POSITIVE. Now What Do I Do? "...and bring to us, a happy end!"

Since the era of COVID, I went on one INDEPENDENT vacation to Costa Rica. I stayed clean and healthy. This month (June, 2022) I was invited to a(n) high school reunion in NYC, a one-year wedding anniversary in Simsbury, CT (for a wedding from which I was uninvited because the guest list was too high), and a five-day stay at a DOUBLETREE in Ocean City, MD. I had two car rental segments, three Southwest Airline flights (two with changes off plane) and went restaurant hopping in Maryland.
I was staying with a(n) high school alumna in suburbia. She retired early in life for health reasons. My Maryland cohort is still working WITH health issues. Probably continues to work for health benefits.
Anyway, on the third day of this trip, I came in contact with 50+ former classmates who were all unmasked, up close, and way too personal. "Smile for the birdie!" Four days later I came down with some of the classic S/S (signs and symptoms) of one of the dreaded coronaviruses.

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

Why is there no loss of appetite? It's just loss of taste or smell. So you can chomp away because you're hungry, but you don't know what it is upon which you are chomping.
Anyway, my Maryland hostess started getting the S/S when we drove back to her home at the end of the fun-in-the-sun vacation time. I feel so horrible and guilty. No play time with her grandkids for awhile and she will now have to hear from her whacky son, "This is great news. Now that you've been infected, you're cured. You can go about your life again. Shop in stores. Hang out in the malls..." Dude, I'm thinking to myself, with all of your fancy-shmancy college education, you do realize that mom is no longer 23 and that she has a compromised immune system. Nope! Not hearing it! He needs free babysitting service at will. Ugh. These are the times when I am happy to say, "OMG! I forgot to have a baby!"
Had to fight tooth and nail to get my HMO to test me. They would rather just put in the results of my home kit. "NO! I want this documented in my health record from YOUR labs!" I remind them of my monthly premium payment and that they are not the only ticket in town.
I've got the federal holiday off. Made a pot of pinto beans and some home made chicken vegetable soup with parsnips, rutabaga, onions, and turnips. The soup is gold and the chicken will end up in chicken salad. Feeling miserable, but glad that I have a job, sick leave, health care, a roof over my head, and a dog and cat that love an need me.