Finally got the Covid, turns out I am not invincible

Blue Mountains – Rowan and I headed to pick up David so they could take me exploring.  Unfortunately due to heavy rainy weather majority of the lookouts were closed.  It made it hard as I didn’t want to walk far.  It became a running joke that the Blue Mountains are closed!  We would turn off the main road and head to a lookout, it wasn’t until we got a few K down the road that we would see it fenced off and closed.  No one has updated the signs from the main road.

We got to the Three Sisters near Katoomba and found a spot to see the view.  Luckily we stopped there as it has become a bit of a tourist trap.  The place is packed and you can’t just do one of the rides you have to do all 3.  So we gave it a miss.  By the time we got to Katoomba town we were starving but everything is closed!

We finally find some Subway at the next town and get back to Miriam’s later than we expected.  Rowan and I don’t stay long and head off home.  We get a chance to chat a bit more with Nathan and get a quick snap of us.

Monday, David flies home.  We get over to pick up David, he heads back to Adelaide today.  Off to get some breakfast before heading out to the Northern Beaches for an explore!  Rowan lived in Avalon for some time when he was young. 

First on the agenda Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.  You pay to get in and it doesn’t cost much $12, and you get to stay the full day.  We get to Bobbin Head and it is pretty spectacular, I can see why there is so many boats around.  We travel right through and get to West Head Lookout, it looks out toward Barrenjoey Lighthouse. As kids they would head into Ku-ring-gai Chase and watch the moon rise.

From there we headed out towards Barrenjoey Lighthouse. In Avalon we found Rowan’s old home. The houses around the Northern Beaches sure are fancy. It costs $40 a day to park at one of the car parks on the beach.

After all this exploring we got hungry. David took us out to the pub for a late lunch, the food was really good. We had plenty of time and got David to the airport on time.

Tuesday, we just stayed around the apartment and Rowan cooked up a storm. On Wednesday I wanted to go op shopping and I made a full plan on where to go. I woke up feeling a bit under the weather but brushed it off. We only got to Maroubra and I started feeling worse. By the time we got to Bondi I said to Rowan we need to go home. When we got back I went straight to sleep. I thought I better take a RAT test, no surprises it came back positive. Rowan got the spare room ready for me and I started my quarantine, I wasn’t really worried about passing it on as Bette & Rowan had it recently. However I wanted to stay away just in case.

Quarantine was rather boring but it was fine. It didn’t feel that bad, just like a flu. I found not being able to get a tea when I wanted the most frustrating. Rowan was good with getting me stuff but it often took longer than I wanted. For instance, one day a tea took 7 hours lol

Heather came to Sydney for a Christmas work do and I was sad that I couldn’t see her. However Rowan came back with a beautiful bunch of sunflowers 🌻 from Heather. They sure brightened up my room. I also took the opportunity to give myself cap highlights and brighten up my hair.