Scattered Thoughts . . .

E ven after multiple negative home COVID tests, I am now absolutely certain that I am struggling with another bout of COVID.  This would make it the sixth time I've developed this insidious virus.  Since the first bout with this virus in early 2020, I've been struggling with long-COVID problems. Each time I'm infected with the virus again, my long-COVID problems worsen significantly.  I have occasionally gotten colds, infections, etc, and yet these illnesses never worsen my long-COVID symptoms.  Each time I have developed COVID again, however, my long-COVID problems significantly worsen.  Keeping this in mind, I am certain that I have been struggling with another bout of COVID over the past two weeks regardless of what the crappy home COVID tests indicate. So, my breathing has worsened significantly.  I am struggling with phlegm as thick as...  hmmm, thinker than sour cream...  thicker than butter...   I guess, as thick as kindergarten school paste is the best description. 

T oday, the owners of the park were in town (which is rare) and stopped by to visit with Sheila and me for a short while today.   It's funny...  I didn't recognize them at first!  We hadn't seen them in years and they've aged significantly through the pandemic.  At first, I just thought they were people who were going to ask about where to find one of our neighbors or ask whether I knew of any places for sale since that happens quite often (too often).  I recognized them within a second or two though. We discussed some recent goings-on in the park and they seemed genuinely interested in our opinions which is nice.  Between infrastructure upgrades tearing up the whole park, heavy equipment continuously running up and down the road in low gear, and some rather dangerous problem neighbors (too many lately, actually), we had a lot to discuss.  I had actually been contemplating writing them a letter mentioning everything we discussed today but primarily the problems so it wa