So my family (wife and kids) went up to a family function this last weekend in Idaho for my younger brother’s family event. They wore masks whenever they were inside (the only family to do so) and for the most part* were very good about the rules.
My younger brother called me today saying he’s positive for COVID and had symptoms the night most my family left.
So...that means I’m under quarantine until we get negative results and even still from 7 days past that. It would be 14 days but because we were wearing masks the time limit is less. I wasn’t there, as I was a home doing homework but it’s going to affect us regardless.
Someone in my extended family is going to get sick, and I hope it doesn’t get serious.
I’ve written before about how my family sucks regarding this COVID thing and they even mocked my wife up there to a small extent for wearing a mask and my insistence on protocols. Sure enough NONE of them wore masks at any time. Even my wife thinks I’m over sensitive and while I can’t agree I do say that I try and accommodate. We even had dinner at her parent’s house Sunday night where we wore masks anytime we weren’t eating, though we didn’t wear them eating so that’s nice to think about.
*Despite being very insistent that my wife be careful I saw pictures on IG of my daughter hugging my brother’s kids and playing with them on playground equipment outside without masks. Pretty upset about it, but what can I do.
So the kids are out of school now for a week, maybe more and I’m sure many of my brother and sister’s families (and all the people they’ve surely hung out with since) will be getting sick soon. Here’s hoping the masking was enough for us.
On the plus side, I think I am getting an A in my accounting class. So thats nice. Now I just have to finish a Finance pre-course so I can take Finance in a week. one down, many to go.