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.