Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I guess what I'm saying is you just can't win with some people. So Ali, my advice would be follow your gut instinct at each moment. Don't plan to be one way when you encounter this person. Just let the moment guide you.
To me, it was a good thing that you lost your temper and screamed back at her. She now learns she can't bully you. Perhaps, you even gain some respect. So, do not lose your ground.
She does not deserve your niceness, she deserves your indifference and disregard.
My reach-for desideratum in these circumstances is "anger begets anger, but a soft answer turneth away wrath." I have used the strategy successfully in situations both when (I admit it) I was manifestly in the wrong and with not a leg to stand on (except there are no parking rights during school run hours in North London, bite me) and when I was genuinely at a loss to know what on earth the person was screeching about. Treat this lady as though she is a normal person and not a complete nut job and with any luck it at least won't escalate.
He also reports that a coworker showed up for work and hung around for about an hour only to to tell everyone he has covid and shouldn't be there. What the heck is wrong with people.
Glad you got your glasses!
If it drops below 90, time to get help.
Lots of people catch cold this time of year. Normally we wouldn’t bat an eye when we heard such news. But covid makes everyone paranoid.
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
More and more people now known to us have reported sick, both vaccinated and unvaccinated. People who have tried hard to be safe, and people who were out and about, ignoring the pandemic have been infected. Some have died.
Less and less people follow any guidelines or protocols, instead seek to declare themselves above any rules, and say that they are smarter than any medical professionals.
I am sad for everyone, especially those who have worked so hard, like the caregivers here.
But we all need to persevere, stay the course a bit longer.
Yes, there is a pandemic.
After two years, you may need to learn more about it.
Putting forth opinions and facts just to be deconstructed by naysayers for discussions and disagreements will not save your life, imo.
Stay strong.
There is no reason to test yourself for covid because there are no special medications or treatments being given for anyone with mild symptoms unless you get lucky and have a doc that will give ivermectin. Or recommend supplements like d3, vitamin c, quercetin with zinc (careful with taking to much zinc though).
Can you imagine if they had all this testing for the flu. Talk about a money maker. Maybe they will have it in 2023 then people will be able to test themselves all winter.
I will never get tested for covid or take the vaccine.
Most BP devices check BP and pulse.
The oximeter tests O2 and pulse.
I haven’t seen a BP device that tests O2 but I see on Amazon, they exist! Good to know.
The stance of my niece-in-law... until... she was in the ER with her 11-year-old niece who NIL has custody of. The child couldn't breathe, tested positive for covid, and was too many days in for antibodies to work well. In 14 hours she would be on a vent. Her younger sister who went thru the original covid with moderate symptoms 3 months earlier, was also positive but an antibody infusion worked well. NIL ended up hospitalized and on oxygen. The five other members of the household (my nephew and his kids as well as her older son) were vaccinated and had mild symptoms for 1-2 days. I also had mild symptoms for 1 day after I began taking care of NIL's 7-year-old son (my grand-nephew) while his mother was hospitalized.
Thank God for the vaccine and my nephew who took the vaccine and had his sons vaccinated! We are still praying the 11-year-old gets to come home soon.