I might have COVID.

Last night while Nate was getting ready for bed, I noticed that I was feeling kind of cold. Cold enough to start shivering a little. That’s not too unusual; I am a lizard, as you know, and sometimes I get cold enough just sitting in our 73 degree house to start to shiver.

But then I noticed that the shivering was getting worse.

And then I took my temperature and found that I had a fever.

And when was the last time I had uncontrollable shivering and a fever? Right after I got my second COVID shot.

And considering that I don’t recall ever feeling that exact way at any other point in my life, I was sure it was COVID.

I told Nate all this and he said that he’d been feeling kind of crappy, too, so we were like ALL RIGHT, FREAKING AWESOME, WE PROBABLY HAVE COVID. He went to bed and I crashed on the couch, feeling just as miserable as I did after my first COVID shot (well, without the muscle soreness, except for the soreness in my rib muscles due to the uncontrollable shivering).

This morning I was feeling a LOT better, but I emailed the Department Head and told him what was going on and said that I would have to teach my calculus class from home tomorrow – which was fine.

Then later, Nate and I drove to a testing site and got COVID tested. Now we have to wait and see what the test results will be.

I’m not optimistic.

[Edit: we did not, in fact, have COVID. We’re just dumb regarding our humidifier and aerosoling mold into our lungs. See future blogs for details.]