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Long COVID
Jul. 29th, 2021 09:30 pmLast weekend, my in-laws were here with our niece, Emilia. (And their dog, Elphie.) Eris was thrilled to spend some time with her cousin and crushed that the vacation couldn't last longer. Was certainly very nice to see them in person for the first time since 2019. We did as much of the visit as we could manage masked and/or outdoors, but it was more getting out as a family than we'd done in the past year, probably. They made the drive all the way from Texas. Which has hopefully all gone well. The COVID numbers are still going in the wrong direction here and are much worse there. It's clear now that it's going to be a long and bumpy road from pandemic to endemic COVID.
Work gave me these nifty at-home COVID test kits, which will probably be especially useful when the school year starts. Return to office requirements for the Goog have been delayed until October 18, and they're requiring vaccination now (though I would have expected very high rates regardless).
Eris continued to have some rough nights over the last few weeks, including apparently some night terrors, a disturbing phenomenon where the sufferer is apparently very distressed but actually still asleep (and, as with sleepwalking, unusually resistant to being awakened). It's alarming, but probably not a long-run problem, and I feel like I have a better idea of how to handle that now if it recurs.
I've been doing a lot of cooking, and enjoying that quite a bit. Some of the items from the last few weeks included chard and feta quiche, chicken stew with garlic scapes, and eggplant stir-fry with scapes, carrots, and beets.
Work gave me these nifty at-home COVID test kits, which will probably be especially useful when the school year starts. Return to office requirements for the Goog have been delayed until October 18, and they're requiring vaccination now (though I would have expected very high rates regardless).
Eris continued to have some rough nights over the last few weeks, including apparently some night terrors, a disturbing phenomenon where the sufferer is apparently very distressed but actually still asleep (and, as with sleepwalking, unusually resistant to being awakened). It's alarming, but probably not a long-run problem, and I feel like I have a better idea of how to handle that now if it recurs.
I've been doing a lot of cooking, and enjoying that quite a bit. Some of the items from the last few weeks included chard and feta quiche, chicken stew with garlic scapes, and eggplant stir-fry with scapes, carrots, and beets.
