Monday Monday Monday. It's Monday afternoon and I'm waiting for proxies to render and looking back to last week in New York. Certainly there are more important things to worry about – like making sure you've voted - but why not watch me gladly suffer through two of the three Covid tests I've taken in the last week or so. Thank goodness they've all come back negative and not taken any noticeable part of my brain with them on their way out.
No one needs this hot mess, but unfortunately it's part of our lives and will be till we get things figured out. I still feel much safer regarding Covid safety in NYC than I do here in Oklahoma City. It's not hard to get tested in Oklahoma City, but for sure easier in New York. Still seems like most people in NYC are on the same page with safety while the majority Oklahomans are more concerned about their four and no more.
To date I've had four tests. The first was a few weeks ago when I was actually having symptoms, but thankfully it came back negative. The other three were just to make sure I wasn't asymptomatic.
OU is doing free tests at the medical center near downtown OKC. You call, setup an appointment, and stay in your car. They're doing that deep explorer nonsense and it feels like they're getting a running start at it. The video above is from my second test and it went WAY better than my first one a while back. Still uncomfortable, but not soul wrenching.
I got tested at the LaGuardia airport without an appointment and it only took a few minutes. I got tested twice – arrival and departure – and results were available the next day. Those tests were much less invasive, but apparently still do the thing.
Knowing I was traveling and would be around people outside my normal bubble, I made sure to do the thing. Doesn't hurt too that the AC I was working with this week pretty much required me getting tested before she'd commit to the job. Crazy thanks to Stacy Mize for making my life that much easier this past week.
Good Lord: Wear a mask, do the social distancing thing, get tested. Don't be the dumbarse who accidentally kills someone else's grandparent or gets some kid's teacher sick because your too cool to be "inconvenienced." Grow up and look out for other people.