeting being called because I'm too busy on one project to work on another and who's going to step up and do it.  I feel bad that I am not helping out more and getting more done in this.  My boss says not to worry and everything is fine but I can't help but be concerned.

I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the fact that as of Monday I'm free and all my routines that I've developed in the last two weeks are not going to be necessary or required to keep me focused on the day.  I'm going to have to find a way to blend my normal routine with this routine and come up with the best parts of both.

Well I'm hungry again so I'll see what I can scrounge up to eat.

Stay safe!

Day 9 and The End Is Near

 I don't know what has been happening but I have been starving for the last two days.  I just want to eat and sleep and repeat!  Maybe I am just feeling better than I did at the start of this and my normal self is returning to the forefront.

Yesterday and part of this morning the girls played outside and had a blast.  After the first snowpocalypse that we had, Hubs built them a giant mountain of snow in the back yard and it's been christened Mount Marshmallow and they love it.  They sled down it and slide down it and are attempting to snowboard down it on the sleds.  Hubs has also been spending time outside shoveling and scraping the sidewalks clean.  I get to see a little of it from my window but mostly I watch the neighbours do their business.

Work has been crazy these last two days as well.  I managed to get my emails down to where I wanted them yesterday but I'm not sure I can do the same today.  They just keep coming in and issues being raised and it's making me want to just ignore it all and find a way to stall and pass the time that is not working.

I also need to have the broom brought into the room and give it a good sweep as I'm noticing things from spending so much time in here and want them taken care of.

I'll have to make a shopping list today to have it delivered Sunday so that is my plan for later.  I'll be sure to put some snacks on it as I've been good the preceding few weeks and now there is nothing in the house that I want.

Stay safe!

Day 8 and Possible Further Restrictions

 Today the government is going to add more restrictions ( we think) to the ones that are already in place.  They were supposed to have this conversation yesterday but for some reason it was pushed off until today.  What really needs to happen is that we need some sort of a shut down or slowing of people being out in the public but I'm not sure that that is going to happen.  

I'm feeling fine still so that is good.  I did have another bout of nausea in the middle of the night but it passed quickly and was not as violent as the other two occasions that it's happened.  Also no one else in the house has shown any symptoms so that is a good thing as well.  

The kids are already done their homework for the day and have played outside and are now bored.  They have been told by Hubs that they can go on the internet after lunch so they are trying to figure out what they can do for the next few hours until that time comes.

Beyond that it has been a slow couple of days.  I'm still behind in my work but I'm getting through and I've set myself a goal of only having 60 items left in my inbox at the end of the day so hopefully I can get that accomplished.

Now I've got to send off an email to the SHA about my close contacts and then it's back to work for me.

Stay Safe!

Day7? I'm not even sure anymore

 Well I'm still here and still in quarantine.  Things have been good and I've not had any real issue with being cooped up in one room.  The girls are having a harder tie of not being able to come close or to get cuddles but they are coping.  They get extra bedtime snuggles from Hubs.  

Work has been continuing and yet somehow I'm still falling behind.   I just can't seem to get caught up on all the emails that come in each day and then the next day there is a crap ton more and it just goes on and on.  To make things worse I have more meetings booked for the rest of the week so I don't even get a day where I can just answer emails and file them away.  I also am getting behind on service tickets that need to be closed but I haven't tested the updates on them.  I should really just be doing a bunch of work at night when I'm in the room alone but I like to have the break.  

Today the most exciting thing that has happened so far is that my boss bought me lunch and had it delivered and then we had a virtual lunch date where we didn't discuss work and just chatted about life.  It was nice and I appreciate that we have that opportunity.  

I can't think of anything else that has happened in the last couple of days so I guess that's the end of this post.

Stay safe everyone!

And so Begins Day 5

 It's earlier in the morning that I'm writing today.  I have no set time that I blog, just whenever I get to it.  Not too much has happened yet this morning.  I've had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and am enjoying a mocha.  I had bought a package that had eight pouches in it when I was Xmas shopping and they are quite a nice little treat.  Beyond that this morning I've just been reading some blogs and getting through my personal emails.  The last few days of work had been busy enough with meetings that I wasn't able to sort through my personal ones as much as I can  on some other days.  

Last night for the change of scenery I had another bath.  I still just watched my tablet while I was in there but at least it wasn't just laying in bed and seeing the same thing as I've been seeing for the last few days.  I think it helped as I was able to sleep last night and didn't have any insomnia.  I'm still doing well and have no symptoms.  I've even not had the nausea for the last two days.  I have had the chest pain that took me to the hospital in the first place but it comes and goes and I'm not worrying about it since it's the same as what it was and they tested me for everything and it was fine.

Plans for today as to maybe have a board game with the girls.  They can move for me and do all the stuff while I just roll the dice and tell them what to do.  I guess Bug was having a hard time yesterday with not being able to be with me.  It makes me sad but there is nothing that can be done right now.  I don't want to give the virus to them in case they end up reacting to it in a worse way than I have.  The absolute worse case scenario would be that they need to be hospitalized and I would be still stuck in the house and not able to be with them.  Hubs big plans for the day are to watch his football team on the TV.  He cheers for the Cleveland Browns and they are such a bad team that they only show them on TV when they are playing a team high in the standings or there is nothing else for the stations to show so it's a big deal when they do appear.  

