By Jeremy Lister
We have all been in home quarantine because my dad caught Covid while he was in Brisbane for Parliament. He started feeling sick after the opening of the Warwick Show with headaches and fatigue and a sore throat. He was the first person in our family to get Covid and then the rest of us caught it from him while he was home on quarantine. Dad was grumpy about getting Covid because he is busy but had to cancel a whole week of meetings and travel around his electorate, but I told him that he was going to have Covid some time anyway so there was no use complaining.
Mum says that it was better that we all got it at the same time so we could all get our home quarantine done together. Normally dad is away for work a lot so it was nice to see him for a whole week. I was the last to get it in our family and I started feeling sick on Saturday but it isn’t too bad really because it is a bit like a cold. But what was bad was when William and baby Amelia and Mum were all sick with Covid together. William was quite sick with vomiting and tummy upsets and Amelia just got cranky and wouldn’t go to sleep so it was tough on mum and dad, but Amelia got better after only two days which was at least some good news. And Mum was quite sick too but she’s much better now.
While we were home we tried to get some things done and to help get the house and gardens in order. Dad did lots of work phone calls and he had a croaky voice like a bullfrog so he hated that. When William and I were both well at the same time we rode our motorbikes around our property and mum and dad and Amelia watched us. Little Amelia really liked being outside in the pram watching us but the afternoon sunshine was a bit bright for her so dad put her sunglasses on which looked really cute. Amelia likes it when everyone includes her and she gets upset and bored really quickly if nothing is happening and she does this kind of snorting noise to warn us that she isn’t very happy. Dad says she sounds like Peppa Pig’s baby brother George which is kind of true actually.
Now that Dad’s seven days are up he’s now gone back down to Brisbane again for another week in parliament. William will go back to school this week, and I’m staying home with mum and baby Amelia for seven days for my quarantine. At least we will all be okay and out of quarantine in time for Amelia’s baptism on Saturday. Lots of friends and family will be coming to see us for it so it’s good that we will have done our Covid thing before they arrive.
