Journal, Day 1493
Saturday, 20 April 2024
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Covid day 10
This is getting fucking ridiculous. I had an intermittent fever off and on for most of the day, along with severe vertigo and a nagging migraine. The sore throat tried to come back. I didn’t even bother to take a test today because I have every reason to believe that it would have been positive. I have a glob of thick mucous in my throat that won’t clear, no matter what I gargle or how hard I try to hack it out.
I slept until nearly 10 am. I did manage to drudge up enough energy to wash the bedding in hot water and I stuck all of the pillows in the dryer on hot to kill anything that might be lurking in them. I got a new stick vacuum and it’s a major game-changer in the fight against bird food flotsam and feathers. I had to empty it twice because it also sucked up so much random dust (that I didn’t even realize was there.)
We extended the birdie bedtimes by 15 minutes tonight because when it was time to cover the cages it was still light outside. Charlie thought he was getting away with a crime and was delighted that mommy and daddy “forgot” to put him to bed. Kiki was confused and was dancing frantically on the floor of her cage. She has a Swiss clock in her little noggin and we were 15 WHOLE MINUTES late for playtime and what the hell were we THINKING??
They’re all covered for bed now. Dinner is finished and the dishes have been loaded in the dishwasher. It’s time for our little family to go to sleep.
