(f&f, observe, reading notes, health, covid-19)

[elainegrey]

One thing the past few days has demonstrated to me was that i really did care that my siblings and i would all be together a little at Christmas. I have believed i didn't care, but my grief at the failing of plans illustrated to me i did.

On the other hand, my brother's plans for us all were -- irritating -- to my sister and i, so there's probably some good in not spending time miffed.

I am feeling a little less malaise today. Throat is still killing me, but i am better. (At least now, in the morning hours.) I wrote my doctor asking when to get tested. The "five to seven days after the contact's test results" seems slightly off- it seems it should be after having the contact? When i told Christine i'd written my doctor she burst into tears, saying she didn't want to think about it. She may be hiding her worries because she's being strong for me. She was clear though, that she didn't want to think about it.

I read Becky Chambers' The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (2021) yesterday. It's a shelter-in-place story that has some resonance with our COVID confinements and explores difference in a compassionate and authentic way. I am so delighted with science fiction that shows us futures of people getting along and making lives better in a way that seems like we could also have that better life on earth.
There's lots of food in the story, though, which may encourage lots of nibbling.

I ponder a creative daily effort. Or some practice.

In WTF news, my question to the doctor received a reply from the nurse that didn't really answer the question. And she's prescribing something i don't need, and the message won't admit a reply. Then i went ahead to try scheduling a COVID test. First open appointment was Monday April 4, 2022.

Really?

Anyhow, will ride around with Christine as she takes care of some errands.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I don't think we've handled the pandemic all that well here, but testing is something we have got very right indeed. This is ridiculous!

[elainegrey]

Apparently there's little wait at the Urgent Care center - walk up, call and let them know we're there for a test, they come out and do the test.

All health care here is absurd.

[arlie]

April?! What use is that, except for the case of people being tested immediately before planned medical treatment?

Farther confirmation that we are both living in what it's no longer polite to refer to as a "banana republic".

[elainegrey]

I presume some software error. The urgent care testing centers from the same network are open for walk in testing. My sister has been a few times and says no lines.

[arlie]

That's good to hear. I guess I'm too willing to believe the worst.

[amaebi]

This all* sounds just tough, quite a heap of aggravations feels of handleable size, so why is the whole heap? Because it's a whole heap, of course.


* Aside from the reading.