Continuing from my previous post two weeks ago, when I moved out from the property I sold before Christmas, I survived two weeks in a hotel room with lots of takeaway meals. During the last few days of our stay, my husband started to have a toothache and could barely eat solids. Then I had this genius idea to make him a hot nutritious meal of mash potato with tuna. Mash potato was the instant mix one with hot water, and I heated up the pot of tuna by placing it over a mug of hot water. Viola!!! Not the best gourmet food, but when you only have hot water, it's not a bad hot meal!!
As of Christmas, I still hadn't decided where I would move to after the new year. In the end, due to my husband's toothache, I figured I really needed a place with cooking facilities so decided to book an airbnb for two weeks back in my hometown which is about 200km away from London where I was staying. We took advantage of our last few days in the capital and went out to meet up with some friends because we didn't know when we'd be back. On 3 January we caught the train back to my hometown.
My Airbnb was such a luxury after the hotel room. It's got a proper living room, which is bigger than it looks in the photo, a proper kitchen so I don't have to eat expensive takeaway all the time, and a very good size bedroom. All this for £51 a night, which is a bargain compared to my hotel room which was around £36 a night.
This is perfect for the next two weeks until I decide on my next move. But given hubby's condition, I doubt we'll can go on a cruise now. It would be pointless going on board if he can't eat any of the free gourmet food. After we had settled down, we did a lateral flow test just to check everything is ok. I normally do that if I've been out quite a lot, especially as London is a hotspot. I did one on new years day as one of the friends we met up with a few days prior to that told us he had tested positive. That scared the shit out of me especially since I had been coughing for a few days!! Luckily the test came back negative! Phew!
Anything can happen in three days, and this test wasn't so lucky! We both tested positive! Just one line by C is negative. If you get a line by T no matter how faint it is, you are positive 😭
Sometimes the lateral flow test are known to be false positive, so the next morning we went to get a PCR test. The results came back positive as well. Shit!
Now I have to isolate for 10 days and that throws my two week plan out of the window! Fortunately, I just have the normal cough and sore throat, not big deal. This flat is great to chill out for 10 days, but it's on the top floor and lacks window. This is the only one, which thankfully is quite a large one and has a nice frame. This will be the only blue sky I'll be seeing for 10 days.
Luckily I'm back in my hometown with my family here. One of my sisters bought some groceries over, and another batch cooked me some meals which I can heat up in the microwave. Isn't it great to have family around. I dread what I would do if I was still stuck in the hotel room in London.
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My little fairy is also here, poor thing, she has to self isolate with me!. By the way, if you want to enter my PUD Guessing Contest to guess what I've named her, you can do it here. The contest closes on Saturday 8th Jan 4pm GMT which is 22 hours from the time of my posting this. If you would like to join in the fun, head on over there now!!!
Stay safe everyone.
How was your journy dear.
my journey is per my post if you cared to read it
Yes dear I read it very careful, very nice journey
Oh well, now that you are positiviely positive, you are truly invincible in 10 days time. Enjoy your time, read a thick book. Don't worry about Covid, we will all have it eventually.
My friend says I can be friends with Marvel now!!!
I think we just got to learn live with it unlike some countries that work on zero case policy
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What? You have COVID? Glad that it is mild and so glad you are in a nicer space to quarantine in. Oh what a time you have had lately. Take care. Thanks for the updates.
They say 1 in 15 people got it in England, so I guess you can say we're taking one for the team, the rest of the family are safe 😃.
Thank you for dropping by Sara!
I like the humor attached to the reply. We follow life the way we see it sometimes. I wish you guys stronger health
All the best to you and your husband. Show that virus who's boss.
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That sucks. I am sorry to hear that you tested positive and it messed up your plans. Smart move going to get a PCR test though. I know that is what we usually recommend for people where I work. I used to help out in the morning testing students and we always encouraged them to go get a PCR test after a positive from us. Simply because of the false positives. Stay well!
