was bad. Fever will chills bad enough that I was shaking and my teeth were chattering. I chalked that up to a stomach virus, which I'm fairly confident it was. It knocked me out though. Even afterwards, and I mean a month afterwards, I had aches that started with whatever I had whenever I did any serious walking (we went to Disney about a month after I got sick, and the muscle aches were hell). The aches have since subsided.

Do I think that was Covid? No. I mean, it was September, which is way before anyone thinks this thing started. Would I get an antibody test if I could? Yeah, because I work in an office where people from all over come in and hand me their documents, passport, etc. and my hand washing/face touching avoidance before the pandemic was average at best. So it's realistic that I could have been exposed, especially in the weeks leading up to our closure. Maybe I was an asymptomatic case? Who knows?

Funnily enough, my daughter was out of school the week before everything shut down here with a low grade fever and cough. Maybe she had a light case since she's a kid? Who knows? Whatever she had, my wife and I didn't catch, which is a rare ocurrence in my house. It's usually a hellish cycle whenever the kid gets sick.

I had this conversation with my boss yesterday, as we are currently brainstorming the best way to open the office back up to the public. My opinion is that a lot of us (I'm including myself) are going to have a hard time psycholgically being ready to feel comfortable doing a lot of things until their is a vaccine. Getting on a plane, walking around the mall, standing in line at the bank, not wearing a face mask out in public. We've had this routine drilled into us for so long, and it's going to be hard to feel safe when that routine changes. I'm 39, not overweight, and in relatively good health. My blood pressure read elevated earlier this year, but has been brought completely under control with an over the counter diuretic (no readings above 110/75 since that time). So am I high risk? Not as much as a lot of people. Still, you hear about the random case where the guy was 30, no health issues, and dropped dead. This whole thing stinks. So, yes, antibody test me. Bring it on.