That’s excellent Jennifer! Very brave of you. I still haven’t made it that far. I need to set a boundary with my brother about not being his emotional support for his problems with our mother, but I’m afraid he’ll get mad and stop talking to me. I’m proud of you for having the confidence to set a clear line and I’m very happy it worked!

RS “allowed” me to come out for awhile last night. It sounds bad to say that, sounds super controlling, but obviously that’s not the case. He said he doesn’t think I’m contagious anymore and I should just hang out as long as I sit in the far chair and we wear masks just in case. I felt physically better in the chair and I was happy to watch a Christmas movie with him. My son was too busy chatting on discord with his friends and playing an online game with them. God it’s hard to watch him pull away. It’s healthy, of course, and expected given his age, but it’s hard.

I have one more day and then I can resume normal activities. I’m going to wait until Christmas Eve to start making cookies and treats just in case.

I’m fatigued again, but all other symptoms are still improving, except for the cough. But a cough is often that last thing to disappear for me when I have a bad cold so I believe it will stick around for awhile. The fatigue probably will too to a degree.

I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow but I can’t face it. Just going to the pharmacy yesterday was a complete madhouse in terms of traffic! The grocery store will be swamped, I’m sure of it. What I need isn’t necessary for Christmas so I’m going to wait. I’m not leaving the house at all. I was going to get some stocking stuffers but we actually never got our stockings out so I’m going to call it a day on that.