During this time, I was very occupied with work and monitoring my body temperature.
It turns out, there’s another thing to worry about; losing your sense of smell. Right now everybody is very paranoid about their health. I don’t know a single person who hasn’t claimed that they had a sore throat, a fever, or some congestion in the past 2 weeks. Everyone is on high alert and waiting for symptoms to pop up that indicate they are a carrier of the covid-19 virus. This is good and bad. It means people are aware of their physical condition and on the lookout for the potential to spread this dangerous disease, but it also has caused a lot of unfortunate anxiety. With everybody waiting to obtain digestive upset, severe respiratory issues, and abrupt temperature changes, I really wasn’t too worried about household problems. Maybe that’s why I wasn’t on the ball when my furnace accidentally broke down and melted an important heating component inside. To be honest, my heating and cooling system was the last thing on my mind last week with all of the chaos going on. The thermostat was working, as far as I could tell, and I didn’t pay any mind to my indoor environment beyond that fact. Clearly, I had my head in the clouds, because I failed to notice the awful burnt odor as it passed through my air vents for several days. During this time, I was very occupied with work and monitoring my body temperature. I didn’t ever check on the indoor air handling devices, and I sure hadn’t been worried that the furnace was on it’s last leg. When my husband mentioned the weird smell in the air, I was blown away. I never realized that my respiratory system might become subtly congested and I could lose my sense of smell. Good thing the house didn’t burn down.