COVID quarantine day 4

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Wow! How is everyone doing? I finally got COVID, first time since the pandemic began. I have been traveling, and I do not wear a mask at work (but I generally stay in my cubicle) but outside of that I am always wearing a mask - keeping the distance - using the hand sanitizer...I am surprised I got it. It has been just like a bad head cold for me - I spent most of the last 3 full days sleeping and I am STILL tired! I have been given clearance to go back to work on Friday if my symptoms are minimal, which means only 2 more housebound days after today. Will just need to wear a mask at work and keep distance, which is fine. I am lucky nothing drastic has happened (knock on wood)-I know a handful of people who have wound up on ventilators and in hospitals on oxygen. I am lucky! And I am grateful to my body. Sometimes I feel like it's not the most efficient body out there, but it's kickin' COVIDs butt (proud body moment!) My symptoms have been: extreme headache for the first 3 days, runny/congested nose, sore throat and dry, painful cough (these have gone away), fatigue, body/muscle ache, and intermittent loss of smell (i believe related to the sinus junk - right now I cannot smell a thing). The worst symptoms for me were the cough/sore throat, head ache, and fatigue. Eveyrthing has disappated now on day 4 except the loss of smell, sinus problems, head ache and fatigue. My life is usually "go, go, go" so now having to quarantine even just for the total of 5 days - has felt extremely weird. I can't imagine back in those days when everyone had to quarnatine 14 days - I would have lost my mind. I've already had to miss 4 days of work, reschedule work at the fire department, reschedule doctor's appointments, visits to friends, errands... It's crazy how difficult it can feel to put your life on hold for 6 days only and what a disruption it can cause. I already finished 1 1/2 books (Verity by Colleen Hoover & Buried Prey by John Sandford), finished a Netflix series I was watching (In the Dark), andam about to tackle some cleaning - since I feel up to taking on some kind of project here. Hoping my recovery stays on track for me to be well by Friday. Hope all is well with others here!