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Last night, S very generously commenced with the preparations for driving Princess TinyHouse to the state-run Covid testing center (namely, making sure she would start up and figuring out the morning checklist). He then got up at 6 am to continue with the morning preparations. We gave ourselves plenty of time to get over to the testing location, so we got there at 7:35, before the gates were open. To keep ourselves entertained, we drove a 12- minute lap around the campus. When we got back to the entrance, the gates were open.
As we approached the first checkpoint, we observed a sign (well, several signs, but this was the most pertinent one):
"No vehicles over 7'4" allowed."
We don't actually know how tall Princess TinyHouse is, but the person at the checkpoint directed us straight out.
I had to sit there in an outer parking lot for a couple of minutes before I had the emotional energy to call a friend. Said friend said it would be right around 9:00 before he could make it over to the testing site - he needed to drop his daughters off at daycare. So we had about an hour to kill.
As S has pointed out, Princess TinyHouse is a cop magnet, so I had to figure we'd start getting questioned in that hour-long window if we lingered around the UAlbany campus. So it seemed like it might be better to use the hour to accomplish the next task of the morning, driving over to my campus to water the ants and crickets, and to reset my work desktop computer's remote access PIN.
We arrived back at the testing site right as my friend got there, so I was able to climb in his vehicle and get the test done while we chatted about all the other terrible Covid testing logistics we've experienced so far, plus the irrational bureaucratic element that in spite of being fully vaccinated I remain prohibited from being on campus until I submit a negative PCR-based test result.
So now that's done and I'm back home again for who knows how long, now constantly refreshing the update pages for two different testing services, waiting for one to turn up negative (one hopes). At this point I feel like I've done my due diligence and it just sucks that this is going to continue negatively impacting my students more than anything.
I hate having to pull Hail Marys like that, although I am incredibly grateful to this friend and will now need to think of a good way to express my appreciation.
As we approached the first checkpoint, we observed a sign (well, several signs, but this was the most pertinent one):
"No vehicles over 7'4" allowed."
We don't actually know how tall Princess TinyHouse is, but the person at the checkpoint directed us straight out.
I had to sit there in an outer parking lot for a couple of minutes before I had the emotional energy to call a friend. Said friend said it would be right around 9:00 before he could make it over to the testing site - he needed to drop his daughters off at daycare. So we had about an hour to kill.
As S has pointed out, Princess TinyHouse is a cop magnet, so I had to figure we'd start getting questioned in that hour-long window if we lingered around the UAlbany campus. So it seemed like it might be better to use the hour to accomplish the next task of the morning, driving over to my campus to water the ants and crickets, and to reset my work desktop computer's remote access PIN.
We arrived back at the testing site right as my friend got there, so I was able to climb in his vehicle and get the test done while we chatted about all the other terrible Covid testing logistics we've experienced so far, plus the irrational bureaucratic element that in spite of being fully vaccinated I remain prohibited from being on campus until I submit a negative PCR-based test result.
So now that's done and I'm back home again for who knows how long, now constantly refreshing the update pages for two different testing services, waiting for one to turn up negative (one hopes). At this point I feel like I've done my due diligence and it just sucks that this is going to continue negatively impacting my students more than anything.
I hate having to pull Hail Marys like that, although I am incredibly grateful to this friend and will now need to think of a good way to express my appreciation.
