December 14 Day 281: Ridiculous

What was the most ridiculous thing you heard today?

No really, take a minute and think about it. Write it down on a scrap of paper or perhaps even reply to this post (on FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress—anywhere you read the blog). I’ll wait.

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Have you written a response to the prompt? What was the most ridiculous thing you heard today?

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This is rather like being in class and hoping someone is brave enough to answer my query. I’ll keep waiting.

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Thank you for participating. It means a lot.

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For me? What was the most ridiculous thing I heard today?

The UW Environmental Health & Safety update added a new symptom for COVID-19 in the daily attestation:

Aren’t we all exhausted all the time? How do I determine if this fatigue is a new or continuing condition? I don’t know about you, but I have been working harder and longer than ever before (and getting less accomplished by the traditional metrics of success in academia!)

All kidding aside, the Husky Coronavirus Testing Study is pretty great and I feel fortunate to be able to participate. Every day I complete my Daily Check-in. And should they determine that I am in need of testing, a nasal swab kit is delivered to and picked up from my front door by courier.

You may recall that my husband received a positive test result last Friday and the rest of the family got tested at the free, mobile Pierce County testing site the same day. Saturday, UW Husky Coronavirus Testing Study decided I should be tested too and arranged for a test-at-home. I am happy to report that UW returned a negative result today — yet we still await the results for the boys from Pierce County taken a full day earlier. I’m not complaining. So far my husband is asymptomatic except for fatigue—and you already know how I feel about that.