This past week has been a long one and a stressful one. On the weekend James played a gig at the Bowling Club and then went to the Swans game on Sunday. Come Tuesday morning he was feeling a little blah. He went for a walk and when he got home, after having a shower he commented that it was very cold. I told him that it was actually quite a warm morning. I was feeling warm after walking to school. I then asked him to take a RAT just to be safe. Within a few seconds, James called out to me 'Debbie. It's positive'. I walked out of the bedroom and closed the door.
I felt bad that I was not really supporting him but we always said that if one of us caught Covid, we'd try and avoid having us both sick with it. I did my own RAT and it came up negative. So I headed into work all masked up. In the afternoon I picked the kids up from school and they each did a RAT that came back negative. We headed to bass then when we came home I did dinner, put the kids all to bed and then set up my own bed on the couch. Sleep wasn't great.
Wednesday morning the kids were upset that they couldn't see Daddy. Each morning they each made him a note that we delivered to his room. We also had to do RATs each morning before school. Wednesday and Thursday the kids and I were negative. James was very wiped out by this. He was very flat. He was contained to our bedroom and we stayed out of the bedroom as much as we could. Dinner was delivered to the door. He did still come out, masked up, to make coffees.
Friday morning I was feeling a bit off with a bit of a sore throat. I took a RAT as was required, and it came back negative so I took the kids to school and I headed to work. While at work I wore my mask the whole time. After work I picked up the kids and took them home. Then I headed to get a PCR. I still wasn't feeling right and I just wanted to double check that the RAT was right. That night, I tested positive to Covid. Bummer!
I set the kids up for bed, asking them to keep their distance from me. Saturday ended up being a quiet day because of Covid. James and I hung out in our bedroom while the kids mostly fended for themselves. When we went out, we wore our masks and had the kids wear theirs.
Sunday morning we watched Church online. James and I sat on one couch, masked up, and the kids sat on the other couch. They did the same TCBC Kids activity as at church because Carol and I had planned it. They needed to use scratch art to create something beautiful from nothing/the darkness.
While James was quite wiped out and felt rather rotten, I didn't feel too bad, just a bad head cold. I spent a lot of time outside in the sun to help with my mind. Alexander was sad because he missed a friend's birthday party, so Daniel was very sweet and organised a birthday party for Pingu - including party games. He made invitations and organised the games, including around the world, corners and pass the parcel. We also enjoyed ice cream for the cake time.
Playing around the world
Playing corners
Pass the Parcel
Because both James and I were Covid infected, Daniel was kind enough to do the washing up for us at night. Thanks buddy.
Every time we were out of our room, we wore our masks to help protect the kids.
The kids stayed home on Monday from school because both James and I were still in isolation. I was a bit bored at home, and didn't have the head space to organise fun activities like last time, so I continued to work and the kids did online learning. I joined staff meeting over zoom.
I had little visitors in between doing work. Alexander had fun playing a lego game together.
I felt very special and loved by having a visit from work peoples. The kids were excited to get presents too.
The kids worked hard on their home learning. Alexander even made a book.
Tuesday the kids had Book Parade at school. Unfortunately Eliza woke in the night with a fever. Great. Most likely she has Covid. We did a RAT in the morning. It came up negative. I totally didn't believe it so we headed to get a PCR test. (In the afternoon the results still came back negative).Who catches a virus while in Covid isolation?? Eliza's got mad skills.
She still dressed up for the morning as Thea Stilton but then got changed back into her PJs.
The boys were fine and excited to head to school. It was hard to make costumes with not being able to go to the shops to grab anything that is needed, but I managed to pull together some things. I convinced Daniel to get dressed into Minecraft costume - puts the Easter show gift to good use.
Alexander wanted to go dressed as Winnie the Pooh which was very cute. I managed to find bits and pieces to make a costume, and got my craft on to make Winnie the Pooh's ears.
He was so excited he even started to read some of his book.
In between working, Eliza and I played some games and hung out together. I continued to enjoy my sunshine time.
Tuesday morning we did our morning RATs and surprisingly Daniel's test showed up positive. What?? We had been so careful to keep distance, and Daniel had tested positive. Not cool. I was very very flat today. He had absolutely no symptoms which made it even more crazy. I felt bummed that when James got Covid, he could rest in our room, away from everyone else - watch what he wanted, sleep when he wanted, spend time by himself. When I caught Covid, I had the kids all home, then Eliza home and then Daniel home too. I wanted to be selfish and just do what I wanted to do and not spend time with other people or watch kids shows. Anyway, that was the selfish side of me. At least we had the time together in one go and not over many weeks.
Eliza and Daniel did home learning - I contacted the school to say that he was fine even though he had Covid and he would do home learning. At least it would keep him occupied.
Eliza caught a butterfly
Chilli kept us giggle at night with her awesome catching skills.
Wednesday morning Eliza was better so headed back to school. Now Daniel became my work buddy - but he opted for pjs as his dress for the day.
Daniel made a guitar as part of his online learning
On Saturday we were all going to head to the Sydney Swans first AFLW game. A special occasion for the kids, but especially for Eliza to go and see the girls playing the game and cheering them on. Unfortunately because of Daniel having Covid, he stayed home with James, while the little ones and I headed to the game. I kept my mask on the whole time to protect Dad and others, even though I had spent my week in isolation.
We got to watch the girls run out of the tunnel - you can spot Eliza being held up by Dad in the left corner.
The kids got photos with Cyggy on our way to the seats.
We saw the Swans AFLW first goal for the game.
First bounce
Red and White donuts for the Swans game
Seeing the girls after the game
The 2nd round of Covid wasn't very fun. While I wasn't very sick, it played a lot more on my mind. We couldn't go out. I couldn't go to work. I couldn't just sit and watch what I wanted to watch on TV. The uncertainty of whether anyone else would catch it. The annoyance when Daniel caught it thinking 'what was the point of trying to avoid everyone?'. I'm glad that we all weren't too bad. I'm very grateful for the vaccinations that we've had and the way that it helped protect us from serious illness. But I also hope that we don't have Covid again for a while at least.
