For you young’ins, the title is a take-off of Edwin Star’s 1970 song about war. Fortunately, Covid is no where nearly as bad as war, at least for us. When I got my cold, I took a Covid test. It came up negative. My symptoms were pretty strong when I tested, so I assumed I didn’t have Covid. When I took the follow-up test, it came up positive. The directions say to wait 15 minutes and look really close for the second line. My came up loud and clear in less than one minute. If the results were an audible bong, the noise would have knocked my socks off. Danita also tested positive. I’m over my symptoms. Danita’s symptoms are mild enough that she had a healthy apatite for breakfast. We are supposed to isolate through Wednesday.

We are well positioned for our isolation. We were able to extend our stay at the Baton Rouge Embassy Suites for our last two isolation days. We have a suite with a door between the bedroom and living room. We have three sinks. The hotel breakfast has good foods including a make-your-own omelet station. The room rate is reasonable. There are plenty of stores, restaurants, and services near by. (We selected Doc’s wash, dry, and fold.) The internet service is solid.

Can one cruise without getting Covid? My symptoms started in the evening of our disembarkation day. The last two days of the cruise were sea days. There’s not much doubt that we got the “dam” variant of Covid. (All Holland America ship names end with “dam”.) We took extreme precautions. We got our fall bivalent Covid booster along with our flu shots. We wore KN-95 masks whenever we were in public areas indoors. Sometimes we wore masks while outside due to the size of the crowd. We ate all of our meals at our own separate table (to the dismay of the seating staff). However, life is life. It’s all part of the adventure.

Isolation isn’t forever. We’ll be heading over to Rick’s and Suzy’s to continue our adventure Wednesday afternoon.