I've got a horrible cough, a sore throat, and a headache.
I've done two Covid tests, 24 hours apart (last night before bed, and the night before), and both came back negative.
I don't have a particularly high temperature (36.9) , although that's
always open to interpretation as my "normal" is lower than the 38
degrees regarded as standard.
This morning, I couldn't taste my coffee, although I could taste the thyme in the Broncho Stop cough medicine. I can also taste the BronchoStop pastilles. My sense of smell seems OK.
I'll do another Covid test before bed tonight. I'm tempted to do one now, but I guess allowing 24 hours between tests is better.
Yesterday evening, while waiting for the Covid test to do its thing, I decided to prep the shower for cleaning. I felt like crap, but I had an unstoppable compulsion to do it.
I dissolved a dishwasher capsule in a few cm of water in the bath, took the shower seat apart (yuck!) and put it in the bath. I removed thoe hose from the shower, and put that in. It started to work straightaway.
I got out a spray bottle of mould killer, and put it by the shower door. This was to remind me to do it in the morning, before I had my shower.
It was a rough night. I was still awake at 1.30, but I didn't hear the radio go off so I was asleep by 2am. I woke up a number of times with a raspy throat and coughing.
This morning, I felt worse than yesterday. I think part of the reason I started last night was to make sure I had to finish the job this morning. So, I sprayed like Cillit Bang Black Mould Remover like mad. Everywhere was covered, whether I could see mould or not.
While it worked, I scrubbed the remaining gunk off the shower seat. I scrubbed the hose, and then put it in a plastic tub with some descaler. I rinsed everything that was in the bath, and I cleaned the bath with the left over dishwasher-tabletified water.
I got the steps into the shower, so I could use cloths to clean the (fully tiled) shower. I started with the ceiling, and worked down the walls, and then did the floor. It was quicker than I expected, and better than scrubbing with a brush (DH has asked me to stop using a brush, because I'm not doing the grout any good).
As I was going back and forth in and out of the shower, I noticed that I'd obviously traipsed some of the mould killer on to the bath mat. The dark blue mat had some big yellow foot prints. I put it straight on to wash.
The shower is now very clean, very unmouldy, and very descaled. The bath is shining from hosting the dishwasher tablet. I have a mountain of cloths that require washing.
I refixed the bath seat, put some of the bottles back in, threw other stuff away. And then I had a hot shower, which was lovely.
The bath mat, only 3 months old, is ruined. I really liked it. I've ordered a replacement, and will keep the ruined one for next time I do bleachy jobs.
