Yep. After avoiding it since surgery in March 2020, we’ve caught the COVID. Thankfully, both of us seem to have the ‘it’s just a cold!’ variety - although what kind of f’ed up colds these people are getting? I don’t want to know. Anyway, I think after about four days of being pretty bleh we’re starting to be on the mend.
I mean, I have enough energy to blog and I worked for like 3 minutes earlier. Must be better! (Cough, cough)
It sucks. Thank goodness we are 3x vaccinated. I’d like to have been boosted, but it appears that I’m reacting as expected so far. As long as I keep on this trajectory, I should be better soon.
The doggos don’t take pity on us, though, so we have been out every day for walkies. I’m not complaining. Not with views like these...
I will keep masking. I never stopped. We probably picked it up second hand from family, but that’s okay. I said that was how I was going to get it, and… ta-da! COVID is rampant and as much as people want to believe it’s ‘just a cold’ - it’s not. It can hurt you in ways we don’t understand fully yet. I wish everyone would start masking again and that public health departments at the local, state, and federal level would take it more seriously before we lose more people who would be fine if they just hadn’t gotten COVID.
Unfortunately, being sick has delayed my attempt to get a new oncologist, so I’ll be a little behind on my checkups, but hopefully will get in by August to see someone.
In other news, we helped my sister buy a house for her and the kids! We worked really hard on it over the 4th of July weekend before husband and I crapped out with COVID. Sigh. It’s a cute little place on a half acre that feels like it’s in the middle of nowhere, but it’s only 12 minutes from our house. Easy drive!
We have ripped out all the carpets, left the tile, ordered vinyl waterproof flooring, and the painting is happening. I hate tack strips and am trying to figure out if they used too much glue or not enough glue to stick up some flooring on a wall over the tub. Anyway, that’s gone. As is the bad crown molding - hint, it wasn’t crown molding… - in the bathroom.
I have to admit, her view is better than ours. But that’s okay. Our houses each have perks!
I’m pondering buying land in The Way Out for the future country home, but we’ll see.
It’s monsoon season here!! That means it was cloudy for approximately two days. The other days it might have rained and was cloudy some and then moved on. It’s pretty amazing that we can get .25 inches of rain and the arroyos - basically the storm sewers, but more like dry streambeds most of the time - are flooded and some places are dangerous to drive. We are high and dry here, though, so no problem. We were able to stop watering the grass for about a week, so that was cool.
We are now back to watering the grass. It’s only a small patch, but if we don’t water it, it will quickly die.
All in all, we still love it here! I can’t wait to feel better so we can go hiking or something fun like that again. Of course I got sick when my work schedule lightened up for a bit. Plus side: Don’t miss any work. Down side: Don’t have any fun stuff outside of work because I’m sleeping.
Please stay safe, mask up, and enjoy your summer!