crystal ball ain't so crystal clear
Jun. 30th, 2020 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanI finally got my test results almost two weeks later. The Ontario website was never updated, so on Tuesday I walked over to the testing centre again. There was a long lineup but the man working security was beyond helpful - he got the email address of the centre testing centre and a piece of paper with my file number and "negative" scribbled on it from one of the staff. The email address yielded a form that I filled out and sent back and in the end I got a pdf of my results that I was then able to present at the residence.
So then because nothing can ever be simple, the residence announced that nobody was going to be allowed in the building because they had a staff member go into quarantine. (They don't think he has Covid, but they're being careful.) But I was still able to sit with the man for a half hour in an area that was cordoned off in the parking lot, with both of us wearing masks.
This is enough of an ordeal that I don't think I'm going to be visiting frequently, but at least I can do it once in a while. And really I'm glad they're being cautious.
When lockdown first started I would go for walks and see maybe a half dozen people in an hour and we would all weave around each other, leaving lots of space and crossing the streets to avoid contact. Now the streets are crowded and very few people seem to be making any effort to not get all up in each other's faces. So I've gone from having a bandana that I would only pull over my nose when I was in a building to buying masks that I wear all the time when I leave the house.
Somebody on my feed reported that masks are going to be mandatory in public spaces in the city starting next week, so at least that's something. Months overdue, but something.
I've been watching Deep Space 9 with Axel - I never watched it when it first came out for some reason. One of the very earliest episodes was about an epidemic on the station and that was an interesting thing to view now. I managed not to yell at the screen whenever people made bad decisions, so you all should be very proud of me.
I actually started watching it because I recently started playing an RPG on Discord with a group of people and it's set in the Star Trek universe after the Dominion war and I knew nothing about the background. I am amused by the fact that the game contains inadvertent spoilers for the show, because of course everybody else has seen it already.
I've also been watching The Morning Show with BC and boy, that's been an experience. Especially given that there have been some recent revelations about an ex being a serial abuser.
It's hard to talk about. All my brain can seem to do is yell at me that I should have known better. NOT HELPFUL BRAIN, NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.
So then because nothing can ever be simple, the residence announced that nobody was going to be allowed in the building because they had a staff member go into quarantine. (They don't think he has Covid, but they're being careful.) But I was still able to sit with the man for a half hour in an area that was cordoned off in the parking lot, with both of us wearing masks.
This is enough of an ordeal that I don't think I'm going to be visiting frequently, but at least I can do it once in a while. And really I'm glad they're being cautious.
When lockdown first started I would go for walks and see maybe a half dozen people in an hour and we would all weave around each other, leaving lots of space and crossing the streets to avoid contact. Now the streets are crowded and very few people seem to be making any effort to not get all up in each other's faces. So I've gone from having a bandana that I would only pull over my nose when I was in a building to buying masks that I wear all the time when I leave the house.
Somebody on my feed reported that masks are going to be mandatory in public spaces in the city starting next week, so at least that's something. Months overdue, but something.
I've been watching Deep Space 9 with Axel - I never watched it when it first came out for some reason. One of the very earliest episodes was about an epidemic on the station and that was an interesting thing to view now. I managed not to yell at the screen whenever people made bad decisions, so you all should be very proud of me.
I actually started watching it because I recently started playing an RPG on Discord with a group of people and it's set in the Star Trek universe after the Dominion war and I knew nothing about the background. I am amused by the fact that the game contains inadvertent spoilers for the show, because of course everybody else has seen it already.
I've also been watching The Morning Show with BC and boy, that's been an experience. Especially given that there have been some recent revelations about an ex being a serial abuser.
It's hard to talk about. All my brain can seem to do is yell at me that I should have known better. NOT HELPFUL BRAIN, NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.