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The Whitney biennial is happening through October 16 – that might be fun to check out.
Ooh, MoMA is my fave and right in midtown. The Met and the Whitney are always great. And I always enjoy the museum or art and design, followed by a walk in Central Park.
Brooklyn has the Brooklyn Museum (in my neighborhood) that people love. Not sure it’s worth a commute though if you won’t be nearby already or the current exhibits don’t interest you.
Yeah, that was my impression when they were advertised to me on instagram and I took the bait and glad I did.
Feel better soon!
Re. Flats: I recently bought a pair of Birdies to wear in lieu of heels for dressier outfits and they’re really cute and comfortable. Maybe check them out if you haven’t yet?
Just yesterday I had to send a photo of my drivers license to someone and it made me think about how the photo on the license is 15 years old. I had it renewed in summer 2020 when everything was still virtual and the old photo was automatically used for the new one, or I would’ve gotten a new photo. Also, my headshot on this website is like 11 years old now, too. But seems silly to update that one at this point.
Thanks, everyone! Drew got Paxlovid and it’s helping a lot. I’m not on any meds but am feeling better today. Still a strong positive line on the rapid test I took this morning. Jackson’s positive line is a lot lighter today. My dad, whom I haven’t seen since April, tested positive yesterday too. He started anti-virals right away and they seem to be working well. My mom was negative on a rapid but getting a PCR this morning. We’re supposed to visit them in 13 days, so the timing here is pretty good – I won’t have to worry about bringing covid to them as I was starting to get concerned about, and hopefully everyone will be all better by the time we fly out.
Congrats on the promotion, Kate!
I just returned home yesterday from a long weekend in Montreal celebrating a friend’s 50th bday. It was a nightmare getting home (got on a plane only to sit on the tarmac for two hours before the flight was cancelled bc of storms in nyc, and I had to spend the night in Montreal and fly out the next day. Three-hour customs line. SO many sick-sounding people on the plane and in the airport). Made it home and found out that three people in my group tested positive when they got home so I took a test and it was positive. Jackson tested positive on Monday and drew tested positive last night.
I’m now more certain than ever that I had Covid in spring 2020 bc it felt like how I feel right now except much much worse. Currently, I am deeply fatigued, have slight congestion, some shortness of breath, a little cough, and when I lie flat on my back it feels like there’s a weight on my chest. Jackson is asymptomatic (he was only tested as a precaution Monday morning before going to camp). Drew feels lousy and has bad chest pains. He’s immunocompromised and qualifies for antivirals so I’m going to help him get those today. I think I’ll be fine without meds.
When my great aunt, who never had kids and was really in to genealogy, died at 103 a few years back, I inherited a box of research, photos, and memorabilia of our family tree that she’d collected over the years. The most fascinating/disturbing thing in it was an original copy of a “contract” written up in the 1870s by my great-great grandfather (my great aunt’s grandfather) relinquishing him of any responsibility to a baby he conceived out of wedlock with a teenage girl. He paid the girl $50 to be released of any obligation and they both signed the contract. Apparently, shortly afterwards, the girl died, and her parents brought the baby to my gg-grandfather, who refused responsibility and left the baby on her mothers grave (!!!). His parents, my ggg-grandparents, hearing of all this and, I imagine, horrified by their sons behavior, took the baby and raised her as their own (and from the research I was able to find, that baby grew up to have a fascinating and dramatic life).
Just catching up on the forums and see you had a recent visit to nyc, KT. Hope you had a great time! What did you end up doing?
I think symptoms have to last at least four weeks after recovery (testing negative on a rapid, for example) before it’s considered long covid. I hope you make a complete recovery asap, E!
Joanie is back at school today after a week at home. She’s been testing negative since Thursday morning and the rest of us never got it, so I am happy we avoided household spread (we made a big effort to do this!) and wish the school would have made even half the effort we did to avoid getting these kids sick. Joanie had minimal symptoms during active covid but now, post-covid, she has a really swollen, sore, chapped upper life and says the inside of her mouth down to the back of her throat is very sore (like a burning sensation). I really hope it passes quickly. I’m so mad on her behalf!
