Here I am, the last day of January writing this blog. It has been quite a month. The best way I can think to describe it is to go in reverse. For those of you that have seen Seinfeld, I plan for this blog to be like the episode “The Betrayal,” often referred to as the backwards episode.
2 days earlier…
Friday night we went over to the Hargett House to celebrate the birthdays of Adelaide, Richie, and Dalton. Leading up to that night, I did not know what to expect. I was honestly just happy to see people after the weeks before and what those had held. The Fellow guys stayed for a while and the party was an interesting but fun time. There were a lot of vibes happening at once. My favorite part of the night was the car ride back with all of the guys yelling about who knows what.
2 days earlier…
Wednesday was the first night I had seen other people besides Gentry and Sara in 10 days. It was weird and I was definitely overwhelmed at first. But the human contact was great to experience again. The weeks before contained way too much Xbox and solely digital contact. And while extroverted, I could not take it much longer.
5 days earlier…
At this point I was halfway through. It had been tough but luckily many people helped me a get to that point whether through getting fast food for me, making really good spicy chicken (also really spicy), or just facetiming. I am so thankful for not having symptoms but also all the help and people around me.
5 days earlier…
Sara had joined the positive category. Thus far I had survived. We were playing Xbox when all of a sudden I got a message that my results were ready from earlier that day. I looked on my phone to view them and saw the word “Detected” in red. Oof.
3 days earlier…
We had all been anxiously waiting Gentry’s test result from Thursday. He had sat out roundtable and class because he was not feeling well and was told of someone he had come in contact with at the wedding in MISSI-freaking-SSIPPI. He finally got his positive result and that is when we were no longer “Untouchable.”
2 days earlier…
On Wednesdays with Turas, we go into our common workplace. It is the only day we work in person and not online for the interns. Gentry and I had been told about all the new potential clients we would be dealing with as the year was starting off. Turas was doing well and wanted us to help do recruiting for some of the new clients. Gentry and I decided we would find a room with a table and work together for the day. We stayed in that room together and even had Sara join us for lunch. Thinking nothing of it, Gentry later told us he was not feeling good.
3 days earlier…
Gentry returned to Raleigh after going to a wedding in MISSI-freaking-SSIPPI.
Isaiah 41:10
-Trey