Quarantine

We have been on quarantine since last Wednesday.  Looking back, I don't know what I was doing sending Jacob to CIT camp at the Wilds.  I knew they had put guidelines into place, but what on earth was I doing to send my child off?  He was supposed to go in June but the camp was closed and they bumped him to session 3, which was supposed to start this week.  If I had only kept him to his original week, this would have never happened.  Due to some things that I would rather him not miss, I asked the Wilds if they had any openings for early July and they did.  There was another friend driving down, so it worked out perfectly......or so I thought.  Wednesday morning I am out with a friend and driving home and my phone rings.  I look down and see that it is Jacob, so I KNEW something was wrong.  Campers don't have their phones during the week.  He was surprised to know that I didn't know he was on his way home.  Apparently, I was the only one who did not get a phone call.  Obviously since I didn't know the details since I didn't get a call, I am going hysteric.  I called the Wilds only to get a general speech and got transferred to the nurse.  The nurse didn't pick up.  I send 2 emails to the Wilds and finally the director called me to apologize.  About 30 minutes later I spoke to the nurse.  She didn't think what was going on was COVID, and after talking to her I felt better.

Jacob gets home Wednesday evening and of course we drill him!!  Fast forward to Saturday morning.  Jacob is still not showing any symptoms of COVID and I am feeling a little better about things.  Then we get an email saying the Wilds decided to close down and then we get text messages from our pastor who puts total anxiety in me!!  He really wanted us to get Jacob tested.  Looking back, I wish we had not done that.  Saturday was a wash out.  I spent the entire day worrying and then trying to get him an appointment and looking up information on line.  Sunday we got him tested and spent the day home.

Tuesday we get an update that someone from Jacob's cabin tested positive, but had minimum symptoms.   Here we are to Thursday.  The results are not in.  Jacob is still showing nothing.  No fever NOTHING.  ALL OF US ARE ALSO FINE!!  This is why I wish we hadn't had him tested or wasted all day in anxiety.   Now we may get the tests back and it says positive.......in which case our quarantine ends on Wednesday (thank God).  Maybe, just maybe it will be negative and we can go back to life earlier than planned. Pastor wants the boys to give testimonies Sunday, but if either of them tests positive or the results are not in, quarantine will still have to happen.

It's been hard.  Josh has lost more than one job because of being on quarantine.  One person has told him not to come back until the quarantine period is over.  He needs the extra money for college.  I couldn't go to church and then I missed a school function last night.  I am so tired of this.  We are supposed to get away this weekend, but I am not sure if we can go.....I think so as most of it is outdoors.  My brother is coming home and I can't see him (thankfully I saw him 1 1/2 weeks ago) nor can I do a family dinner at my dad's house.  Will this stuff ever end?????

I worry about teaching in the fall.  Every time we get a cold I am afraid we will have to quarantine.  Do you know how hard it is to miss 14 days in school?  Finding a sub?  Oh my goodness.  I like all Americans are so done with this virus!!