Cyphmos

It’s easy enough. Is there a podcast you look forward to every week? Set rules for yourself so you can only listen to it while you’re cleaning. Same goes for audiobooks.

I routinely listen to podcasts and audiobooks myself, just like a lot of you I’m sure, but I find I really only have the chance to do so when I’m taking care of things around the house, or driving.

This has created a Pavlovian response in my brain to household chores, where I actually get excited about knowing that I’ve got to get the yard taken care of, or the back deck pressure washed. It gives me some time to plug in my headphones and be alone for a while.

I’m a charge nurse at a nursing home in Georgia. Last Wednesday I called in to work because I was not feeling well, had a cough, and a fever. Our facility is on lockdown and we are screening people as they enter and sending those away who show symptoms of Corona. We had a note by the time clock stating that we should stay home if we experienced any symptoms.

I went and got tested on Thursday and the results came back positive. I was told by work that I would be out of work until 4-9-20, which is 2 weeks from the date of my test. I was told this would be paid and they submitted my paperwork.

Today, I contacted them as I had not heard anything else, and they told me I was rejected for pa