I know they aren't. But I can't see going back unless symptoms increase and/or become respiratory.

Test was negative. I got the results this morning. Symptoms are milder as of yesterday, but still there. Spread is happening among other employees, so I am wearing my mask whenever it is possible I might come in contact with anyone, because I don't want to spread it unwittingly. Some of the conspiracy theorists are going stronger than ever (gov't agencies are using this to exercise power grabs at a vulnerable time; I won't be tested even if I have symptoms and won't tell anyone if I have symptoms, etc.) Grrrr. Can't you just care about other people?

s/o I only heard "all of a sudden" all my life until just a few years ago. Then, all of a sudden, I started hearing "all the sudden" a lot. It irritated me. Still does. But "all of the sudden" is just way too far! 😂

Yes! From the outside (of their minds), it looks like people have the expectation that this virus will conform to what they think--almost like if you don't believe it, it won't happen. Peter Pan in reverse. I've said more than once over the past couple of weeks (not to their faces), "Just because you believe something, it doesn't make it so!"

I could see that, but this doesn't feel like that kind of stomach issue. It really is a lot like morning sickness for me; sometimes it is helped by eating something, sometimes nothing sounds good. Yesterday morning and afternoon it was pronounced, yesterday evening it was almost non-existent. And to be honest, I am not really worried about it being positive--slightly worried, but not seriously at this point. Most people around here are having mild cases. I am actually more upset by the attitudes. I could be wrong and be working with some underlying psycho-somatic stuff, but it doesn't feel like anxiety.

Going to bed in a few minutes with your sweet wishes on my mind. Thank you all for your kind words. If I do have it, so far symptoms are really weird for me. They are primarily just the bad headache and the nausea, but they come and go throughout the day. Sometimes I feel pretty good, sometimes not. It's not consistent at all. And I may have something else.??

Thankfully, results seem to be coming in pretty quickly right now--a little over a day, so I'm glad about that. I don't know how it will be over the weekend though, so I may have to wait until Monday.

Appointment is tomorrow.

If I had any say in getting the mildest case possible, I'd say let's get it and take care of this! Alas, I don't.

Supervisor is positive.

I have an appointment to be tested tomorrow. Heard that two others in my workplace have same symptoms; one tested negative, and I don't know if the other is being tested or not.

I'm not around many people in my job, so I don't normally mask at work. My office is rather isolated. But when one person is around one other person who is around another person--well, it can still spread.😕 ETA: And sadly, this is an area where people think hoax or similar, so even with people starting to get sick, "we aren't going to get sick, and we aren't going to die," and "you shouldn't be tested unless you have symptoms," etc. 😞 The reactions and comments of some today have me still fuming.

I'm glad they have recovered. That sounds awful. And thank you for the well wishes.

Yes. Headache, nausea, mild fatigue (but I'm under some unrelated stress that has caused some sleep disturbances). That's it. The nausea feels like morning sickness type (I'm way past that possibility) with no diarrhea or vomiting (so far). It waxes and wanes, and so far has been in the afternoons. The only other cause I can think of might be a sensitivity to the stevia I'm putting in my tea.

Thank you, Catwoman! (good to see you here again) I checked our onions when the recall came out, and they are from a different area/farm.

He should know by tomorrow or Friday, so I would still be in the window. If my symptoms get worse, I'll go ahead and test whether he has results back in or not.

I know this has been mentioned in some of the longer threads, but finding what I'm looking for might take more effort than I want to expend right now. It looks very much like the virus is about to explode in my workplace. I have felt mildly nauseous the past couple of afternoons, but then it went away . This afternoon, I have a headache (not unusual) and the nausea is getting worse as the afternoon goes on. No vomiting or diarrhea so far. My supervisor just found out he was exposed on Sunday, and went for a test and will quarantine until results are in (only a little tiredness). I will wait to see what his test results are, probably, before I get tested, in part because of the timing window. Somewhere earlier on, I remember reading that gastro results usually meant more severe cases. Then just now when doing a search, it said it usually meant milder. I know this virus is unpredictable, but what do you all know about this?

Yeah, I don't want it. I do wish the folks around here would lean a bit more in the "we're all gonna' die" direction so they'd take some precautions! I haven't seen that extreme IRL, just in some things I've read. OTOH, I'm seeing a whole lot of "it's no big deal" here.

I was thinking more generally, I suppose. I am not too fond of the all or nothing thinking that I'm seeing a lot these days. Either "we're all gonna' die" or "it's no big deal." I'm too tired tonight to follow it further now.

I know what you mean. I don't like seeing all this stuff, and it is disappointing to see who believes what. But knowing that so-and-so is believing random posts on _____ without doing further research, or seeing the inconsistencies--well, it feels like it is being aware of possible danger spots. And really, I'm not just talking about one side of things either. When friends go off on either extreme it is concerning to me.

I know Saxon gets a bad rap sometimes for being boring, but it was the first spiral approach I had ever seen (it was a long time ago). It was the first math program that worked for my oldest. He could understand concepts long before he could remember the facts, but the lack of memory of the facts slowed him down. The mastery approach didn't work for him, because in the time he was working on something new, he forgot the former thing. It was so frustrating. So...this particular thing depends on your kid. But the spark? So much fun! Almost as much fun as going to sleep with an unsolvable algebra problem on my brain, only to wake up and find I'd figured it out!

This is exactly why our youngest is in ps. I did get him as grounded as I could in the basics, so that he could read well (dyslexia). Math--well, I tried. But when we moved early in his 7th grade year and were in walking distance of a school, we gave him the option. I didn't want to stop homeschooling him, but it was absolutely the best choice for him--and for our relationship. He has continued to ramp it up higher and higher as he has matured--for his ps teachers.

S/O on writing: On Writing Well is such a great book (for nonfiction writing). I discovered it about ten years ago, and had my last homeschooler read it as a high schooler. Really, such a good book. And interesting. You know if a book about the act of writing is interesting, the author must have something to share! If I had found this earlier, I believe I would have incorporated the principles into my older kids' instruction as well. I use the principles quite often, myself. https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=on+writing+well&qid=1596981614&sr=8-2

We did dedicate a shelf or two of a bookcase for the books/resources we used together. It needed to be convenient to our work area.

Exactly! One year I bought them plastic boxes for smaller school supplies (pencils, scissors, markers, ruler, etc.), plus stickers to decorate them with. They worked great. They each had one of those plastic crates that are put out for college students in the fall, and it was easy to transport their school books from room to room or when we travelled. Either the kitchen table or a coffee table was used when a hard surface was needed, and the couch or floor otherwise. I'm not sure any of my kids actually used a desk until high school. We never decorated an area just for school, though we used maps and our globe a lot. ETA: I understand some people really do work better in a designated area that is more formally set up for schoolwork. It just never was important to my crew.