Adventures In TB

You may be wondering, "What is Will wearing a mask for?" The answer is quite simple, my new roommate has tested positive for Tuberculosis.

On Monday of this week it was just me and my Korean roommate, Jun, living in our apartment made for six. It was nice, nobody else's dishes to deal with, no having to share a bathroom. On Tuesday morning a sleepingbag appeared on the bed in my room. I was informed that it belonged to a guy moving in named Jeff. That was okay, I was expecting a kid named Jeff to move in. The odd thing is that to this day I have never laid eyes on Jeff. A sleepingbag is on his bed but it hasn't been touched. Then, Tuesday evening Yeong (pronounced Young) moved in. He too is from Korea. I think it's rather easy to tell Jun and Yeong apart but one of Jun's Korean friends saw Yeong and thought it was Jun and thinks they look very similar. He was shocked I could tell them apart.

As most of you know I work at Jamba Juice. It's a great working environment and I enjoy it. Today as I was at Jamba I was in the back and I felt my phone vibrate. I pulled it out and saw that I had a new voicemail. I didn't recognize the number that I missed and I thought I should check it because it might have been from an HR lady that I try as I might I can't get ahold of (more on that in another post). Well, it wasn't her. Rather it was a lady from my aprtment complex telling me that it was extreemly important I call her back before I return to my apartment. I thought I'd call her back right then, even though we are not supposed to have our phones on us at work I thought this sounded important. It was. It turns out that Yeong's TB test came up positive. She was calling me to tell me that the code to our apartment had been changed, we were not to go in without a mask and that she had booked a hotel room for us to stay in if we need it that our meals would be on the apartment complex. Yeong would have some more testing done and we would see if he really does have tuberculosis.

Meanwhile, here's the place that I get to spend the night. It's not much but at least I don't have to sleep on Brent on Amber's couch. It's not that I wouldn't mind, I just don't know how they would react. They have a newborn and I'm kicked out of my place because of a TB scare... They are kind enough to let me use their computer this evening though for my first blog entry, after I washed up and didn't touch anything or come near Elizabeth.

I'll be sharing the room with a Jeff. I say "a Jeff" because I found out talking to the apartment lady that there are going to be two kids named Jeff in my apartment. Two Jeff's and two Koreans... Well, two Koreans if one of them isn't shipped out of the country. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

So that's it for this entry. I'll let you know how things turn out as soon as I know anything more.