temperature falling; spirits rising

 I am feeling remarkably close to myself again this evening. I slept for 11 hours last night, after drinking lots and lots of water, and most of my 'symptoms' seemed to have dissipated rapidly as the day has gone on.  I spoke to Gavin a little while ago and he asked me to stay home tomorrow just to be sure I'm not going to spread anything, and then to go back into work on Thursday. I'm not sure what the incubation period is for these new strains, or what the 'R' number is these days, but no-one seems to care so I guess we just carry on as if I have a cold?
It felt weird writing 'the R number' in that paragraph! Those virus-related phrases were almost an obsession back in 2020/21 but I'd forgotten it was even an important thing until I just typed it. Funny how we've all fallen back into our old lives, almost collectively ignoring the whole 'pandemic pause' as if it was just an embarrassing date that we pretend never really happened to us. I'm not sure that's the best way of dealing with it all, but I do seem to be joining in..

RC 22-8-23