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Week 51 at Home: OOF!

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It started out as a normal week...lots of stuff to do, both around the house and work. There was even a fun birthday party that G was looking forward to on Saturday. And then at 9:15pm on Monday, the school nurse called. She let me know that there was a positive case of COVID-19 on the bus that G rides home each day. The exposure dates were 2/24, 2/25, and 2/26, so G needed to quarantine for 14 days (along with everyone else on the bus.) And, just to be safe, we should get him tested on Tuesday or Wednesday. I thought it best to get him in right away, so on Tuesday, he and I went to do the saliva test (I thought that would be easier for him than a nasal swab.) And it would have been, except...he didn't know how to spit!

But, after 40 min of really working at it, he was able to produce enough saliva to fill up the tube. And off we went back home, feeling pretty good about things (no one had any symptoms.) Imagine my surprise the next morning when G's result came back positive, and mine came back negative. Scott then went in to get tested on Wednesday morning, and his test also came back positive. So...that changed things a bit. Now, G was no longer in quarantine...he and Scott both needed to go into isolation. That's pretty tough to do when you live with other people. But, so far, we've made it work. We are all sleeping in different rooms, and G and Scott get their meals delivered to the guest room. We even upgraded our TV in the guest room (it was around 10 years old) because it was pretty laggy and kept buffering. Annoying! But, it kinda feels like we're running a B&B around here...ha!

Ava and I went in on Friday to be tested (surprise, she's much better at spitting than G!) Both of our tests came back negative on Saturday morning. We're all a little baffled why I am testing negative, as I spend a TON more time with G than Scott does. And it's close time, too...lots of snuggles and hugs. But, we still have another week to go, so we'll see how it shakes out. 

So, now due to G's positive test, his entire class is quarantined (sorry!) and the entire before/after school program, as well (UGH, really sorry!) He'll be able to head back to school on 3/16, while Scott can go back to work on 3/15. They'll both be considered cleared from isolation on 3/13, and THEN Ava and I get to begin our 14 day quarantine. I figure we'll keep getting tested once a week through 3/29. Oof! 

The good news is that G is in high spirits and has no symptoms. Scott's voice is a little scratchy, but he said that happens every year when it starts to get warmer, so he doesn't believe that it's COVID related. I am so thankful that everyone is still feeling good. Whew.

The drive back from dropping G off at school was so nice on Monday morning...little did I know how things would change that night!


Look how close we were snuggling on Monday night...no 6' distancing for us!


This is just adorable, and possibly the high point of the week. This is G's rendition of The Cat in the Hat. Love it!


Did I mention we were also getting our house painted this week? So everything is off the walls, and the furniture is pushed haphazardly around the house. Now we'll be living in this disaster zone until the week of 3/15, when the painter can come back. He did manage to finish up our room, so I've been working on putting that back together this weekend. The colors look great...but now I'm debating getting new bedding and curtains. I think this is the color we're staying with for a while, so I might as well get something that looks good with it.

Here's the finished laundry room project. The space is so usable...I love it!


Here's a nice shot of the two colors in our room. The darker one is the accent wall behind our bed.


I really like how this décor looks on the new color!


So our plans for the next several weeks are...to do nothing! Well that's not entirely true...the weather's nice so we should be getting outside. And I get to learn more about Instacart for grocery delivery. The fams gotta eat, after all!

I pray that everything remains calm, and that no one gets worse. I also pray that Ava and I continue to have negative tests. Scott thinks I must have had it already, and didn't know it. Except...I don't go anywhere in public, so that would be weird. After this is all done, I'm going to get the antigen test to see if I possibly had it and was unaware. Mystery!

Keep sending good and healthy vibes and prayers our way...we could use them! :)

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