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A Sick Week

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One line is fine, right? Goosebumps and chills in just one leg were unusual first symptoms but that is how it started. The headache and sinus pain soon followed and I knew my fate: COVID. My wife had tested positive a few days earlier and been pretty much bid ridden since, and now it was my turn. We still had a few tests left over from back when COVID testing was a thing, although it doesn't appear to be a thing anymore, the government advice on the matter is now simply "stay at home if you're sick" which seems like reasonable advice for any illness.  I called in sick to work the next day. The chills were no longer restricted to the one leg, full on flu symptoms now, all over. My levels of wellness/sickness varied throughout the day, wrapped in a blanket, if I didn't move and the drugs had taken affect, then I was kind of ok. And a bit bored. What to do?  Poker.  Short stack ninja all the way I fired up the laptop and perused the schedule. I have struggled in rece...