Can't taste my coffee
We went to Vegas last week for a reunion of a US Navy Ceremonial Guard. I learned a lot. When the guys, all in their very early 70s, and all over six feet tall (a requirement to be part of the Guard) first met up it was surreal. There was no talking when they all gave each other the initial warm hugs. They had all served a year doing various duties together to help families say goodbye and bury dead soldiers from the Vietnam War. Sometimes there were up to six burials in a day. They shared a somber kinship that I can't even imagine. I felt so honored to get to be part of the experience. It was one of the nicest group of people I've ever met in my life. I hope they're all there for the next one, but I'm sure the reunions will be getting smaller as the years go by. The tears were flowing when goodbyes were said during the last meetup.
I thought I'd like Vegas, but it seems to be a lot different from the way it was when I was last there a few decades ago. The trashiness and greed seem more blatant. It would take an important event for me to go back. We did take a nice bus tour to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam, and also stopped at Lake Mead. The Grand Canyon has been on my bucket list, so I got to check that off.
We got back late Friday night. On Saturday afternoon I started feeling the first symptoms of COVID. I think it was worse that the last time I got it, but it lasted about the same length of time. On Sunday morning one of the guys sent out a group text asking if anyone else had COVID symptoms, and yes, every single one of us there were sick.
A weird thing about it this time was that I didn't lose my sense of taste until sometime between last night and this morning. I hope it doesn't last long. Last night I started craving corn chips and some sort of queso dip so strongly that I almost wanted to mask up and do a store run. I'm hoping to somehow get some today and actually taste it.
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and completely lost my sense of smell... not even Vick's Vapo-Rub was detectable. I didn't completely lose taste, but it was distorted. For example, tea and cola drinks tasted bitter. You may find that your queso has no taste at all, or is not as pleasant as you expect. Please observe quarantine guidelines and don't "mask up" to mingle with others in a store. I hope you feel better soon!
Each new variant seems to have different symptoms. My own case was the muscle ache one.... ached so bad for three days I could barely move. NO exaggeration. Taste and smell were minimally impacted.
Drink that coffee anyway lol, liquids you know 
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