Miyagi Covid Staycay 2: Day 5

    Things got done today, including filing some US taxes online, my kid attending a couple of classes online, and a short chat with my husband. It turns out, part of the Hotel Covid experience is that you're basically just stuck there for ten days, even if your symptoms are gone long before that. They're apparently just not going to bother testing you again, instead forcing you to wait out the 13 days that you're capable of being contagious from the onset of a positive test. 

    So my guy is feeling better but is stuck there all the same. Meanwhile, I'm still having to slow down and try to get my kid to work with me on making it through this. She wants her dad back. I feel really lucky that we're only separated by a couple of weeks of quarantine, not something worse or longer lasting. 

Clay cat du jour 

    One thing that has gone well is my kid using her creativity to express herself during these trying times. It's mostly clay cats and ipad-generated songs right now, but she's finding something to do with the energy and that's important. 

    Every day that we don't have symptoms, I feel more like we're probably fine. Tomorrow morning, we'll take some drug store antigen tests to make sure we're safe and go from there. 

    I can't believe it's already day 5! Just a couple more days and we'll be able to shop, study, and work again. 

    Normal is coming.