Positively POSITIVE

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After a peaceful start of the New Year, the first month went a little crazy… When we get so used to a routine, even a small derailing makes it feel like everything is upside down. The key is to have fun when we are upside down.  

On 1/11, both Derek and I tested POSITIVE with COVID.  I had NO symptoms or a reason to think that I had COVID.  But we had the luxury of couple in home tests handy.  Derek wanted to be able to tell his company that he is feeling a little under the weather (just tiredness) but he doesn’t have COVID (since he didn’t have fever or body aches or anything else).  Therefore he conveniently used one of our in-home tests.  We were shocked to see his “double” lines.  I immediately started to get ready to send him down to the basement for isolation.  Since we had another spare test, I decided to test first to make sure that I am negative.  Within first few seconds, my second line was already apparent!! I was POSITIVE too with NO symptoms.  I picked the kids off of their schools right away and they both tested negative.  It was great news for them but that would also meant that we would need to isolate from them at home.  For those of you who know me well, I am very close with my kids - kissing and hugging is an every minute task!!  Having double masks at home, not eating food with the kids, constantly sanitizing any surface we touched, not giving them a good night hug or a kiss… NO FUN!  On 1/13, both of the kids also tested POSITIVE.  And guess what?! They had the biggest smile on their faces when they tested positive because they realized that they would be able to kiss and hug us!!!  That I call, POSITIVELY POSITIVE!  We were lucky not to have, almost, any symptoms.  

Here is a positive outlook during isolation!

We still don’t know how and when we got it.  Given how isolated we have been living for the last 2 years, it is hard to blame it on anything we do routinely.  It took us 10 days to clear the kids and get a negative test.  And during that time, we certainly missed our trips up to Tahoe.  However, the silver lining was that we were able to enjoy home and staying put.  We cuddled as much as we wanted and we enjoyed some delivery food for a change. :)

And on Kaya’s 7th birthday, 1/24, we were officially in the clear with our NEGATIVE tests.  I am still in shock that our son is now 7!  It was like last month that I announced his birth.  That means this blog has been around for over 7 years - kind of crazy.

Birthday boy, on his birthday, after school!

To top it all of, my Train and Smile theme of the week for the week of 1/10 was a “Fresh Start” where we used “cloth masks” as our tool.  In the middle of an isolation from the kids, a cloth mask came in very handy.  The bummer is that the “fresh start” theme was supposed to focus on removing the masks sometime in 2022.  Now, instead of removing, we are doubling the masks to a point there is NOT fresh air (let alone a start). :)

Here are couple moves to get your lungs going:

  • Put on your mask and do jumping jacks for 30 seconds

  • Keep the mask on and do mountain climbers for 30 seconds

  • Keep the mask on and do burpee’s for 30 seconds

  • Take the mask off for 10 seconds

  • Repeat the first 4 moves 5 times

  • Cover your eyes with the mask and lift your right leg off the ground (keeping the leg in front but not touching the ground) for 30 seconds

  • Keep the mask on and switch legs for 30 seconds.

  • Take the mask off for 10 seconds

  • Repeat the last three for 5 times.

We hope that if you ever end up meeting COVID, it will be as gentle to you as it has been to us.

Big high five for finishing the first month of 2022 on a higher note.

Here is our COVID POSITIVE family!