Slippery Slope

What a strange fortnight. Saturday two weeks ago, I was thrilled to be back at The Factory and starting the rounds of Christmas parties. Not worried about Covid at all. We were pinged the next morning so I used my first home test (I was a 'do nothing, wait for symptoms' but I think that requires you to do at least a home test).

A week ago I went to town to see the Hot Potato Band for their opening of Sydney's Open For Lunch - the long lunch on George St. 

(Yes, it worked Tourism NSW. I went, watched and then shopped - even treating myself to a  delicious sit down lunch at David Jones). I was masked but relaxed and not particularly worried about Covid. 

Literally 7 days later, we are up the back at Furnace and the Fundamentals, deliberately on the raised balcony, away from everyone with no one behind us. It made me sad as I like to be up the front in the crowd. It was fun but felt weird. And now I'm just waiting to be pinged.

Grown from my seed bomb

I will be home testing for the 5th time, before my Mah Jong Christmas party tonight (there's only 5 of us), as another local school has had a case but I'm feeling conflicted about what we are meant to be doing. 

I'm slightly confused that the rise in cases is due to Omicron when that variant is not even a tenth in total of the cases reported yesterday, so doesn't that mean Delta has blown up? I've booked my booster when it falls due in Jan but still keen to get it in before xmas should they shuffle it forward.

Am sticking with the masks in all settings and trying to create spacing where possible.

Having missed two school holidays this year, wondering if this is the beginning of the third one snatched away?

Most of all, may the smart doctors and scientists nip this thing in the bud. Stay safe everyone.

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