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So after I finally pulled myself together for  4-5 days I feel weirdly unwell again. I have a sore throat and a minor headache, this is about the same thing I felt at the beginning of last week for two or three days. Not sure if I should do something about it. Not sure what the living hell brought it about since I haven’t even been outside since Sunday. It just feels like a waste of money to get a covid test when my biggest chance to conduct the virus is from 5-minute grocery store visits and 10-second deliveries. Besides, I should have been consistently ill if this is covid not barely unwell with an entire week of difference in between.

You could say it’s cold weather but it was 5-10C at the weekend and I didn’t feel cold at all, or you could say I drank water that was too cold but I don’t think that should bring about sore throat above the age of 5 right? Maybe it’s stress, but I’m 28, if I were a decent adult, I should be working 12-14 hours a day  and still love my life. One long day with a bunch of stress shouldn’t give me a headache or a sore throat. 

overall I’m just sick of covid, my job and the general standstill the world is in, and I still feel that there’s no moving forward in any regard, only backwards if there’s anything. And I still dream of going on a one year sabbatical to get my life on track and invest my time in my personal projects and read books and just not have to deal with all the shit in the world. I think my emotional maturity is stuck at the 16-18y/o level. 

oh and by the time I finished typing this I don’t feel the throat soreness. I’m sure it’ll come back in a couple hours to keep me wondering what it is. 

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:grouphug: @RhaenysBee

It is understandable to be under a lot of stress now, most people are stressed and fed up with being under stress and having nobody on person to share it with and to relax because it is not advisable to socialise. But socialising is what one needs in such a situation. So I am sorry you are going through this.

I guess it is easy to fear every common cold now, but if you have really not been seeing many people, try to realise it is probably actually just a cold.

And about being mentally 16-18 ... yeah. :lol: You can say you have a youthful mind!

Stay safe and healthy.

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2 hours ago, Buckwheat said:

:grouphug: @RhaenysBee

It is understandable to be under a lot of stress now, most people are stressed and fed up with being under stress and having nobody on person to share it with and to relax because it is not advisable to socialise. But socialising is what one needs in such a situation. So I am sorry you are going through this.

I guess it is easy to fear every common cold now, but if you have really not been seeing many people, try to realise it is probably actually just a cold.

And about being mentally 16-18 ... yeah. :lol: You can say you have a youthful mind!

Stay safe and healthy.

Ehh, yes, it would probably be great for me to be around actual real life peers, god forbid friends. On that note I texted my friend to ask if she had time for a call, and her reply was:” sure, all weekend, Friday or even tomorrow #lockdownlife “ I guess we are all going a bit mad. 

I haven’t been in close contact with anybody outside of sister for two weeks. It was just shop/pharmacy trips and I had repairmen over at sister’s flat last Wednesday, but with being 2+ meters apart, having all windows open and wearing masks, I can’t possibly imagine that I got covid from them. And whatever time wasn’t spent 2 meters apart lasted less than 5 minutes altogether. 

:lol: love the idea, alas I don’t really have a youthful mind, I’m mostly a selfish grumpy and craycray grandma these days :leaving: 

thanks, you too :cheers: 

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1 hour ago, RhaenysBee said:

Ehh, yes, it would probably be great for me to be around actual real life peers, god forbid friends. On that note I texted my friend to ask if she had time for a call, and her reply was:” sure, all weekend, Friday or even tomorrow #lockdownlife “ I guess we are all going a bit mad. 

I haven’t been in close contact with anybody outside of sister for two weeks. It was just shop/pharmacy trips and I had repairmen over at sister’s flat last Wednesday, but with being 2+ meters apart, having all windows open and wearing masks, I can’t possibly imagine that I got covid from them. And whatever time wasn’t spent 2 meters apart lasted less than 5 minutes altogether. 

:lol: love the idea, alas I don’t really have a youthful mind, I’m mostly a selfish grumpy and craycray grandma these days :leaving: 

thanks, you too :cheers: 

Friends are great. I managed to meet up with a friend in person for a walk outside last week after months. It was great. Things are opening up slightly here, and I am planning on meeting some more people - only one on one, preferably outside, not very fequently, but just enough to make me feel slightly more normal. I am returning to my workplace tomorrow. Only the last class (the eldest students) are in school in person now, so the majority of my classes will still be online, and we have to wear masks at all times when not alone in a room. But maybe even just talking to coworkers in person is better than being completely isolated.

We need to get tested weekly now though. Last week was the first time, and this thing bloody hurts. I didn't sleep out of shock from it for like two nights, and I am already dreading the second testing on Friday.

