It's no secret that Steve has not stopped working during the entire pandemic.
Well, except for that one time he had back surgery.
Anyway.
He's considered "essential" since you know, he keeps trucks and other vehicles on the roads safely.
People need their cars.
Organizations and businesses need their vehicles.
Hours were shortened during the "worst" of it (April/May) although we've seen worse numbers and they've been operating under normal work hours for months now.
Masks are required for anyone going into the shop.
We were super strict in the beginning.
Steve changed his clothes outside and then ran to the shower before he'd hug any of us.
But then as things went on, we relaxed.
We kept up with mask-wearing of course, we're not stupid.
We wash our hands all the time.
I sanitize everything.
I rarely take the girls grocery shopping with me.
We only visit with our "quarantine circle" which includes my mom and sister and Steve's parents.
And then today we got a call from Steve's work.
A guy he'd been working with (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) tested positive.
Ok.
I wouldn't be super concerned, except for the fact that I brought the girls to the shop to visit on Saturday.
Because it was so dead there.
FUCK FUCK FUCK.
Obviously now I regret it.
We weren't around him for more than 5-10 minutes...maybe. We were there in totality for about an hour. He came around our area a couple of times.
We wore masks the entire time.
BUT.
I'm all freaked out and not sure what we should do.
Steve says there's nothing to do because the Health Department would call us if we need to be contacted for contact tracing. We haven't been contacted yet.
We are going to stay away from our elderly parents for 10 days just to be safe.
But do I have to contact school? I haven't been told one way or another.
I don't want to panic. But hello! 3 out of the 4 of us have some form of asthma/allergies and really can't afford to have any sort of respiratory issues. And my SISTER? Who is MEDICALLY FRAGILE?
Nope, nope, nope.
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