I haven't posted in awhile and I could lie and say I've been super busy, but the truth is that I have been slowing down. I do my daily zoo trips, I binge bad television, I run errands, I sleep when I'm tired whether that's a normal night's sleep or just napping here and there, and we're still running down to Chula Vista a few times a week to help my parents. We did finally get a tree last week and it took a couple days for Nova and I to be home at the same time to decorate it, but I love it and I love how cozy the house feels when we have it. Darren took a few days off this week to be able to spend time with Nova before she left to St. Louis, and obviously from the storm it almost didn't happen, but Southwest assured us that her flight would be unaffected besides a slight delay. She arrived and is safe, though the "feels-like" temperature there is like -19 degrees Fahrenheit so hopefully the California wardrobe she has is adequate.
Since Darren had taken the day off to get her to the airport, after he got caught up on sleep and I did my daily zoo trip, we actually went up to the Safari Park. It's really beautiful right now and they did an amazing job with lighting it up, though it's not really worth taking photos ---better to be seen in person. Today was his first full day on trams and he did seven tours, came home to eat and grab a nap, and then worked at the Casbah. He went to bed at 3:30 and will be getting up at 6:30 to do the same double shift for Christmas Eve, working a full Safari Park day and then a full Casbah night, so hopefully he can power through and get the rest he needs, because Exile is gonna be busy. I am just trying to give him the room to sleep peacefully, since I zonked out the entire time he was at Casbah and I really want to get next week's listings done.
I feel like at the end of the year I want to recap everything, this site being my version of the family Christmas letter, but suffice to say that we made it and I'm content and comfortable with my little orbit and that feels good. We got the amazing news this week that my dad's doctors no longer consider him on hospice care -- maybe that's an insurance thing because they're tired of paying for his home care but he sounded hopeful, that his doctors don't think he's further deteriorating. He's not well, but he's stable. Compare that to last December when he was telling me all the things I needed to know before he died and I'll take the current prognosis anyday, even if it means we have to step up our game to help transfer him if he loses his nurse who was coming a few times a week.
It feels like my social feeds are just full of people being sick, so hopefully everyone can stay healthy through the holiday and new year. I ordered our free COVID tests the first day they were available and they arrived this week. Get yours if you haven't already.
- COVID-19:
- Free COVID test orders have topped 10 million this round. Here's how to get yours. - CBS News (12.23.22)
- Order your free USPS tests (4 per household)
- US deaths fell this year, but not to pre-COVID levels - AP News (12.14.22)
- Bivalent COVID-19 boosters may cut risk of severe disease by more than half - CIDRAP (12.16.22)
- Updated COVID booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization, CDC reports - npr/kpbs (12.18.22)
- Flu and RSV hit hard and early; now, Covid-19 is starting to rise - CNN Health (12.16.22)
- San Diego's COVID winter surge déjà vu - kpbs (12.15.22)
- The UK Is Enduring an Onslaught of Scarlet Fever. Is the US Next? The US is more alert to the risks of strep infections, but the UK has better data. It’s not clear which makes more difference in controlling disease. - Wired (12.19.22)
- CDC warns of a rise in severe strep A infections among children. The increase in invasive strep A cases is occurring amid an uptick in respiratory viruses, including RSV, flu and Covid, the CDC said in a health alert. - NBC News (12.22.22)
- Politics:
- House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid - AP News (12.23.22)
- News:
- Wild winter storm envelops US, snarling Christmas travel - AP News (12.24.22)
- King tides arrive on San Diego coastline - kpbs (12.22.22)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 12.24.22 pm):
- 656,835,661 Known Cases/15,566,141 28-Day New Cases
- 6,677,934 Known Deaths/46,536 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- JHU
- 100,365,943 Cases/1,798,024 28 Day New Cases
- 1,090,200 Deaths/10,751 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 487,367 New Cases/100,216,983 Known Cases
- 2,952 New Deaths/1,086,197 Known Deaths
- 5,374 New Admissions/33,406 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- R-effective: 1.2
- 7,359 Average Daily Cases/10,834,839 Total Cases (18.3 new cases/100k)
- 20 Average Daily Deaths/97,428 Total Deaths (0.05 new deaths/100k)
- 10.6% 7-day test positivity rate
- 4,520 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-24 patients, -0.5% from prior day)
- 522 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+7 patients, +1.4% from prior day)
- 1,627 ICU beds available (-174 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- State Data:
- R-effective: 1.09
- 656 Average Daily Cases/957,866 Total Cases
- 10.8% Daily Positivity
- 1 Average Daily Deaths/5,626 Total Deaths
- 421 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-6 patients, -1.4% from prior day)
- 44 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+3 patients, +7.3% from prior day)
- 220 ICU beds available (-2 from prior day)
- County COVID Data:
- 4,764 New Cases Since Last Report/957,586 Total Cases
- Case rate: 20.7 per 100,000 residents overall
- 18 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,626 Total Deaths
- 11.4% Daily Test Positivity/11.5% 7-day average after 7-day lag/9.8% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 421 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. +105% over 30 days
- 44 ICU Patients. +120% over 30 days
- 44 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- County Influenza Data:
- 1,141 New Cases Since Last Report/18,349 Known Cases
- 7 New Deaths Since Last Report/27 Known Deaths
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