I hope you manage to have a long relaxing conversation with your friend. :) 

Sooooo ... sister still not even moving a finger to sort out ... her own flat?

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12 hours ago, Buckwheat said:

Friends are great. I managed to meet up with a friend in person for a walk outside last week after months. It was great. Things are opening up slightly here, and I am planning on meeting some more people - only one on one, preferably outside, not very fequently, but just enough to make me feel slightly more normal. I am returning to my workplace tomorrow. Only the last class (the eldest students) are in school in person now, so the majority of my classes will still be online, and we have to wear masks at all times when not alone in a room. But maybe even just talking to coworkers in person is better than being completely isolated.

We need to get tested weekly now though. Last week was the first time, and this thing bloody hurts. I didn't sleep out of shock from it for like two nights, and I am already dreading the second testing on Friday.

I hope you manage to have a long relaxing conversation with your friend. :) 

Sooooo ... sister still not even moving a finger to sort out ... her own flat?

Oh that’s nice! Hope you get to see them and feel slightly more normal! I’m sure the kids are happy to get back to school as well, even with masks. 

I would very much like to get tested weekly but nobody’s paying for that and honestly there’s no reason either. Right now I’m still debating if I should pay €110 for a test or I should just trust that this is just a random bug and not an extremely mild case of covid.

sister is now buying decor for her flat but her moving is still not in a two-week sight. I mean the flat is movable and has been since October, but something is always more important and urgent and there’s always a couple last things still missing. I have risen above it and just trust that the day will come when I don’t pay the overheads and the internet for an empty flat. And you know... that an obscene amount of money didn’t just go into storing pretty stuff. :dunno: 

 

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11 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

Oh that’s nice! Hope you get to see them and feel slightly more normal! I’m sure the kids are happy to get back to school as well, even with masks.

Well they sure weren't too happy to see me. :lol: They were sooooo disappointed when I showed up in class, as opposed to our intern who covered a few classes for me while I was studying for the teachers' exam.

11 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

I would very much like to get tested weekly but nobody’s paying for that and honestly there’s no reason either. Right now I’m still debating if I should pay €110 for a test or I should just trust that this is just a random bug and not an extremely mild case of covid.

Oh the horror, I cannot imagine going through this torture willingly. I am so afraid of tomorrow's test.

This is ... a very expensive covid test you are talking about, though.

11 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

sister is now buying decor for her flat but her moving is still not in a two-week sight. I mean the flat is movable and has been since October, but something is always more important and urgent and there’s always a couple last things still missing. I have risen above it and just trust that the day will come when I don’t pay the overheads and the internet for an empty flat. And you know... that an obscene amount of money didn’t just go into storing pretty stuff. :dunno: 

I honestly don't understand her not moving there as soon as there was a bed. :dunno:

And it is really unfair that you are paying your money for any of it (I don't know what overheads are though.)

4 hours ago, First of My Name said:

Well done Buck, congrats!

Thank youuuuuu. ;)

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18 hours ago, Buckwheat said:

Well they sure weren't too happy to see me. :lol: They were sooooo disappointed when I showed up in class, as opposed to our intern who covered a few classes for me while I was studying for the teachers' exam.

Oh the horror, I cannot imagine going through this torture willingly. I am so afraid of tomorrow's test.

This is ... a very expensive covid test you are talking about, though.

I honestly don't understand her not moving there as soon as there was a bed. :dunno:

And it is really unfair that you are paying your money for any of it (I don't know what overheads are though.)

Thank youuuuuu. ;)

Oh nooo :( how sad! Why though? I would think you are stricter than the intern, but interns were also a bit annoying and when I was a school we evidently didn’t mind getting back to our regular teacher even if the substitute let us slack. 

Is it the nose swab part you find scary?

well, the standard price of a PCR is €52, if you want a combined test, antigen and antibody tests cost around 30-25 respectively. Housecall (which you must take if you have symptoms, testing stations won’t take you if you’re ill) is anywhere between €10-30 and if you want a specific time slot rather than starve around all day if they happen to arrive in the evening, that’s an additional €5-30. It’s a whole business, covid tests. 

Well I don’t understand her moving at any of fifteen occasions that have presented themselves over the past...4 months. It’s been 4 months since her original “move date”. :dunno: 

overheads are just electricity and... facility fee(?) I’m sure that’s not an actual expression. The fee you pay for facility upkeep (cleaning of common areas, lift maintenance, waste disposal, recycling, etc) 

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5 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

Oh nooo :( how sad! Why though? I would think you are stricter than the intern, but interns were also a bit annoying and when I was a school we evidently didn’t mind getting back to our regular teacher even if the substitute let us slack.

