We are off to Vancouver and Whistler for a few days. 

Part of this is to recelebrate our 5th year anniversary. Officially our 5th anniversary was back in July, however we were quarantining from each other at that time so it didn't happen.

We also bought new wedding rings for each other. A bit about that-- we always buy cheap wedding rings and then change them up every couple of years. 

The first rings were tungsten rings that got for about $15 each on Amazon. After a couple of years, I accidentally dropped mine and it shattered. 

So we bought a couple of stainless steel wedding bands for maybe $10 each.

A few weeks ago the husband suggested that we upgrade our wedding bands. Titanium bands are nice. We just spent $14 each for our titanium bands, and maybe ten times that for a celebratory dinner.

> I had to look that up. Thought that I hadn't heard of something. Then I realized there was a typo. Hopefully, all your symptoms disappear, and you are not straddled with long covid.

Sigh. Typos. Spelling has never been by strong suit.

I don't think this is long COVID. I have my taste. I have my regular energy. No brain fog. I'm just congested. And thinking positive.

Today we home tested. The husband tested negative. I have a very faint band indicating I am still positive.

...and I just learned that the mother-in-law has fast growing cancer. We will get more details in the next few days.

Quiet weekend for us recovering from COVIDs lingering effects. We were originally going to go to a Mens Addiction Recovery Retreat, however we are still both congested. My energy has returned and my throat is no longer sore. The husband is still low energy and having coughing fits.

> It is hard to take covid seriously when it has never affected me. I cannot believe I have not been exposed to it by now.

Covid seems to be a very random disease, which makes it hard for the lucky or fortunate to take it seriously.

With the flu-- you know what you are in for. You may have a lite flu, or a tough flu, but the symptoms are never too different. So everyone understands the flu. You don't gamble with the flu. 

Covid is all over the map. Some are nigh immune to it. Some have a scratchy throat for forty eight hours. Others are flat on their backs for a week. *And* it changes. The first time you have covid, you may have it easy. The second time hard. It's much more of a gamblers disease and that means the gamblers amongst us will treat it way different than the risk adverse. 

Right now the husband is very sick with his COVID. He needs morning and afternoon naps. He has coughing fits.

My recovery is a few days ahead of his. I am a bit tired and I still have a scratchy throat. I'm not having coughing fits and don't need naps.

>That sucks getting Covid on the cruise. I hope it passes quickly for you.

On the plus side, this was my first cruise where I have lost weight.
I'm attending work today, but what is work for me but sitting in a comfy chair all day, and chatting with people on a zoom screen.

By and large, we enjoyed our time in Alaska. 

I hesitate to say how my covid is. The symptoms seem to change every hour. This hour I don't have a fever. I'm a little tired and sometimes have coughing fits.

The husband also has covid and is the thick of it. He has a fever, coughing and is achy.

As if on queue, I develop a headache.

And I have COVID. No one to blame for that but myself.

I seem to be going through it quickly. Yesterday I had chills, was tired and slept a lot. Today my energy has returned though I am a little congested. I am spending most of my time in the cabin. 

We are on an Alaskan cruise with a few of the husbands old friends. I'm enjoying myself. So far the weather has been great. 

I'm trying to use the opportunity to reset my internet habits. The internet is slow here. Txt works. Email works. Pictures and videos, not so much. I'm using the time to read, to write and to just stair at the ocean and contemplate the passing of time. 

We are having our house painted. The instructions to the painter were to paint it with exactly the same colours as it was. Of course the paint isn't turning out that way. It's a little darker. A little less saturated. Or maybe not. When its not in bright sun it looks a bit warmer. The painter can point to the pain cans and show us its the same spec as what we gave him.

This is stressing the husband out a bit. I want to support the husband, but I'm not that emotionally in tune with subtle shades of colour. As long as its not garish, then I'll be fine. 

I don't want to put all of this on the husband though. He does have better taste than me.