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larryhammerWe're in quarantine.
Eaglet spent the last two days sick, lighter symptoms than most of their two-day bugs, but icky enough yesterday they still stayed home from school. This morning per SOP we did a rapid antigen test that turned out to be a good thing. So, yeah, their first time after years of carefully using PPE (only two other kids in class still use it) they have Covid.
We grownups are still symptom-free and testing negative. So far.
Not a great week for this, what with Lunar New Year on Saturday, including something like 6 performances by their lion dance troupe over the weekend (not counting the ones they couldn't make anyway), including one for their own school's Spring Festival. Plus a field trip this Thursday to their middle school. And both soccer and flag-football* practices and games. But then -- there's no good week for this.
In other news, Eaglet is registered for middle school, starting August. Already.
ETA: One of the two kids, both also home sick, from Thursday's playdate has also tested positive. Since they are both from Eaglet's core gaming group, there has been some entertainment. Which is good, as Eaglet is energetic enough to periodically chase cats across the house and otherwise declare the entire Boredom Of The World is theirs, when not online with friends.
* For those outside the States: this is the non-tackle version of American Football played at the U14-and-under levels. Yes, Eaglet is playing both footballs now.
---L.
Subject quote from It's All About The Pentiums, Weird Al Yankovic
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Eaglet spent the last two days sick, lighter symptoms than most of their two-day bugs, but icky enough yesterday they still stayed home from school. This morning per SOP we did a rapid antigen test that turned out to be a good thing. So, yeah, their first time after years of carefully using PPE (only two other kids in class still use it) they have Covid.
We grownups are still symptom-free and testing negative. So far.
Not a great week for this, what with Lunar New Year on Saturday, including something like 6 performances by their lion dance troupe over the weekend (not counting the ones they couldn't make anyway), including one for their own school's Spring Festival. Plus a field trip this Thursday to their middle school. And both soccer and flag-football* practices and games. But then -- there's no good week for this.
In other news, Eaglet is registered for middle school, starting August. Already.
ETA: One of the two kids, both also home sick, from Thursday's playdate has also tested positive. Since they are both from Eaglet's core gaming group, there has been some entertainment. Which is good, as Eaglet is energetic enough to periodically chase cats across the house and otherwise declare the entire Boredom Of The World is theirs, when not online with friends.
* For those outside the States: this is the non-tackle version of American Football played at the U14-and-under levels. Yes, Eaglet is playing both footballs now.
---L.
Subject quote from It's All About The Pentiums, Weird Al Yankovic
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Date: 6 February 2024 04:38 pm (UTC)All best wishes!
Dose minimization seems to matter; snorting buckets of carrageenan nasal spray is very likely a good idea. (For the adults, too.)
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Date: 6 February 2024 05:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 6 February 2024 05:13 pm (UTC)The standard advice is a fan in the quarantine room's window, pointed out and run continuously.
(The non-infected should stay as close to the external air inputs as they can.)
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Date: 6 February 2024 05:34 pm (UTC)All doors with screens are open, and the window in Eaglet's room. (Fan, alas, is not an option on that window, given sillage and current equipment. Fortunately, heating/cooling is by mini-splits rather than venting.)