Well, you know, I actually want them to work and show some results of their learning. I am a funny teacher like this. :lol: Oh, and to grade them too.

And most of the students actually really like the intern.

5 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

Is it the nose swab part you find scary?

Yes. Last week's test was pure torture for me. This week went smoothly and it was over quickly, so it wasn't so horrible, but I can still feel the ghost tickling deep behind my nose more than 12 hours later. It is definitely something I would rather not have to go through every week for ... IDK how long. I realise it is necessary for the public health and shit, but ... urgh, stick up the nose at 6.45 AM is not a pleasant way to start your Friday, to say the least.

5 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

well, the standard price of a PCR is €52, if you want a combined test, antigen and antibody tests cost around 30-25 respectively. Housecall (which you must take if you have symptoms, testing stations won’t take you if you’re ill) is anywhere between €10-30 and if you want a specific time slot rather than starve around all day if they happen to arrive in the evening, that’s an additional €5-30. It’s a whole business, covid tests.

Oh, so that is the combined price for all the possible tests with extras. At work, we just get the quick (unreliable) tests (I think they call them the HAT). These are the most available. I should look into finding a way to get tested closer to my home so I wouldn't have to drive to my workplace just for that (on the day the testing is organised, all my classes are online, so I could work from home). I am not sure which one you can get privately.

5 hours ago, RhaenysBee said:

Well I don’t understand her moving at any of fifteen occasions that have presented themselves over the past...4 months. It’s been 4 months since her original “move date”. :dunno: 

overheads are just electricity and... facility fee(?) I’m sure that’s not an actual expression. The fee you pay for facility upkeep (cleaning of common areas, lift maintenance, waste disposal, recycling, etc) 

I see. Yes, it must be very frustrating to keep maintaining the flat and paying for it if nobody lives there and the person who is supposed to live there stays at your flat and causes you a lot of stress. :grouphug:

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13 hours ago, Buckwheat said:

Well, you know, I actually want them to work and show some results of their learning. I am a funny teacher like this. :lol: Oh, and to grade them too.

And most of the students actually really like the intern.

Yes. Last week's test was pure torture for me. This week went smoothly and it was over quickly, so it wasn't so horrible, but I can still feel the ghost tickling deep behind my nose more than 12 hours later. It is definitely something I would rather not have to go through every week for ... IDK how long. I realise it is necessary for the public health and shit, but ... urgh, stick up the nose at 6.45 AM is not a pleasant way to start your Friday, to say the least.

Oh, so that is the combined price for all the possible tests with extras. At work, we just get the quick (unreliable) tests (I think they call them the HAT). These are the most available. I should look into finding a way to get tested closer to my home so I wouldn't have to drive to my workplace just for that (on the day the testing is organised, all my classes are online, so I could work from home). I am not sure which one you can get privately.

I see. Yes, it must be very frustrating to keep maintaining the flat and paying for it if nobody lives there and the person who is supposed to live there stays at your flat and causes you a lot of stress. :grouphug:

:lol: indeed a funny teacher you are that you presume to teach your students! :D 

ah I’m sorry about it, but safety and precaution is very important and as it turns out one can’t overplay it enough. I just got two swabs stuck up my nose and my rapid test came back positive in an instant. Still waiting for the PCR but I doubt it’s a false positive. So just keep calm and let people terrorize your nose for the sake of safety! 

Do you have drive-through testing points at all? We have a couple of those in the city. Maybe that’s an option and there’s one in your area. 

well quite a few of my current problems would not exist if she had already moved, but I’m sure I stress and annoy her as well. 
 

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28 minutes ago, RhaenysBee said:

ah I’m sorry about it, but safety and precaution is very important and as it turns out one can’t overplay it enough. I just got two swabs stuck up my nose and my rapid test came back positive in an instant. Still waiting for the PCR but I doubt it’s a false positive. So just keep calm and let people terrorize your nose for the sake of safety! 

Do you have drive-through testing points at all? We have a couple of those in the city. Maybe that’s an option and there’s one in your area. 

well quite a few of my current problems would not exist if she had already moved, but I’m sure I stress and annoy her as well. 

I know, I am just venting. I seem to be very sensitive to medical procedures. And I hate uncertainty in general, and everything in this situation is so unpredictable that I am easily annoyed.

I am really sorry about the positive result! :( I do hope it is a false positive, these are very common with the quick tests. Keep us updated.

