What's been up with us?
Oct. 6th, 2023 03:17 amSo you might have noted that we more-or-less went radio silent when we got to Edinburgh. You may not have noticed. You may have assumed it was the usual mid-vacation slump of forgetting to update the travel blog, or you might have assumed what happened.
Yup, we got Covid. We were half expecting it, even with taking what precautions we did, especially since the new vaccine didn't come out until we were already in Scotland. I assume we got the new strain. It was mild as these things go. It felt like I was speedrunning a cold, really, as the symptom occurrence was so compressed. One day I started feeling drainage, and the next I woke up with sneezing and coughing.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
myrialux felt fine, so I sent him to Boots (suitably masked) for meds and a Covid test, which confirmed my suspicions. I started isolating in the hotel room that day. myrialux masked up and walked around the Old Town and the outside portions of the castle, but started feeling symptoms the next day and stayed in with me.
We notified the hotel, which was glad to give us room service on breakfast (they don't offer it normally) and deliver extra towels, tissues, tea and coffee, etc., and to stay out of the room. We kept the windows open for both ventilation and to cool the room down as the hotel was well-insulated to keep warmth in. I discovered that the Deliveroo app (food delivery service) would take our US phone number so we explored the vast cuisines central Edinburgh had on offer for delivery. I'd lost my sense of smell and taste by then, so I went for textures I thought would be nice.
If we had to get sick, the timing was perfect: we had the hotel room for 6 days, and the NHS said to isolate for 5. And then we moved for 2 nights to the Ocean Mist, a small docked yacht done up as a 1920s gentleman’s yacht. It’s had a long history, including being used in war and being a nightclub, and was a nice place to hole up in for a couple more days. I'd already been to Edinburgh twice before, so not getting to see it wasn't the blow it could have been, though I most regret having to cancel the class where I’d get to learn about and fly a couple of birds of prey. I can’t find anything comparable here in my area.
Anyway, the theme of the vacation was mostly “waiting.” Waiting for trains, waiting for ferries, waiting for check-in times, waiting to feel better.
And of course I got home and had to reschedule three medical appointments and a massage thanks to Covid.
One of which I did today. Medical foo, skip if you're needle-phobic.
( Read more... ) End medical foo. Summary: got a thyroid cyst biopsied, will know in a week if there's anything to worry about.
This weekend: a local writer's conference that I’ll be going to since I got the Covid all-clear from my doc. Woo.
Yup, we got Covid. We were half expecting it, even with taking what precautions we did, especially since the new vaccine didn't come out until we were already in Scotland. I assume we got the new strain. It was mild as these things go. It felt like I was speedrunning a cold, really, as the symptom occurrence was so compressed. One day I started feeling drainage, and the next I woke up with sneezing and coughing.
myrialux felt fine, so I sent him to Boots (suitably masked) for meds and a Covid test, which confirmed my suspicions. I started isolating in the hotel room that day. myrialux masked up and walked around the Old Town and the outside portions of the castle, but started feeling symptoms the next day and stayed in with me.We notified the hotel, which was glad to give us room service on breakfast (they don't offer it normally) and deliver extra towels, tissues, tea and coffee, etc., and to stay out of the room. We kept the windows open for both ventilation and to cool the room down as the hotel was well-insulated to keep warmth in. I discovered that the Deliveroo app (food delivery service) would take our US phone number so we explored the vast cuisines central Edinburgh had on offer for delivery. I'd lost my sense of smell and taste by then, so I went for textures I thought would be nice.
If we had to get sick, the timing was perfect: we had the hotel room for 6 days, and the NHS said to isolate for 5. And then we moved for 2 nights to the Ocean Mist, a small docked yacht done up as a 1920s gentleman’s yacht. It’s had a long history, including being used in war and being a nightclub, and was a nice place to hole up in for a couple more days. I'd already been to Edinburgh twice before, so not getting to see it wasn't the blow it could have been, though I most regret having to cancel the class where I’d get to learn about and fly a couple of birds of prey. I can’t find anything comparable here in my area.
Anyway, the theme of the vacation was mostly “waiting.” Waiting for trains, waiting for ferries, waiting for check-in times, waiting to feel better.
And of course I got home and had to reschedule three medical appointments and a massage thanks to Covid.
One of which I did today. Medical foo, skip if you're needle-phobic.
( Read more... ) End medical foo. Summary: got a thyroid cyst biopsied, will know in a week if there's anything to worry about.
This weekend: a local writer's conference that I’ll be going to since I got the Covid all-clear from my doc. Woo.
