This week my Word of the Week is: Positive! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:

On Tuesday morning I had already decided my word, it was going to be sociable but life threw us a curveball and that changed. Now my word is positive! The last time I used the word Positive it was under similar circumstances, Stu brought Covid home from work. Ugh!

We had a lovely start to the week. We went out for Sunday lunch, went to see my dad and his partner and on Monday Stu and I went out for breakfast, saw my brother and then we went off to the local pub as it was reopening with new managers. When we were on our way there Stu was saying he felt cold and shivery, I just blamed the weather even though I was quite warm. 

In the pub we ended up sitting near where the new managers and chef were and had a good chat with them, they seem lovely. All the changes and new things that they are planning sound really positive. I am just liking the idea of food being served 7 days a week and regular entertainment being on. Last night they had an Elvis tribute on which looked fantastic but we decided to stay home to keep others safe.

While we were at the pub on Monday they were handing out samples of food and Stu tried some chicken with a spicy dip and started coughing and then hasn't really stopped coughing all week. We thought nothing of it and just assumed it was a cold, he felt achy, shivery and had a snotty nose but for us that is normal at this time of year with the change of season and all the pollen. On Tuesday evening when I was watching the documentary about Derek Draper and his final year suffering from the health complications from Covid I said to Stu you should do a Covid test just to see if you have it. It's the fastest I have seen a Covid test show as positive. At least we knew but it wasn't going to change anything.

It seems crazy that 4 years ago we had an app telling us if we had been in contact with anyone with Covid, we had to isolate for a couple of weeks, do numerous tests but now we just carry on as normal.

Stu had to sit on a bus for an hour to work, be in an office with no windows or ventilation and then come home again on the bus. He tried to open windows on the bus and at work near him but others complained they were too cold despite having the air conditioning on freezing at work. I dread to think who he has infected but that's the way of the world now, it's the new normal. Everyone avoided him at work and said it's wrong that people with Covid should still have to go in but understood that it's the company policies fault, not Stu's.

When Stu tested positive Becky was at work and I asked her what would happen if she tested positive, she said nothing apart from her having to wear a mask. If she is well enough to go into work she has to which for her is ridiculous. Her work think you have to be on deaths door not to go in. She had food poisoning a couple of years ago and was really ill but still had to go into work, she lasted about an hour before she was sent home and complaints were made. She had a really bad cold a few years ago which we thought was Covid but it was just the flu, she still had to go to work and infected residents. I would love to know how the residents families in the care home feel about their loved one's being treated by people who have Covid because I know I would not be happy.

Myself and the girls are absolutely fine, we have shown no symptoms of anything. In fact I have not even had any hay fever symptoms over the past week. We did a test yesterday and we're still negative despite Stu still testing positive. It's really strange but I am glad. I really didn't want to be ill going into the Easter weekend poorly.

I am looking at the positives, we saved a bit of money by not going out to the pub last night, next week Stu has a week off work and should be better to enjoy some days out, Becky has spent more time at home as she didn't want to run the risk of passing anything on to her friends and I had the most amazing nights sleep in Becky's bed while she was at work on Tuesday night while I was avoiding Stu! hehehe

How has your week been? I hope you have had a good one!