Juanita is still sick, Maeghan is not feeling well and I am congested all the time. William was only sick for a couple of days, if that. It has been two weeks.
It all started with William not feeling well. Since William always says he doesn't feel well, we didn't take a lot of notice. I started feeling bad on a Wednesday. I was working and packing up some equipment when I just lost all desire to continue with it. I was just really sore and tired and did not want to finish. Since I had to, I did but there were several other things I was supposed to do that day that did not get done. I was chastised for that repeatedly, to the point where I felt like this job was not worth it anymore. Since I have no other prospects, I took the abuse but I am not happy.
Anyway, I was to drive to the Gold Coast job the next day. I was really feeling bad but since this job had been arranged for a couple of weeks and there were going to be about 15 people depending on me doing my job so they could do theirs, I felt I had to go. I ended up forgetting a lot of the things I was supposed to take with me but I got it done and they did everything they were supposed to do, so while they were not happy I had forgotten the labels and the cables I was supposed to leave there, it did not really effect the job so they were satisfied. I did tell them I was not well and was leaving. They said go home so I did.
It took four hours to get home. I was not well. I barely walked back to the car and then took a nap when I got there. I started to drive home but would have to stop about every 20 minutes and rest some more. The drive normally takes about 2 hours but I took 4, maybe 5 I don't really remember. I know I kept having to stop and rest but the rest wasn't really doing me any good so I would attempt to start driving again. This was all on a Thursday and I was supposed to be here on Friday. At about 3 in the morning, I decided I was not going to make it in so I sent them an email letting them know.
I was really sick all day Friday. I think we all had the flu as well as Covid as it was really bad. Maeghan had begun to feel bad at that point and she was not moving around a lot. I was complaining the whole time. Went through a box of tissues. It was bad. On Saturday, I decided I should probably test for Covid, just in case, but I really thought it was just a bad flu. I tried to do it in secret because Juanita would panic if she thought we had Covid. My test was positive. I then secretly went to Maeghan and had her do a test. She came up positive too. So I decided we had to tell Juanita and get everyone else tested. For some reason, she threw away all the tests before they were completed. I had mentioned to her that both mine and Maeghan's had come up positive immediately but you were supposed to wait 15 minutes before you knew the results. She threw hers and Williams away when it was not immediately positive. I had to get them out of the trash, she had put them back in the boxes before she threw them away so it was not that bad. Both of theirs came up positive after a while, but barely, or faintly but the test says if anything shows up, it is positive so now we all had it.
I will mention that I told the other two in the house to test but I don't think they did. They told us that they had and it was negative but I don't believe them. But not really my problem I guess. They can go out and infect the world as they please since we were already positive. I didn't really care.
I was sick for the next few days, gradually getting better and Juanita started to get sick and is still not feeling well after two weeks. Maeghan was bad for a while but you can never really tell with Maeghan because she doesn't say anything. You can tell she is sick because she slept a lot and always had a blanket on her. She does get her electric shocks when she is sick. We have always called them that because that is what she says they feel like. She has gotten those her whole life, whenever she gets sick. This was not different. The doctors have never been able to tell us what it is and I don't really think they have tried to find out. They just pass it on to the next doctor and none of them really try to do anything. But that is a whole other story that I won't get into.
For now, I am better, not completely well but better. Maeghan is better. Not completely well but better. William is fine. Juanita is still not feeling well. She only has one more day to recover.
We are planning another trip to Dreamworld on Saturday, tomorrow. They still have the winterfest on and the kids really want to go. I booked the tickets for tomorrow. It is free but you have to reserve the time you want to go as they are limiting the access to everything. I booked it for tomorrow so we are going tomorrow. I will make sure Juanita goes but I have a feeling she will try to stay home. Probably best if she does but then again, I think getting out of the house would be much better for all of us. I have been back to work this week but they have not left the house in two weeks. Maeghan did go with me to do the shopping yesterday. Juanita was supposed to go but she said she did not feel well enough to do so. William said he would stay home so it was just me and Maeghan. I was exhausted by the time we got home so I may not make it long tomorrow. I figure we can go in the morning, skate in the afternoon and then leave if we are not feeling well. There is a new mall near there that we have not gone to yet so if I can get us out of Dreamworld, and we have the energy, we will go there to check it out. It will be cheaper than staying in Dreamworld since everything there is expensive. If I can get us out earlier enough, we won't have to buy dinner there.
By the way, Covid still requires you to self-isolate for seven days. Longer if you do not feel better or have any outward symptoms. I think we are all safe, except maybe Juanita, but she will wear a mask the whole time so it won't be that bad. You have to register, or you are supposed to register, with the government if you test positive. I registered all of us. I made the mistake of filling out some form that is for people who have no help. I thought I was filling out the right form but it turns out this one I did caused me to be registered with the local health department and they kept calling me to see if I was all right and to make an appointment with them if I wasn't. They eventually gave up and released me but I kept thinking I was going to have to go wait in a hospital so someone could see me before I could be cleared. I have heard that people with Covid are having to wait outside of the normal waiting rooms and some of them are waiting for 5 or 6 hours. I was not looking forward to that. But I got a message that I was cleared and could go about my business so I keep that message handy just in case I get asked about it.
Let's see, what else have we been up to. Probably not a lot. I have caught up on all my work that kept getting delayed because I was too busy Spent the day in Ipswich erasing and boxing computers. I have almost decided Ipswich is no longer worth it for me to go there. They don't let me in the building anymore, or they say they will send someone down and then they never do and if I call them back, they tell me they don't have time to let me in and I should go see the mailroom guy and let him come up to them to get the computers. I then have to sit in the mailroom and do my work which is not ideal. Now I am told by the mailroom guy that he has been told he is not supposed to do that anymore and I have to get them to let me in so I can do my work. He also told me that I can no longer request consignment notes from him. That I have to create them myself. I won't go into what that means but I cannot create consignment notes, that is something the mailroom has to do, so I sent a message to my bosses and they said they would straighten it out. Not sure if they have done anything but if I cannot get in the next time I go and I cannot create a note to have the boxes mailed, I am just going to leave everything and tell them don't send me there anymore. Plus, it is an hour an a half drive to get there and with the price of petrol going through the roof, it is no longer economical for me to do that. I could take the train, but I have to carry boxes and tape and padding material with me just in case they threw away the box I was supposed to use. The mailroom guy used to keep extra boxes for me to use but he has been told he is not allowed to do that anymore so carrying them on the train is not a good option. So in the end, I think I might just have to pass up going there anymore, which is the bulk of my work lately so I don't really know if that is an option either. It's just a pain.
Now everyone is calling for me to do some work here. Several offices have asked me to come look at things. I suppose that means I have to go. I have probably spent too long on this entry anyway. I didn't really say anything, other than we all had Covid. I am sure there were other things, like Maeghan's school and William's attempts to find a job but I am tired of typing anyway so I am going to leave this for now. Let's see how I feel later and maybe I will create another entry. Depends on home much work they have for me to do.
So until next time,
Later
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