Keeping Close to Home

Our two week  Covid lockdown has come to an end.   We've stayed home, riding out the symptoms, preparing easy meals and taking things easy.  During the first week we were both very tired, took ourselves off to bed at 8.00pm, we were so weary.  And with all my coughing, I felt like my ribs had been broken, or at least, battered and bruised.  You know you are not well when the highlight of the day is your after lunch nap!  The symptoms slowly eased in week two, and after several RAT tests, we finally achieved a negative test.  Thank goodness for that.  

Robin takes part in the weekly Crown Research Institute Flu Tracking report, so we are officially reported as having contacted Covid.  This is our first time getting Covid, after all this time, and we cannot have a Covid vaccination for another 6 months.  Hopefully that means that we now have natural protection for a while.

But according to Healthline, having had Covid does not restrict you from getting the annual flu vaccination.  So we fronted up on Saturday morning with a whole bunch of others, standing in a queue for an hour, before finally reaching the front of the line and getting ushered into the cubicle.  A few questions, a quick jab, and we were on our way.  We appreciate this free service, but feel the process could have been handled better for the clients.  If two staff members were on duty, one could have been taking details, and perhaps handing out numbers, while the other was delivering the vaccinations.  With the queue made of of elderly people, standing for that length of time was very difficult.

I'm pleased we are recovered now, and can get back to our weekly routines.  We have a very busy week full of appointments, a lunch out, and an exciting day trip riding the rails in Sunday.  It would have been such a shame  to have missed that.