At 8am this morning, I took samples from our throats and nostrils then sealed them in small bottles before packing them into mailing envelopes. At 9:19am a courier turned up and took charge of them. At 10:30am, I had a message from the courier company to say the samples had been delivered to the lab and, shortly afterwards, I had a message from the lab saying they’d received my samples and were starting testing on them.
All of the above convinced me that our negative tests results of our 5 Day Test to Release were merely moments away. I could have been more wrong, but it’s unlikely.
Obviously, for most of the day, I was glued to my notifications but I also found time to write my newest Letter for my podcast. It has had a bit of a name change though the focus is the same. Rather than Letter from Sweden, it’s now called Letter from Farnham.
Of course, lots of things had to change, including the artwork. This was how I discovered the startling fact that the flag of the County of Surrey is comprised of blue and yellow checks. This meant I spent the day creating a Swedish themed tablecloth on Photoshop.
I also spent a large chunk of the day writing the actual podcast then reading it for Mirinda to criticise ahead of final amending.
Of course, I also needed a new intro and outro, so they had to be written and recorded as well.
As the day stretched on, the lack of any notifications following the initial flurry, was frustrating. By 5:30pm, I’d given up the hope of a result today. Mirinda was downhearted but was philosophical that they would arrive tomorrow.
Then, at 6:15pm, I received the notification that we were both negative and, therefore FREE!
Mirinda ran out into the street, threw her arms back and yelled the fact that we could now leave the house.
We then immediately made plans for what we’re doing tomorrow. Plans include brunch at the Holly Bush and a production of The Importance of Being Earnest at Chawton House Library.
From locked up to set free in five days. It feels very good.
