busybee fluffy rambles

I did do a late-night grocery run to stock up on some food — not hoarding, just getting my usual regular staples and some ingredients for things — and the grocery store was mostly normal for that time of night. Someone sneezed a couple times and someone else joked, “RUN AWAY!!!” and most people had a good laugh about that. Paper products were mostly out (although even in times of scarcity nobody can seem to bring themselves to buy Seventh Generation ultra-recycled toilet paper), canned beans were of a limited selection (I still got all the kinds I was looking for anyway), rice was scarce but they had the kind I was there to buy, most everything else seemed pretty normal.

At some point tomorrow I should pop over to the drug store to see if they have any face masks (because I legitimately need some, if I can’t find my stash) and hand sanitizer (which I have reasonably enough of but it wouldn’t hurt to get another bottle). This is all to protect others from me in case I am carrying and contagious, of course.

I’ll also probably make an appointment with my doctor tomorrow. Just a video visit, mostly to get established as a new patient, and somewhat to talk about my concerns and how I think I might have gotten infected with whatever this is and what my concerns are about it, whether it’s actually COVID-19 or not. Regular colds tend to hit me very hard due to my asthma, and the one year I got the flu convinced me to always, always get a flu shot every year to avoid getting the flu ever again. I was pretty much bedridden for a month, and probably should have been hospitalized.

So far, whatever this hasn’t gotten past the point of mild fever, slight persistent shortness of breath, and a very occasional dry cough. Well, and whatever nausea/near-vomiting I had yesterday, which could be related but could have also been the sushi I had on Monday (as I mentioned in the last entry).

It’s a bit silly that I would end up getting this virus, when I’m normally pretty isolated anyway. I blame actually being sociable after my first day of work at the new job; we went bowling, and there was much sharing of bowling balls and much eating of finger food, amongst a group where several of them were traveling. But I haven’t heard of anyone else in that group of people having any symptoms, so who even knows.

But, whatever. I guess I’m feeling pretty okay right now, and thanks to my fancy new humidifier I’ll hopefully feel even better tomorrow.