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Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16109 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-25 11:47:08
December 25 2021 00:54 GMT
#1
It's probable that I have COVID. Both of my jobs have informed me that people around me were exposed or tested positive for having the disease. Fortunately for them neither of them were symptomatic.

I am though. I'm getting tested in the morning to make sure.

It's nothing life threatening, as I type this I'm not dying, I'm still perfectly capable of both breathing and tasting, it's just an obnoxiously bad cold at the moment. But because of this I'm going to be on my own for Christmas this year. I won't be able to see my family. I will be spending my morning tomorrow testing just to make sure this is actually what I have, and then spending the rest of my morning telling everyone I've been in contact with that I have this stupid thing.

Oh and by the way I am vaccinated already. It's not like I didn't take steps to prevent this from happening, but it did anyway.

It still feels unfair. With how much I have been working lately I thought I might have earned a night or two to be with family. But I guess how much I work doesn't matter to this virus. Is COVID even what I have? I still don't know and it's that uncertainty that really is the worst right now.

I don't even know if I should be scared of what comes next. All I can tell you TL is that if you have your health and if you have family, be grateful and appreciative towards them for the next few days if you can. Take the word of someone who will be spending Christmas alone, to tell you that it sucks and it's not something you want to do by choice. Take care of yourselves, take care of your families. In this insane world that sometimes feels surreal and fake, make the most of it that you can and don't take a single day for granted.

Merry Christmas TL. I'll see you in 2022.

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aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27156 Posts
December 25 2021 04:52 GMT
#2
Get well soon friend.
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JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria409 Posts
December 25 2021 09:58 GMT
#3
I'll chime in with getting well soon wish as well.
I can see how it can be tough to be alone on Christmas. I can also see how you might think it's unfair when you did your best and still developed symptoms. To ease my frustration in similar straits, I just speak to my self, saying how our best is still not good enough, seeing how we're just pawns for randomness and the events. Even so, it's still not that bad, for, as you said, people are in agony somewhere now, gasping for breath while you're at home with mild symptoms. Christmas will pass, your health will improve, you will still be able to see your close ones. Cheer up, be in a good spirit, not in a miserable one.
The only thing I remember from the Illiad was this:
Rise, then, let reason mitigate our care!
To mourn avails us not, a man is born to bear!
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1801 Posts
December 25 2021 11:52 GMT
#4
Get well soon buddy. I've spent most of my Christmases alone since I don't really have much in the way of family and friends are usually busy with their own - so I really know how it feels, especially if it's not the norm for you.

Hoping for the best for ya brotha.
@MasterDalK | Maelstrom Entertainment | Streaming Every Esport Under the Sun
Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
December 25 2021 18:18 GMT
#5
That sucks... hope you have a speedy recovery. Plan for next visit with the family...
TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
December 25 2021 19:15 GMT
#6
Best wishes friend.
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Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-25 21:47:40
December 25 2021 21:47 GMT
#7
Get well soon man, I know some others that are quarantined during the holidays as well, really sucks. Everything'll work out.
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