Good news! My parents don't have COVID!
My Aunt, Uncle, Cousins, Sister, Niece, Niece's husband & children do have it, though. They are all showing mild symptoms, and are expected to make a full recovery. 

I've been having an arthritis flare since Friday (1/15), and feel pretty shitty still. I've had a constant fever bouncing between 99-100 since this started, I ache all over (probably from the fever), have tremors, and just a metric fuckton of pain. Sitting is painful. Laying down is painful. Standing is painful. Walking is painful. Typing is painful. Holding objects is both difficult and painful. I'm in slightly less pain immediately after waking, but it's so hard to fall asleep because the pain keeps me awake. I am a constant orb of pain. 

And it's not just the pain. It's the fatigue. It took me an hour to sort 1 small box of papers that I had put off sorting, and all it involved was me sitting in my comfy chair, reading papers, and putting them in the appropriate stack. That's it. I'm absolutely exhausted now, and even had to just sit still and recover for several minutes (maybe 10?) before dredging up enough energy to type this. 

I've been trying to not complain to people about it too much. This is going to go on for the rest of my life, so I want to save up the complaints for when I really need them. Instead, I'll just vent it on here, since this is what this place is for, right? I know there aren't that many people on here... but I'm really glad this reincarnation of Mindsay was created right when I needed it the most.