Stay safe everyone!

It's Day 4 and the Weekend

 I had another night with insomnia.  I was up for a few hours but instead of work this time I read and did some knitting.  I then managed to sleep in for quite a while this morning so I don't feel too bad.  Without the structure of a work day today to keep me occupied I've been keeping busy by reading some blogs, working on my online courses, and clearing the tops of my dressers off.  They were in desperate need of some organization as things had just been piled higher and higher and it was both messy and becoming a hazard.  I'm doing it slowly so it will take me a lot longer than if I'd just got into it and went at it.  I have nothing but time to spare so I could have even just done one dresser a day and still gotten it done with plenty of days left of time to fill.

I've had my lunch of soup brought to me already so I'm full up from that.  I've found that since I am literally not moving very much at all that I have no appetite.  I barely ate and drank anything yesterday and I know that is not good.  Just because I'm not having any symptoms now doesn't mean that I won't get any if I don't take care of myself.  I don't want to end up very sick or have this isolation last longer than it has to.

I can't think of much else to talk about today.  My experiences are rather limited right now.

Stay safe everyone.

Day 3 of Isolation

 Today has been an okay day so far.  I had a horrible bout of insomnia last night and got about four and a half hours over three different time periods.  I'm not too tired at this point but I'm sure it will come.  

Today the kids had their virtual parent teacher interviews.  I haven't heard how they went yet but I'll talk to Hubs soon.  

Yesterday was bath night so that took up all my time in the evening when I might have been bored.  I've also been enjoying the latest book I'm reading so that is good.

Nothing else to report, I could get use to having my lunch and supper appear in front of me with no interaction on my part.  However it's not always something I really like but I can't afford to be choosy as I can't make anything myself so it's eat or starve.  Might be a good way to loose a few pounds :)

Hope everyone is staying safe!

Self-Isolation Day 2

 Good Morning, 

Well it's a new day and things are still the same. I've gotten comfortable with being in my rooma nd have most things I need to hand.  I've made a little routine that I'm going through and it keeps me from only working or only not working.  I've managed to do some reading and had a shower yesterday after everyone was in bed.  Today I have a few more meetings then yesterday so I've been at those and now it's time for lunch.  I've had my food brought to me and I'm going to start eating it just as soon as it cools down a touch.  It's just leftover soup from yesterday's supper but it's tasty and I'll enjoy it.  I've got some snacks as well in here so I won't starve to death in my isolation.  

I received news last night the one of my old co-workers had passed away.  It's very sad and I really liked her so I'm feeling for her family right now.  It had nothing to do with COVID though so that is good at least.

I had a moment of complete and total nausea this morning.  It was very quick to come on and I felt horrible.  I did throw up a little bit of bile as I hadn't eaten yet but then I felt okay and there has been nothing since.  I'm not sure if that is related to my COVID or if that was just a freak moment of nausea.  I've still not had any other symptoms so I'm considering myself lucky.

Tonight I plan to have a bath and relax for a few hours in the tub.  That will take up the time this evening so there is one less thing to have to think about.  

Not much else has happened since yesterday so I'll end off here.  

Stay safe everyone!

Day One of Self-Isolation

 Well it's been an interesting few days here.  On Sunday I started having some chest pains and while they would come and go I wasn't too concerned.  Then on Monday morning I woke up and the intermittent pains I had were a constant ache in my chest and down my arm.  I decided then that I should take myself to the hospital and get checked out.  While I was there along with all the testing they did for my chest they also took a COVID swab.  The nurse told me that there would be a text message in a few days to let me know that it was negative.  Well that turned out not to be the case.  On Tuesday I received a phone call that my test had come back positive.  I am completely asymptomatic.  I had my temperature taken when I went into the hospital and it was 37 degrees so perfectly normal.  I have no loss of smell or taste, no cough, no runny nose, nothing.  I am now locked in a room by myself in the house, coming out to use the washroom, which gets disinfected behind me even though everyone else is using the other bathroom.  I cannot hang out with my family, even though they were exposed to me in the days before I was diagnosed.  They all have to stay home as well but can enjoy being together and use the rest of the house.  The only good thing is I now have no excuse to not get some books read or work on a craft since I have to hang out in the bedroom all the time and there is no TV in here for me to watch.  I do have my tablet so I can still keep up with some of my shows but mostly I've been reading and doing some knitting.  I'm still working, since I was remote anyways and no one can catch anything though the screen.

It will be a challenge to get through the two weeks but I know I can do it.  It's maybe harder on the kids since they can talk to me and write me notes but I can't give them hugs and kisses.  There are no bedtime snuggles to be had.  Last night I sat in my doorway and read to Bear from there for her stories.  I'm thankful for all the technology that keeps me able to not be bored but I'm sure even that will get old after a while.  This does give me a good chance to get everything organized and have very neat dressers by the time I'm free again.  

So far I've read one book and knitted half a slipper.  We'll see what tonight brings me for entertainment and amusements.

Take care everyone!  And please wear your mask!!!  Who knows how may people I could have infected if I'd not had one on all the time I was out.  I honestly have not a single one of the symptoms they are telling people to be aware of so if I hadn't had the chest pains I wouldn't have been tested at all.