And of course, sister probably needs to get tested too now. And as soon as she is cleared, make use of that empty flat she has and not stay with a potentially infectious person! She would just need to go tested and not return to your shared space at all. Let her bring you food to your doorstep if you need to stay in quarantine. ^_^

I think there should be some of these, and also just public testing spots where you can stand in a queue and get tested. But people have been known to wait in lines for more that two hours there.

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28 minutes ago, Buckwheat said:

I know, I am just venting. I seem to be very sensitive to medical procedures. And I hate uncertainty in general, and everything in this situation is so unpredictable that I am easily annoyed.

I am really sorry about the positive result! :( I do hope it is a false positive, these are very common with the quick tests. Keep us updated.

And of course, sister probably needs to get tested too now. And as soon as she is cleared, make use of that empty flat she has and not stay with a potentially infectious person! She would just need to go tested and not return to your shared space at all. Let her bring you food to your doorstep if you need to stay in quarantine. ^_^

I think there should be some of these, and also just public testing spots where you can stand in a queue and get tested. But people have been known to wait in lines for more that two hours there.

I wholeheartedly sympathize with that. 

I mean I would count my lucky stars if the PCR turned out to be negative, though that’s a rather slim chance. Mostly I’m just hoping I’ll be able to sit this out at home and not get very unwell. And thanks, I’ll post if I get official results. 

Oh right! We are so stuck in this situation I didn’t even think of that. Sister could as well pack up and isolate in her own apartment at this point. She absolutely won’t, but that’s a sensible enough solution. As for food at my doorstep, that’s another thing she absolutely won’t do and I hope I won’t need it either. :/ 

oh damn... I hope you find a suitable testing solution. 

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Sister left after all and relocated to her own apartment. Somehow she thinks this is a convenience move and is angry that she won’t be able to come back tomorrow to pick up more stuff. She’s generally quite pissed off at all the inconvenience she must suffer and is reluctant to get herself tested. I really hope I didn’t pass it on to her (though who knows, she might have had it first asymptotically). Anyway, I’ll try to make things up tomorrow. 

But as of now I’m alone and pissed off as well, at this entire predicament and all the uncertainty. At least I can leave my room and do the laundry. And I suppose my ten day quarantine is starting tomorrow? Or today? Not sure. I don’t care, I’ll stay 20 days too; I just want to be fine. I took a lemsip after lunch which improved my symptoms significantly, but I suspect it’s going to be a roller coaster. (Oh right, my pcr came back positive as well)

I suppose I’ll see how I am tomorrow and decide if or how much I want to work next week.

Take care y’all. I won’t say wash your hands and socially distance and wear a mask and take vitamin D because I did all that and it was worth fuck all, so just take care however you see fit and stay safe and healthy by the grace of god/fate/whatever your beliefs dictate. 

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2 hours ago, Buckwheat said:

I am so sorry, Rhae. :grouphug: I really hope your symptoms don't turn for the worse. Try to use the quarantine to get enough sleep and calm down.

Sister should probably be tested too, or just stay quarantined in any case.

You can use this place to vent as much as you need.

Thank you :grouphug: 

I’ll arrange a test for sister, which will likely be positive as well since she already has an itchy throat and is going ballistic about it, and then we are done and I hope we won’t see each other for some time. 

That’s much needed and appreciated indeed thank you! 

1 hour ago, felice said:

Sorry to hear that :(

 

Thanks :) 

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Waking up this thread to say that yesterday I visited the hairdresser after almost two years. My head decidedly felt lighter after having about 20 cm of hair cut off. I am happy with the result.

I am getting some of my students back in the classroom next week, and then some the week after that - the first three grades are going to come into school in alternating weeks for some time (and the fourth graders are going to just stay in school, at least that). I am looking forward to have some sort of normal classes again - despite all the masks and sanitising and extra hygiene precautions and all.

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1 hour ago, Buckwheat said:

Waking up this thread to say that yesterday I visited the hairdresser after almost two years. My head decidedly felt lighter after having about 20 cm of hair cut off. I am happy with the result.

I am getting some of my students back in the classroom next week, and then some the week after that - the first three grades are going to come into school in alternating weeks for some time (and the fourth graders are going to just stay in school, at least that). I am looking forward to have some sort of normal classes again - despite all the masks and sanitising and extra hygiene precautions and all.

Aaaaaw that sounds heavenly. One day I’ll see a hairdresser again as well. I hope :lol: 

nice to hear things are going well. Enjoy the normal-ish schooldays! 

2 minutes ago, Grand Moff Mithrandir said:

Hello all :P

Hiiiiiii! How are you doing? 

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