My 10 year old hit it on the nail last night when he exclaimed, "you faked Covid, mom!"
It's half the truth.. the kids usually tell the truth, unlike moms who make fake comments.
I woke up with the most excruciating vertigo and vomited sitting on the toilet. I've had bad tummy bugs or food poisoning before, but this was beyond anything I have experienced. While wanting to be dead rather than going through another vertigo, only one thing was going through my head, "do I have covid?"
How stupid is that? I know that vertigo is not listed as one of the common symptoms, but with any ailment you have these days, you have to ask, "do I have covid?". Especially having been caught up in the mass hysteria that our kids' school had one 12 grade positive covid case, the whole Southside's WhatsApp number of texts must have surpassed that of the whole HK that day.
I laid there thinking, "Am I dying now?, where did it get it. Maybe Ed is right, I shouldn't have gone to the flower market where there were people like ants crawling around the queen ant, oh crap, my whole family has to go into quarantine, and crap we will be the second Korean family known to have had the 2nd covid case in our school, then all the friends I have seen in the past week will have to get tested, on and on and on...."
When you get into these situations, and you are sick AND there is a Sxxxty pandemic in the world, your mind can take you for a real trip. And it's not the one that we are dreaming of taking since the deprivation of it for a year now.
My teenager opens the door ajar and asks, "Does this mean we all have to quarantine now, and I can't go out to see my friends this afternoon? Oh great", Seriously, how about, "Are you ok mom??????" Then my loving husband exclaims, "Why did you go to the flower market?" I am too sick to yell at him, but I am yelling in my head, "You are the one who went to Kowloon the other night with a camera pretending to be a photojournalist and took photos of the lockdown areas.. with our SON!" I mean I could be dying and I get no sympathy from my family. NADA.
So here I am dying, vertigo, a vomit bag next to me. But in a sick way, (no pun intended) I was a bit happy. I was back to being in quarantine. That's what inspired me to start my blog, remember? I didn't have to deal with my kids and hubby and I could have my "me" time. I can have it again, but this time due to possible real covid. Should I really be happy? Very mixed feelings.
After I talk to the doctor on the phone, she diagnoses me with some vertigo virus, but would be good to take the covid test for relief measure. I told her that I read in one of the articles that a few covid patients came in with vertigo then tested positive. If you haven't noticed, the internet has anything and everything article to support any belief. I mean anything. That's why doctors advise to NOT google anything when you are sick. IT will only make you sicker. I should have listened.
The test gets picked up and dropped off by my lovely hubby who decided to stay home because I could have Covid and he doesn't want to endanger his co-workers.. or maybe to actually help me in case I have to be rushed in an ambulance? IT's 12pm, the test will be back by 7. I have 7 more hours of quarantine if I am lucky. If not it could 21 days at a crappy govt facility.
I use this time as an excuse to watch a trashy Netflix reality show called Bling Empire. I have never watched the Kardashians, but I have to confess this was super entertaining... although I am not sure I would have enjoyed as much if I wasn't living in HK where this stuff also happens all around me. I remember waiting for my husband for dinner at a trendy restaurant in Central and a lady next to our table demanded that she have the long table together, not two separate tables because she is going to spend a "sxxt load of money on this dinner" Welcome to HK, the Asia Bling Empire. I laughed my PJs off when I heard comments on the reality show like "No dick ain't worth that" after a woman on the show gets verbally abused, or after hearing that the only poor dude on the reality show pays $1000 USD per month for rent, the two bling girls were like, "that's not even a pair of shoes!". You gotta watch it to believe it.
Bling Empire, Netflix
The ending with an emotional revelation of each character added a sentimental value to this seemingly trashy show. I have to admit, I sympathized with Kevin, the poor good looking Korean model who desperately wanted to find his parents in Korea. I have quite a few Korean friends who were adopted by white families, and I know that their journey hasn't been easy despite the love they have had.
I thoroughly enjoy the reality show and finish before my quarantine is up at 7pm when I promptly received an email that the covid test is.... Negative.
I hope we can look back to these days in 1-2-3-10 years and say, those were the days when we had to wait hours for a test and quarantine ourselves. I hope in 1 year we will be vaccinated and have some semblance of normalcy. But one thing is for sure, we don't take our health and family for granted anymore. Even when our family annoys me so much sometimes that I want to be in quarantine every week.
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