The Little Traveler

US spelling of traveller, 'cuz we're back in the quaint historic district of Geneva, Illinois:

 

Sign outside a store downtown Geneva; not anything like Walmart, obvs.
FP4+ on Foma 313 paper.

The Brother arrived here in The Liberties a couple of weeks ago with his eldest daughter, for a short visit.  It was poor timing, as we've all, one after the other, gone down with Covid.  It started with the twins father, who picked it up at a wedding a few weeks ago.  Then his wife got it, then one of the twins (that required an overnight in hospital for the poor wee thing, but he made a good recovery and is back to normal now).  We stood no chance, as we'd been babysitting just beforehand.  My wife first, then me, now the Brother.  Agh.  Sore throat, congestion, shivering and aching all over for a few days.  Coupled with extreme fatigue.  I've still got what seems like a bad cold and can't seem to get a breath without coughing but am definitely on the mend.  Staying away from mother as the consequences for her could be more serious.  

The originator of the virus (father of the twins) is susceptible to any bug going around.  We think it's largely due to the fact that he works from home (he's in software).  Plus, he doesn't socialise much so when he's in large crowds he invariably picks up something.  He's fit as a fiddle but I think he just has a rather poor immune system.  His current job, which he moved to during the original Covid pandemic, is for a large software company originally formed in Belfast but which now has global operations.  An interesting fact is that he has never actually met anyone 'from the company' in person in the 5 years he has worked for them.  A couple of times he has had to travel to England to deal with projects but he only meets outside contractors and/or clients, not other company personnel.  Ain't that weird?  He likes it like that, and has always said if they ever insist on him 'coming into the office' to work he'd leave and work for another company which would allow him to continue home working.  It's great he has a job that suits him, but as I said earlier, the downside is that his lack of social interaction probably has consequences.  Obviously, we've all given him a suitably hard time for making us ill ;)