It’s almost been a month?! Wow! I’m feeling a bit better after being sick. I had no clue that I was going to get hit again with being sick. Yeah! I got sick again right after my strep-throat got better. It’s just my luck.
Getting Tested for COVID
The day that I got tested for strep, it was all I got tested for. I didn’t get tested for COVID, even though they were certain it wasn’t COVID. My only symptom at the time was a sore throat and a bit of a cough. Nothing else. But as the week progressed and I finished taking my antibiotics, I was still coughing, throat still hurt, my chest hurt, and I was exhausted.
I called the doctor's office two weeks ago, but because of my symptoms they told me I needed to get tested for COVID instead, and if my COVID test was negative, I’d need to go to the walk-in clinic because my doctor was out on vacation.
The hospital, literally in my back yard, had no available appointments to get tested for COVID, so I had to go to a doctor’s office, a town over. If you have yet to get tested, getting swabbed in your nose hurts, and if you’re sick it hurts even more. They also tested me for strep again.
Fantastic news about both tests! I was negative for COIVD and strep, and as time progressed, my cold, or whatever it maybe got better, so I didn’t have to go to the doctor to find out what illness I have.
A bucket list for Jen
After being sick, I have decided to start a bucket list for the rest of the fall and during the winter. It’d be nice to have a list of things that I want to do and hopefully get them done. My bucket list for the fall and winter isn’t that long and a lot of the things I want to do aren’t exceptionally hard, but there are a few things that I want to do.
Start my music blog: There are many reasons that I want to start a blog, one of the biggest reasons is something that has made me feel better when I’m sick, music is great therapy. The other reason is that I want to share music I’m listening to now or share a band that I’ve recently learned about.
Take a few online courses: I’ve talked about online camping, but I really want to take a few free online college courses. I’m still not sure what classes I want to take, but I’ll update about them when I have a chance.
Share a few giveaways: I love giveaways don’t you? Winning things for free is a lot fun. There’s really not much to do. I hope to eventually start my very own giveaway.
Start dieting and exercising: In the past few months I went from 115 pounds to 145. I’m not happy with my weight gain at all. I don’t feel as happy the weight I am. I’ve been looking at Sparknotes to get my meal plans and exercises from.
Share a blog post about some of the free apps/programs I use when blogging: Lastly, I want to share a few things I use during blogging a few things like LibreOffice, Grammarly, and Wordtune to name a few. You know something like sharing the tools of blogging.
It's not really a lot of stuff to do, and I’m sure I can get everything done during the fall and winter. I’m sure there’s going to be more things I’m going to add, but these are fine for right now. I don’t want to overwhelm myself.
In the end, I only need to remind myself to keep my head up and realize that goals are there and to keep trucking on during the pandemic. The pandemic changes things but it doesn't mean that you can't accomplish other things.
I’ll try to keep updated on my tasks.
Do you have any things you want to do this fall or winter?