Christmas eve, I was delivering cookies around the elderly ladies I know around the lake. I snuck out for a few minutes to do so while my dinner guests were entertaining themselves at home, Joy and James Park family. On my way back, a police car followed me and caught me speeding. Thankfully, he only gave me a warning. Ok, I was speeding because I visited a lady that invited me to her home. Despite her effort to hide it from me, I knew she smoked cigarettes because I can smell it, and the smell I really dislike. I don't like that it sticks to my clothes and in my hard so on my drive home, I opened my window and I guess with the desire to get rid of smell, I unknowingly sped up. So glad I did not get a ticket.
By the evening, I started to have a sore throat and runny nose. As it turned out, that was the beginning symptom of covid. It seemed for like a cold and head cold. We had planned on taking the kids to downhill skiing in Boone during Christmas break. We were going to stay at Bridger and Katie Park's place but since I had not yet tested at that point, we decided to book a hotel for a night. We went to drop by and say hello at their place though on our way home. It was a hot day so we were sweating in our thermal gloves that we got for Christmas and in our snow suits. We only ski for one day. I felt unwell going there, but surprisingly, I was able to ski for a full day, but then the next day on our way home, I felt very sick with headache and pretty much slept all the way. We finally received the covid test result and came back positive. I felt bad that we went out, but thought it would be ok since we were wearing masks and it was out door as well.
I really was surprised I was able to ski for a day because the days and weeks that followed was not great. I felt so weak and had this incessant headache that would not go away. It was terrible, I thought I had something going on in my head far more than covid. As it turns out from other sisters that I had asked that also had the covid, they also experience the headache. I slept for maybe for 16-18 hours a day. I was that exhausted and I can only keep oranges to eat, had no appetite to eat much. I felt sick and threw up one time, but mostly the constant headache and the feeling of exhaustion, and to give some description, my cell phone felt heavy to even carry and try to text someone. I was supposed to perform christmas song on violin but we now have to quarantine. the rest of us also got it except for Elias, but I was the only one that was severely affected. I meant I slept mostly and actually wore out my side of bedsheet. I don't wish it on anyone.
There was a point where it really had me ponder about the purpose of life and thought I was ready to cross the veil come what may. I had at one point felt alone in my burden and asked my Heavenly Father whether He was aware of me and that with all the millions of people in the world, that He would be aware of my needs. I felt like a child just aching to cuddle with a parent, my Heavenly Father. After a thoughtful prayer, I felt the Lord's assurance and almost a comfort blanket that enveloped me letting me know that He loves me and that He was aware of me. So grateful that I had survived it.
I had started training with Intuit in December and was supposed to start work early January but I didn't really star til the 18th of January. By the time I got better, we were able to go stay at the Park in Boone and go for a day skiing. That was quite an ordeal, there was a ton of snow, we beat the snow storm by going there Sunday morning instead of Sunday evening. We bought a snow tire. The Parks were leaving for disneyland and we were to have the place to ourselves starting Monday. After a day of skiing on Monday, which was a blast by the way despite the wind. There was a point at the top of the hill that we couldn't for a second move forward because that wind was pushing us backward. The kids were brave and we all enjoyed the slopes. On the way to the park, our tire chains broke multiple times at the bottom of the hill where the Parks live. We were there for over an hour trying several attempts to go up hill and replacing the chains over and over and over again as it would break. Finally, we decided, we can't make the hill and scott didn't want to leave the car on the side road so we decided the 3 of us, Elias and Scott and I to run up to the house and gather our stuff, lock the house and just make our way home as we thought the highway would be much clearer. We drove for about an hour til we can finally breath and relax as the road was a bit slippery and Scott said he has never driven in such bad road in his life and there I was having full confidence in him that he has done this before in Fort St John, thankfully we made it home safe.
Then we actually got snow in town so we got to enjoy sledding by the dam as well.
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