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We ain’t good good, but we still good.

Usher

I’m currently in Bedroom Jail. I can no longer count myself among the NOVID crowd as I tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday evening. I probably contracted it on January 1st. Happy New Year!

I’m not alone. My case has been mild so far, with two rough nights of sleep (last night was better) and a fever for about 36 hours (currently on about hour 31 of an average temperature unaided by medicine). It’s day four. I’ll retest and hopefully get home release tomorrow, allowing me to move about the house with a mask next week.

If you have not paid attention, LA County reinstated masking policies for medical facilities. Or, if you’ve forgotten, here are the best practices if you come down with the virus.

I’m thankful for getting my fourth jab back in September (along with my flu shot). I’m four months from that shot, so protection has started to wane, but it is likely assisting in making this a smooth bout with the illness for me.

While isolating, I finally added an LA County Library card to go with the LAPL one I’ve had since I was eleven. The Libby app optimizing my hold decision-making across library systems is a game changer.

The revelation that the app could handle multiple library cards came to me via Threads and the Books/Librarian community there. Another conversation with “Movies Threads” participants got me re-invested in Letterboxd (find me!) and has me eyeing Serializd, though I’m already committed to TV Time. I’ve also had chats about Cringe Entertainment and Stanley Cups, two things in popular culture I get the sense that I’m now too old to “get.”

I like Threads. It’s been part of what’s kept me from going stir-crazy in Bedroom Jail.