Getting the PCR was a bit of a challenge in itself. We're supposed to pre book but my local one wasn't available. The nearest one was 12 miles but they said don't take public transport or taxi and I don't have a car.... Then my sister said her son walks in the local one every week for a test for his job, but the website said do not walk in. In the end we just rolled up the next day and they were fine!!! Lucikly I listed to my sister otherwise I'll still be sitting here for 10 days thinking do I really have Covid!!!
Thanks for dropping by @bozz, much appreciated
Oh wow, that does sound like quite the ordeal. I know over here you have to get an appointment, but they aren't quite as strict about the whole stay in your house thing. At least not many people pay attention or adhere to that it seems. It's a very cavalier attitude people have over here which is unfortunate sometimes.
Very nice post and very beautiful photographs! Much health to you and your husband and stay safe! Keep up the good work here on HIVE and all the best! :)
Thanks for your kind wishes
You're most welcome! All the best and have a great day! :)
Wish you the best with all your plans you threw out the window because of Covid. I pray you get to have all the fun you wanted.
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Am really sorry please take care of yourself
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Very sorry to read this @livinguktaiwan. 😔
Yes, very much a blessing, in your current situation. Take heart, for most people, while "no joke," COVID is just another illness, from which most recover without any long-term effects.
Hopefully, you will be able to stay out of a hospital. My beloved lost her brother to COVID within the last month. He had some health issues and ended up in the hospital. Lots of family discussion surrounding how that all played out ...
What are you doing to "self-medicate?" Do you have any protocol you are following to regain your health.
P.S. Interesting to see your self-test. I will long remember being on our vacation this summer, getting a COVID test (as a precaution, before going to our daughter's house), and belatedly (hospital screwed up their routine ...) being handed a piece of paper which read that I was positive. With a woman just looking at me ... 😒👎
The cases in UK are shooting up but thankfully hospitalisation and death rates have not gone up by the same magnitude, that is the most important thing. I'm so sorry to hear about your brother in law,that is really sad.
We're not doing much different during self isolation to be honest, as it's just like a normal cough. Drinking lots of water and taking some vitimin C pill, and lemon honey drink. My family are feeding me well, so that is a bonus!!
re your test, did they give you the wrong result of do they just not give you any instructions what to do if you test positive? She didn't shoo you home to self isolate immediately?
They said nothing, but we didn't need any prompting. I went back to where we were staying, packed up, and had enough strength to complete the marathon drive back to our home. Then, we went into our local urgent care first thing the next morning, where the + results were confirmed ...
From there, we followed the protocol we had researched and in which we had the most confidence. The worst of it was over in about 3 days. We were totally recovered after about 3 weeks. The cough "hung on" over that time and just slowly petered out ...
Nice to know you have family looking after you. That is always worth some "points" in your recovery! 😉 While our children have all moved off "to the four winds," we had the support of our church family.
Get well soon. I hope you won't suffer much.
🤦♀️ How could I miss the guessing contest? I need to think about your fairy's name tomorrow as right now I'm feeling like crap.
Tap tap tap.... waiting impatiently,,🤨
There are 7 names there already, just need to guess which one I choose.
Why are you feeling crap? You ok?
I'm ok, I mean it's bearable but not normal. I hope it's nothing.
Heading over to see the names, let's see if I can dream about the right name 😉
I'm sure you'll be fine, nothing that a good night's sleep won't fix. Take care
You should have tagged me, yet you haven't! 🙁
Hope both of you recover soon. Nice that you are back with your family and got a cozy Airbnb. Plus you have more time to post now. :)
That's true. I was forcing myself to go out every day, even for a short walk when I was staying in the hotel as it's very unhealthy to stay in the room all the time. Now, I can stay, and laze around not do much
Oh dear! You might as well have it now and get it done with, I'm sure it won't be long before you're on the mend. Are you sure you're not some sort of squatter? lol...
Take care, I hear copious amounts of whiskey works wonders for Covid and toothache!
