I think I am just having a moan. Having dodged Covid all this time, I had some sniffles and a slight cough so - in advance of my flight to the US tomorrow to attend a major work conference (where I was invited to give a keynote! And speak at the dinner! Which never happens for UK-based people in our industry at what is one of the biggest events globally) - I decided to do a LFT, just in case. And it's bloody positive!
DH thinks I shouldn't have tested or that I should fly out regardless as I mostly feel fine. I tested because if I had Covid I knew I didn't want to infect the thousands of people attending.
Have already set in train the cancellation process as to me it feels like the right thing to do. But I am so grumpy - had been looking forward to this for months, it would have been wonderful for my career and profile, my organisation was so proud, I had prepared so much.
I just needed to grump a bit - thank you if you read this far. I am sure testing and cancelling is the right thing to do. But it still sucks.