Covid Fatigue

It’s been six weeks since we went into lockdown and some people are getting antsy to return to normal. I don’t see how that is possible. One side effect of this pandemic is I now seem to have chronic fatigue. It’s not so bad on the days I stay home but whenever I go out which right now is 3 times a week I find it exhausting. I blame it on having to be hyper aware of my surrounding, trying to remember to not touch my face or if I just touched something and forgot to wash my hands. I’ve been cleaning our local radio station where I work as a volunteer and a holistic doctors office. Both are officially closed but are still being used. I am never out longer then around 4 hours but when I come home I wash my hands remove my clothes and when I finally sit down I almost always immediately fall asleep even if I don’t want too. I might sleep for a couple of hours get up and a few hours later go to bed. It’s true I would rather sleep then have insomnia but it just feels a bit extreme.  Maybe it is just old age.

As of 5/11/20    931 human beings have died of Covid-19 in Washington State