From 09d9b48e4c48f3c02d707e3dcf5d9cf014cc734d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pim van Pelt Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:37:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Saturday - vol au vent --- content/blog/wk12day6.md | 63 ++++++++++++++++++- static/img/fullsize/2024-10-19/volauvent.png | 3 + static/img/headline/noraenpure-11.png | 3 + .../img/thumbnails/2024-10-19/volauvent.png | 3 + 4 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-10-19/volauvent.png create mode 100644 static/img/headline/noraenpure-11.png create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-19/volauvent.png diff --git a/content/blog/wk12day6.md b/content/blog/wk12day6.md index 809aa3a..2992174 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk12day6.md +++ b/content/blog/wk12day6.md @@ -1,7 +1,64 @@ --- -title: "Week 12, Saturday:" +title: "Week 12, Saturday: COVID :(" date: 2024-10-19T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/questionmarklp.png" alt="Credit: QuestionMark LP, YouTUbe" >}} + +I slept reasnoably well in the guestroom last night. I woke up at 05:00, though. I think this is +what you get when your entire Friday consists of sleep. By my calculations, I was up and about for +about three to four hours yesterday, which means I have now slept for **twenty-nine** hours. + +Overnight I woke up a few times, to pee (which is mildly reminiscent of eating chilly peppers, by +the way - if you know, you know), and to take an Advil PM or two. + +Unfortunately for my journal, being bedridden is not terribly exciting. I can report that I spent +the entire day upstairs in isolation, monitoring my temperature and somewhat anxiously listening to +my wheezing breath. I cough from time to time, but it's a productive cough but I don't feel too bad +about it today. + +Such a bummer: JC and Sandra are due for a dinner at our place tonight, but I have to cancel so I +send them the news on Signal. They're both good sports about it, but Marina sure as shit is not +going to cancel _making_ the food. She has been looking forward to a Belgian dish called [[Vol au +Vent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol-au-vent)], and she makes a killer one! + +In the afternoon, I decide to binge-watch [[Young +Sheldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Sheldon)], which I've watched up until season five, and +this means I get to live vicariously through Sheldon, Missy, Georgie and their parental addendums. + +In the evening, I briefly go downstairs to say thanks to Marina for making this beautiful _patty +case_. I take mine upstairs, but I won't be able to write a review for it because all I get is the +texture of the meatballs and chicken bits. I can't really discern between the mushrooms and the +meat, and I'm afraid it's all wasted on me, this time. Marina sends a picture to our unfortunate +non-dinner-guests, who are sportive about it and wish me a speedy recovery. + +On that front, my fever came down a fair bit and I'm back to my 38.5C (101.3F), with a fair amount +of phlegm, with apologies if that's too much information. I try to journal a bit, but unfortunately +I'm too lazy. I manage to assemble a few pictures, mostly of COVID tests and thermometers. + +I decide it's time to call it, and I'm pretty disappointed about it: I need to cancel my talk at +NLNOG on Tuesday, and very likely ESNOG on Thursday. It's not responsible to join a large group of +folks in Amsterdam, nor to sit on an airplane from Kloten to Schiphol, even if I do feel better +tomorrow. So I write that note to Teun on IRC, and then to the program committee of NLNOG and ESNOG. +Out of an abundance of caution, I think it's better that I skip both, as I do not want to be +implicated in a super-spreader event in 2024. + +Teun and I briefly discuss the possibility of remote participation, but truth be told - the +cancellation helps them decompress the schedule a little bit, I may still not be in the best of +health on Tuesday, not to mention my voice sounds pretty terrible, and my mouth consistently tastes +like the inside of a motorman's glove. It would also be putting the AV crew under a lot of pressure +so late in the game. Nope, we agree: there will be more VPP news next year! + +I spend my evening taking turns dozing off, watching Young Sheldon, and drinking tea that tastes a +little bit like warm nothing. Being sick on my sabbatical sucks! + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-18/IMG_2143.JPG" caption="COVID test: definitely positive" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-19/IMG_2147.JPG" caption="The fever is still there, but I think I'm winning" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-19/volauvent.png" caption="Marina's Vol au Vent - I hear it was tasty :)" >}} +{{< /gallery-category >}} + +{{< gallery-modal >}} +{{< gallery-script >}} diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-19/volauvent.png b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-19/volauvent.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3e9119 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-19/volauvent.png @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:c97dffacca927a3ba2cfee0ff41569bac38a7665ec70985e1ac331b6a14fb9de +size 1903929 diff --git a/static/img/headline/noraenpure-11.png b/static/img/headline/noraenpure-11.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..df2b681 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/headline/noraenpure-11.png @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:5ad10dae75dc02c6a6cc5a7d18b983fae458c1aefbf1c36bd55c73419badd34c +size 80310 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-19/volauvent.png b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-19/volauvent.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9b2349 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-19/volauvent.png @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:8a807aa78d3ee0f59097fc93f6b2af858f9066c08818b4a28f252910af7da210 +size 364592