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god that's fucking frustrating.

Yeah, no need to make yourself sick with anxiety over it. I just want everyone to be mindful of their health because I want y'all to be ok ;; edit to update: aunt is feeling a bit better today, she's been able to eat and keep it down which she hasn't been able to do so they're holding off on hospital

Yeah, things are just gonna get scarier and nastier from here on out with weather changes and cold/flu season starting. Please keep on top of your health, Aunt has had 2 negative tests so far apparently but my Mother in law is all but certain she has it at this point. (Not to say I think you have it, but take care of yourself)

Welp, update on our family situation--- My mother in law is pretty sure that dumbass cousin passed the 'rona over to his mom, so she's been keeping tabs on her and treating the situation as if she has covid as far as full PPE and stuff (MIL is a nurse) and it's gotten to a point where if tomorrow is the same or worse she thinks it's time to take her to a hospital. Aunt and cousin have been isolating from the grandparents (they live on the same property in houses that touch but don't connect, if that makes any sense. A second house was built on the property years ago as a home for Great Grandma and Aunt and Cousin reside there, while Grandparents live in main house) and cousin has been told that if he goes out again that Thanksgiving is cancelled for everyone (???????? pretty sure it was anyway but that's the threat they're going with) and it's all just a big mess and if this post doesn't make sense it's because I'm very very very very very anxious right now holy shit tl;dr: dumbass cousin likely passed covid to his mom who seems to be on a path to hospitalization

yeah, it's really easy to tip one way or the other on the precaution spectrum. For a while my mom would be like "well are y'all completely disinfecting everything after you go get groceries" and then tell me about how they went to Home Depot and it was packed and they saw so many people they knew and stopped to chat! then turn around and try and lecture me on keeping safe. I have no idea what they're actually doing precaution wise. It sounds like you're being level headed and diligent about it and really that's the ideal but everyone has lost their fucking minds

mom texted me yesterday to ask if we were traveling out there this year. I said no. I immediately get a call from her where she flails around like "well I thouuuught you'd say no buuuuuuut" and I was just like BITCH THERE'S A FUCKING PANDEMIC but... nicer. We talked a bit and after a while she starts complaining about how boring their life is right now. Yes. Because, again, BITCH. PANDEMIC. ETC. but she was talking about how they were isolating so I'm just like well you're not really since you just had your son's whole family visit but ok.... and then she cheerfully starts talking about how maybe she should leave a day early to GO VISIT HER FAMILY INCLUDING MY GRANDMOTHER WHO IS IN HER FUCKIN' 90S and starts listing off people (mainly one uncle and his kids) who are going into the world to work and how she's "extra cautious around them" and I'm just like THEY SHOULDN'T BE HANGING OUT WITH MIMI EITHER but i mean whatever, clearly nothing connects or sticks in their mind just like my in-laws so *throws hands up*

i wanna print this out and glue it all over the walls of my brother's house but that'd involve a lot of travel and effort they got covid from a big family beach trip with my SIL's extended family and are now in "well we already had it so we're good" mode. They just got back from a trip to Disney! Stopped in to visit my old at-risk parents on the way back of course! my parents can't understand why this pisses me off.

lee's test was negative so we're gonna fucking PARTY* *by ourselves.

fuuuuuuuuck that's scary, I hope y'all turn out negative for it. I'll just never be able to understand people behaving this way during all this. Like... I get the urge, the feeling of loss and feeling trapped, I can process that but the extra step of saying fuck it I'm tired of it so i'm going to ignore it is just not something I can relate to.

about a week.

lee's dumbfuck cousin tested positive the other day and has potentially exposed the whole family thanks to granddad having a medical scare and everyone but me gathering in a parking lot outside the hospital to wait on answers. (I was not there because I felt sick, and didn't want to expose the whole family. My issue turned out to be anemia though.) He's been going out to bars and having people over to hang out all year and I'm so fucking angry. Lee's been tested but we're waiting on the results. So far other family has been negative, so that's a relief, but this cousin lives on the same property as the very very at risk grandparents and still has been acting this way. I'm so tired of this.

It's all so terribly exhausting and frustrating. I am SO fucking thankful that we're in a good position to self isolate and stay afloat. Hell, until a week or so ago our savings were even starting to really grow! But then vet bills happened and, once again, I was just thankful I was in a position to be able to get my pet help, even if it was a big oof. I'm so fucking bitter though. We could have really beaten this down by just acting for the sake of others but noooooooooooooooooooooo or if our government had actually done something other than go lol it's sniffles it'll be gone in a week anyway fuck the libs or whatever happened mostly right now i'm bitter as fuck because the Lupin III CGI movie is finally being released in the state and I CAN'T FUCKING GO SEE IT

So it turns out you can rent a movie theater for a private party super cheap right now so we had a few friends come watch Jurassic Park with us as our anniversary "party" It was so much fun but now that it's all over i'm left here going FUUUUUUUUCK I MISS DOING THINGS everything is stinky i'm tired of virus and fires and aqe;tlbnqaetfgbnwasrgdbawrgvbaewftbhaeftgbsetfgbaetgaewsrfdvafdr *silently thrashes on the ground*

well, FUCK. I'm so sorry, dude.

well that fucking sucks.

It's just... infuriating. Part of it is just fuckin' hubris because the first time they did a family gathering during this and I lost my shit at my parents they were so so so fucking sheepish. They knew it was dumb but hey, it won't happen to us! Idiots.

dumbass family update: one of my dumbass uncles either has COVID or out of control diabeetus (or both, let's be fair) and everyone's waiting with bated breath for results and having flashbacks to the gathering they just had like a week or so ago and now suddenly they're all super worried about this and I'm just like lol y'all know i'm not coming to any funerals right fucking shitheads. i'm mad. lol.

Way back in whenever talk was starting to heat up about this potentially being a big problem Lee told his work bye, I work from home now and that was that. We've been pretty strict on isolation unless we have to get groceries (delivery and pickups had no slots for a while so we just masked up and sanitized after outings.) We're both introverted homebodies so while things didn't change much it's still really getting to us. Even we want out sometimes. The most infuriating thing is my family. They've been having family get togethers (it's ok because it's family!) and done dumb shit like gone to the beach in groups and sent me texts the whole time bitching that there were teenagers on the beach without masks like ??????????? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING TOO, DIPSHIT I've been getting irate and scolding them for it but after Father's Day when Dad called and I could hear the loud everyone-cozy-in-the-kitchen party in the background I Got Mad. There was an article about a family that had spread COVID among themselves after a few of them held a party and then visited other relatives. I think it was 18 members of one family tested positive or something dumb. I sent it to my dad and was like THIS IS WHY I'M MAD, STAY HOME. and 3 days later he announces to me that all family gatherings in the near future are postponed. Dumbasses. He and Mom have tightened up their isolation too so now I get texts from him with gems like "Sitting home all day is a bunch of bull" which is basically the equivalent of my dad saying a big fat swear word. He also tells me every day to stay home and be safe and if I didn't know him as well as I do I'd think he was being sarcastic because I yelled at him >> but yes, Dad, the answer is the same as it's been "We've never stopped isolating and aren't about to stop" Shit sucks. Texas has just laid a big fat dookie as far as reacting to this so when we're all dead please make sure to come feed my cats.