Current Events > Well, CE, this may be it. After 2 years, I may finally have the vid.

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Ok so story time, this is gonna be a long one so buckle up. I woke up at 7:30 PM last night because my sleep schedule just flat out doesn't exist. So by the time I was ready to go to bed, it was almost 8 AM, but we had gotten a bunch of snow. I had a doctor's appointment (virtual) later at 2:45 PM, so I knew that even if I went to bed at 8 I wouldn't get enough sleep so I decided to just stay up and shovel snow, so that the dog could get out to do his business and so that mom could get to her car in case she wanted to go grab a soda at the gas station.

"Marby, what does this fascinating story about your thrilling life have to do with the brand of beer produced by the popular Mexican brewery Cervecera Modelo?", I hear you ask, and to which I answer "Shut the fuck up, CE, I'm getting to that." I had been feeling off all day. A bit of coughing, though not much, a terrible headache, an even worse stomachache during an attempt to nap, slight chills, stuff like that. I just attributed it to a combination of no sleep and it being colder than a freezer full of those weirdly misshapen SpongeBob and Sonic face ice cream thingamabobs.

Well fast forward to 8:30 this evening. Three hours prior, I decided "Fuck this, I'm going to bed for a bit", with the intention of sleeping until 10:30. Woke up two hours before I wanted to, because my bladder is virtually non-existent and decided "Hey, you know when would be a good time to take a piss? Right fucking now!" So I did that, and as I was, I noticed something odd. My tongue was numb. I figured that may have just been because I slept with my tongue clenched in between my closed teeth for 3 hours, and I was so tired my body didn't notice and tell itself "Stop that you little shit!" (At the time of typing this, the feeling has pretty much returned so I think I was right), but I decided to make sure of something anyway. So I went upstairs, cracked open a soda, and...

Motherfucker.

Dr. Pepper has 23 flavors and I couldn't taste a goddamn one.

I tested a couple of things that have a strong scent around the house and confirmed that I couldn't smell much either. Mom gave me one of her soap bottles or something, and I could faintly smell that, but even that wasn't much.

Now what's really weird is that mom said that people who are vaxxed and boosted tend to not get the smell/taste loss when they DO get COVID, but idk how true that actually is. Thanks to the vaccine, I don't think I'll be TOO bad off, though I am a little worried because I have a history of asthma. Besides gaining the superpower of only being able to use 60% of my senses, I still have a major headache and my throat does feel kinda funny, but again, how much of that would be the 'rona and how much would be due to lack of sleep or being outside in the cold for an extended period of time? I don't know.

We have some at home tests but I've been advised not to take them for a few days, since if I take it right at the onset of symptoms, it may come back negative even if I DO have it? idk. Regardless I guess I'm gonna have to stay in my home not doing anything for a while.

In other words, business as usual.