Wouldn't mind squatting here actually, it's quite nice. I'm actually waiting to hear if I can extend my stay to the end of the month now that a cruise is out of the question. That's more annoying than having covid actually!!!!
I shall pass on the message to hubby, I'm sure he will concur with you.
I was about to say, it looks really nice. Where were you planning to cruise?
hi livinguk sad to read this.. I am new here in hive.. get well soon.
Thanks, and welcome to Hive. I see you you are working in HK now, just curious who introduced you to Hive?
yes, i'm here now in hk as ofw, my friend in the other country introduced me about this hive. I also got vaccinated yesterday for my 3rd dose, now I have a fever, headache and body ache I hope I'm ok tomorrow because I need to work again. Thanks for your time. hope you get well soon too.😊 nice meeting you.
It's worthwhile to include your friend's name in your self introduction post as it adds creditability to your account, which will in turn helps you in the long run
ohh thanks for the idea i don't know that .. yes your right maybe i edit my first self introduction post so i can include my friends name. thank you so much 😊😊
oh nooo, get well soon! London is quite bad atm, it is good you only feel minor symptoms. Not ideal to isolate, but as you said, it could have been worse staying in the hotel.
You know, when I read your title I thought you meant a cruise 😂
I hope both of your recovery is fast!
Think the cruise is out of the question now which is a bummer, was actually quite looking forward to that.
I was getting a bit worried in London, too many people who don't wear masks on public transport and indoors, was starting to get a bad vibe so was quite looking forward to leave. But I hear the hotspot has gone up north now, you guys take care as well.
I am glad you are at least out of that enclosed space they call a hotel room and into better accommodation. Get well soon, I hope your hubby isn't showing serious symptoms?
I really enjoyed reading your post, it seemed like you took us around with you. stay safe
Both of us only have mild symptons, just like a normal cold, so all good. Thanks for asking
Damn that sucks that you caught the covid. Glad you guys only have minor symptoms. The quarantine sucks but it's good that you guys switched to the airbnb before finding out. More space would be better than a tiny hotel room.
After two weeks, I was getting to the stage where I was quite eager to leave London, so the timing is perfect, if there ever is a perfect time to catch it. But looking on the bright side, I'm gonna be super immune now 💪
Yeah that's true about being super immune. To be honest, I feel like everyone is going to get it eventually. It's super contagious and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. At least the new strain is far less deadly. A lot of people get it and don't even realize it or they just think that they have a cold. It seems like it is slowly becoming a new seasonal sickness that we have to deal with.
I am so glad you just have a mild symptoms. Take care and I hope you and your hubby are going to be ok soon.
Thanks Dora, it nice to have a rest after the Christmas and staying in a hotel for 2 weeks
I'm safe! At least I think so. Most of my family and I have all got the dratted cold that's going around. We've done loads of lateral flow tests which have all been negative I'm glad to say. There are a lot off work with Covid where I work and I'm worried as I can't afford the time off!
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Good to hear that, coz you on and off the planes all the time, gotta be careful. I recall you were planning to change jobs, how is that going?
By the way, I still got to cut the video we did last year, haven't forgotten!!!
Changing corporate contracts mean I may be moving to a new company end of march.
I'm sorry I heard it happened to you, I hope you'll be okay 🙏 and take care of yourself so you can get well soon.
Oh my what do I read here? Hope you will have a good time in this Apartment. At least it's a very pretty window ;-) and good to have family near. I have to go through your last postings. Why do you have no place to live?
Get well soon I send you much !LUV and also !LOL because laughter and love is the best medicine :-)
I sold my property but the new one isn't available yet so I'm nomading around for the time being. Normally I wouldn't mind too much as I can just go on holiday, but the current conditions makes it rather inconvenient. Happy times 🤣
Ah ok, didnt know. And how are you doing now, hope fine? So fortuna didnt want you to nomad travel around, but to stay and rest a place until your new home is ready to go there :-)
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Talk about best laid plans! I am sorry to hear about the big C, but glad you are with your husband and back home. Small (actually quite big) mercies...
