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[unicornduke]

Strawberry season is a sprint. It comes early in the season, it's intense, it's constant. 

I have a cold. 

My mom got sick early this week and spent the first part of the week sanitizing every surface but also just continuing to sit downstairs and breathe in the same room as the rest of us. Probably she got me sick even before that but who knows. I know she doesn't mask at the stores. Her cold manifested as incredible coughing and she went to the doctor about it yesterday. My cold so far is sore throat and vague tiredness. 

I'm still working the register because I can't not. No one else can do the setup right now. Or that's not technically true, but my mom is involuntarily coughing and my dad is frantically planting pumpkins. I don't have any masks either. I've been running low and forgot to order more. I desperately wish I had some of the light medical masks but I haven't left the farm since Monday - before I felt sick. I've got all the windows and doors open on the RST and I'm sanitizing my hands...maybe my mom has some somewhere...

Thankfully, I have a new employee for the register. She's fantastic. She's a neighbor's teenage kid and she picked up the register work very quickly and is reliable. I'm so happy about it. We've got her working five hours a day, 4-5 days a week which frees me up to do farmwork. Or this week, probably go sleep. 

*adds this to the irritation pile* mostly I'm too tired to be irritated to be honest. ha, my mom texted back, she does have light medical masks and will bring my some. just need to figure out if I'll be open tomorrow with the rain we've got coming

ETA: I feel way better about working now that I've got a mask, my N95s would be way to hard to talk through, my throat is not standing up well to all this talking

Comments

[ranunculus]

That cold is going around. I think it is HIGHLY transmissible. Donald and M both have had it, and were much less sick than me. Took me a week to recover, and just had a relapse a week and a half in. Slept last night from about 4pm to 5am. OTOH feel really good this morning.
Glad you are finding some good help. Good reliable people are priceless!

[unicornduke]

Yeah, all the friends I've talked to have had it in the last few weeks in some form or another, so it was probably only a matter of time until I got it now that I'm very customer facing. L is coming to take over the register in 15 minutes and then I'm going to nap for most of the afternoon.

[reeby10]

Hope you're able to get some extra rest with the new help!

[unicornduke]

Thanks! I spent most of yesterday in bed which helped a lot, more time in bed this afternoon is in order

[reedrover]

Congratulations on getting good help!

Boo about the cold and boo about Mom not isolating. But yeah, I get it, the farm must go on. I hope you get some rest and tea and fight back quickly!

[unicornduke]

Mom covered the register yesterday afternoon, so I spent most of the day in bed. I'm not sleeping particularly well because I'm sleeping upright but I don't want more of the goo going in my lungs while I sleep. I think it's helping prevent the nasty cough that my mom has. The rain we've been getting is a mixed bag, I appreciate that there's less crowds while I'm sick but it's ruining strawberries. Ah well. Weather.