This week was supposed to be the last week of classes for the semester for me, but instead, I'm still at my dad's house, because one of my cousins came to Thanksgiving with "just a cold" and now my whole family has Covid.

Daniel, so sorry for your loss.

Oh FFS Hil, has no one learned anything these last few years about viral infectivity??? Going to a gathering with any symptoms at all these days is reckless

This is the first time my dad has gotten Covid at all. I am so pissed at these cousins. (With the logistics of transportation on Thanksgiving, there was no way to tell him to leave without telling everyone to leave -- they take the train to NJ from NYC as a group, and then my dad drives them home after dinner. And the cousin with the cold is someone who I don't think can take the train by himself.) We've gathered with them before, and always checked in beforehand if anyone was sick, described the symptoms, said that they'd tested and were negative, and either canceled or agreed that it would be safe. (Like several times, I've had a cough that I knew was just my asthma acting up, but even so, I took a test and we told them, "She's got a cough, but it's just asthma, no other symptoms, and the Covid test is negative" so that they could decide if they still wanted to meet. And they've done the same before when one of them was sick. I have no clue why they didn't this time.)

Oh no, Hil. Refuah shlema.

(another terror thingy today, this time in Jerusalem. Came to say I'm OK).

What a mess, Hil. People have relaxed to a large degree. I'm not as diligent as I was in the past, but I certainly wouldn't be out and about with a cold without at least testing. I wouldn't want to spread a cold either. My cousin just ended up with pneumonia from a simple cold. Keep that stuff to yourself!

{{Shir}} Thank you for checking in.

Ding dong, Henry Kissinger is dead.

I immediately thought of Plei.

immediately thought of Plei.

100%

Okay, I’m waiting to see the OB/GYN, and I’m strongly resisting the urge to say “We sent you 500 ravens!” If it weren’t her last day, I’d be grumbling at her about not answering three (3) messages from me. Rude.

Anyway, cross your fingers she switches my meds without any difficulty and sends me on my way.

Ugh, acid reflux woke me up last night by going down my windpipe and provoking hours of hacking and coughing. At least my phone conspired to get me more rest by turning itself off before my wake-up alarms could ring—Yay? Luckily no meetings were missed and I think I've caught up to where I should be at work by this point of the morning.

Ugh, acid reflux woke me up last night by going down my windpipe and provoking hours of hacking and coughing.

How miserable! May your stomach keep the acid where it belongs henceforth.

Mulling whether I need to be productive again today or if I can get by with running and doing the dishes.