Trust you both have no lingering effects and wish you well in your new home. When you get there.
Thanks Fiona. Being back in my home town is really a blessing and having my family delivery food etc, I actually feel quite spoilt!!
Hopefully, you and your husband recover soon; just be patient in the isolation time, and I hope your husband's toothache is not so terrible these days. Take care!
Hubby got a dental appointment after our self isolation so hopefully he can get things sorted out very soon. Thank you for dropping by, it's much appreciated
You are welcome!:)
Well matey that sucks for sure. However you do now have a chance to gobble up some good literature, binge watch some shows, and rest up till your hearts content. When you get better you'll appreciate a good old leg stretch around Bristol town, and surrounding areas in a whole new way. After being cooped up that first walk always feels amazing. I hope it's not a severely symptomatic ordeal, and you recover quick. Look after yourself. :)
Luckily it's just a cough, the annoying tickily one, but other than that we're fine. Having a good rest now and don't have to feel guilty about not getting out of bed by 9am or having an afternoon kip!! Will be moving back here now and stay for the foreseeable future, so you never know, might come and visit you sometime when the good times are back!! You take care yourself
So sorry to hear this. Please get well soon. You and hubby. Guess what? You suddenly found time, 10 days in fact, to Hive 😊 and to knit 🧶.
Thanks Ruel. How did you know? I'm actually crocheting a pouch for my new laptop!!!
Really? I'm already guessing what color it's going to be 😀
I know because you're one who never can stay put and stare into the window all day 👀😂
I remember you were talking about going on a cruise in your post weeks ago and now it's all screwed up because of covid. Seems like the sale of your house just brought bad luck :((
Best wishes to you and your husband. Hope you get well soon!
It's really my husband's toothache that has screwed up the cruise because there's no point going on board for the good food if he can't eat very well. Anyway, that's life for you. But selling the house had to be done, because that's part of my bigger plan, so I'm actually glad that all went through. Thank you for your kind wishes
Hope you will be fine!
thanks
I hope you are doing OK.
At this stage i think everyone are going to get it. There were some positive results in our house over Christmas and it really threw the holidays into confusion. Thankfully we are all OK now and it was very mild symptoms.
Get well soon.
oh dear! That's a bummer having it over Christmas, that really messes things up, did you end up with two separate Christmas dinner in the household? Good to hear all is good now
We got though Christmas dinner before the Antigen Tests showed up Covid. It went downhill after that :) but I cant really complain, I got to spend time isolating with my daughter and none of us had a bad dose of it. We are all fine now. Hope you get better soon.
Nothing better than some father daughter bonding time over Christmas !
Get well and try to have a great time in quarantine as much as you can, a strong mindset always helps😁
Thanks @creativemary, I'm actually enjoying the time indoors, weather is quite crappy so I feel I'm not really missing out on a lot, guess that makes me feel a lot better!!
Despite the fact you and your husband tested positive on covid, still this post is pretty positive :) Love the way how you presented the things! The place you are staying now is nice and indeed a bargain, and you can feel almost at home. Having a kitchen is like a blessing after a hotel room... I saw those cool small paintings with piano keyboards 😎🎹 and well, just one window is not that cool, but at least, as you also say, it has a nice frame :)
The small fairy whose name we will find out soon (hopefully :D ) is probably not bothered being self isolated there with you ;) Get well soon @livinguktaiwan 😇
Now you mention the piano keyboards, I just took a good look at the paintings again... I hadn't noticed them before 😅 they're actually pretty cool paintings.
Thanks for your blessings @mipiano
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Oh my dear, take care and get well soon. Wishing you speedy recovery
Thanks @nainaztengra , hope all is well with yourself
That's a bit shit! Just goes to show that we are not out of the woods yet where covid is concerned. Just realised this was 24 days ago.... so guessing you're both ok now??