You Suck, George

 Carol and I got tested for Covid-19 today.

Why?

Because a co-worker of mine tested positive yesterday. Let me be more specific.

Because some jerk-off, motherfucker, brainless piece of shit was irresponsible about his own fucking life and as a result turned our life upside down. And the lives of every one working in my office.

They closed the office at 1:00 yesterday, it will be closed on Monday. After that I don't know.

The test was not horrible. We tested ourselves. CVS drive-up window by appointment. The woman walked us through it and now we wait.

FIVE to SEVEN days. What a fucking joke. It renders the test essentially meaningless. 

So what do I do? Go back to work while I wait? That seems fucking insane. I will contact work and find out what my options are.

There is very little chance that I caught this nasty bug. But I might have. I do have contact with this dude, I do speak to him, I give him paperwork, he signs it and returns it to me. 

I might have. That thought lurks in the brain. And what if I gave it to Carol? Jesus fucking Christ.

So the line yesterday was "if you had a conversation of more than 10 minutes with George and you were within 6 feet or less, you should get tested". Other than that you were on your own. To test or not to test. But the city will pay for testing charges, if any.

I said forget about the parameters, forget about the guidelines - I am getting tested and my wife is getting tested. Period.

I don't believe knowledge of this disease is that specific. What if I talked with him for 5 minutes from 7 feet away. Catch my drift? And what about the theories of working in a closed environment (which I do) with inadequate ventilation? Nobody wearing masks (including me, unfortunately - I got lulled into a sense of complacency). Although I am religious about it otherwise, which I'm sure is not the case for fuckhead. And what about this and what about that?

I gotta worry about my health and Carol's health because of one jerk-off, motherfucker, brainless, piece of shit. For FIVE to SEVEN days. What do we do? Wrap ourselves in plastic wrap and lay down on the floor for a week?

We had to cancel plans we had with Keith and Krista today. We cannot attend my Aunt Dina's funeral on Wednesday. Carol had to cancel her PT appointment for Monday. 

This is the world we live in now. A world where some people think Covid-19 is a joke and do not give a fuck about how their bottomless stupidity affects other peoples' lives. Fuck every motherfucker who does not religiously wear a mask. Fuck you and die.

The Yang to the Yin:

On the way home from the Covid test Carol and I stopped in to Beech Hill Farm. A magnificent ice cream place where you can expand your waistline and dig on the pigs and goats and birds etc. Pristine and peaceful.

We sat outside on a gorgeous fall day, an absolutely gorgeous fall day, digging on ice cream, digging on happy little kids running around, young parents beaming with pride and love. We checked out the animals, walked around a bit. Such a beautiful contrast to what we had just experienced. Eased our minds, fed our souls.

In Conclusion:

When 2021 rolls around we should delete 2020 from the records. It should be wiped out as if it never existed. Should never be written about in any history book, should never be spoken about. 

From Kobe Bryant's death on January 26 to the talk about Covid-19 in February, to full blown Covid in March, through the 200,000+ deaths, the endless suffering of broken people, jobs lost, homes lost, the cold indifference of President Fuckstick and his corrupt cabinet, to the day Joe and Carol tested for Covid-19  and beyond.....................

2020 has been the most miserable, fucking year anybody has ever experienced. Our lives have been stolen from us. There will be no "new normal". Only a new abnormal.

Anybody who contributed to the misery, who could have lessened it but did not, should die a twisted, grisly death.