{"id":160,"date":"2023-10-08T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2023-10-08T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:19:35","slug":"last-things-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Last things first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>After two and a half years of carefully avoiding COVID-19, it finally caught up to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably on the plane ride or airports home from Ireland. I even wore a mask when the press of people in the security line was more than I wanted to be near. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in airports and on planes for about 20 hours total, and at the end of it I wasn&#8217;t too surprised my ears were ringing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least I was home. One of my biggest worries about the trip was getting sick on the plane ride over to Ireland. Being sick for a week when I got home was boring, very boring, but not a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230928_101114-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"529\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/red-curry-paste.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/red-curry-paste.png 432w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/red-curry-paste-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The next morning I wasn&#8217;t yet feeling sick when I took a home test out of an abundance of caution. It showed a positive result quickly, unambiguously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the congestion and headaches. A second lab test to confirm. I missed the boat on the antiviral&#8211;the positive home test was on a Thursday, and Saturday when the symptoms arrived the doctor was closed and I was too sick and lazy to figure out other methods of getting a prescription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have any chickens or broth, so I used spoonfuls of red curry paste mixed in water to make a broth that brought blessed relief. <br><br>Ten days later and most of the symptoms have abated, still some ringing in the ears, but I&#8217;m mostly well. 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