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Good morning and happy Friday! It’s been a mostly uneventful week here at Camp WTF. I’ve finally recovered from my trip to New Orleans<\/a> and am gearing up for my annual spring staycation later this month. The main event this week was a notification that I’ve been exposed to COVID. Did you know iPhones have a built-in feature for detecting COVID exposure<\/a>? Apparently it’s connected to some public health departments and uses Bluetooth to determine if you’ve been close to someone who has reported a positive COVID test. I had no idea till I got a message on my phone from the Nevada Health Department informing me I’d been exposed. That was soon followed by an email from the folks who organized the conference I attended in New Orleans, informing me that some attendees had reported testing positive after the conference. I felt horrible for about a day after I got back (headache, fatigue, body aches–basically how I feel after a COVID shot), but I tested negative. I tested again a couple of days later and was still negative, and I feel fine, so… bullet dodged, apparently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty sad when one’s excitement for the week is exposure to a potentially deadly disease. I really need to get a life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t have any other news to share–no travel or garden pics either–but I do have a wonderful video and the usual batch of meme-y hilarity. But before we get to that: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share<\/a>, hosted by Natalie the Explorer<\/a>! Unlike me, she has some gorgeous pictures on her blog this week, so go check ’em out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Video of the week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A co-worker shared this video as a reminder that no matter how much it seems like the world is on fire (in some places, literally), there is always hope. This one requires a Blurry Screen Warning–but it’s worth it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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