Ugh. So. Plans for Christmas. Originally was going to fly, but when I saw the airports for Thanksgiving...yeah, no, I'd much rather drive. I mentioned it to my parents, and they were actually going to suggest that as well, so I'm now driving from Indiana to Long Island, NY. I expressed my concerns with both my parents and grandparents about covid, and transmission, but they all said it was a risk they were willing to take.
Due to NY testing requirements, I'm going to test three days before I leave (hopefully I can schedule both a rapid test and a 3-day test, just in case the rapid is a false positive). I'll leave Thursday after work, have a hotel around 6 hours away. Sleep for 8 hours and then travel the rest of the way Friday. Once I arrive, I need to get tested again three days later, so Monday. Testing is much easier to schedule in NY than Indiana. I told my parents I'm going to wear my mask while I'm indoors/eat when they aren't, until I get the test results. Also, even if both my tests come back negative, I'm going to wear my mask with my grandparents/not take it off. If I need to eat/drink, I'll do so outside. They all seem fine with believing my test results, if they come back negative, but I don't want to take chances.
Tbh. The only reason I am still going, instead of just driving down to Arkansas for Christmas, is because my grandparents were continuously asking for me to come on the FaceTime chat we had on Sunday and the 'guilt' card I got from grandma about me not coming for Thanksgiving.
