geowench ([personal profile] geowench) wrote2020-08-30 02:45 pm
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Plague 2020#10 August

The main thing I remember about August is being exhausted.  All. the. time.  And also being worried that I might actually have COVID.  I think both these things are due to ragweed, to which I am crazy allergic.  I spent the month with a nagging sore throat, a barky cough, fairly intense headaches, and deep fatigue.  Perhaps I should have gotten myself tested, but FB memories kept telling me that I feel this way every August, and given that I hardly ever see anyone and even at work am barricaded in my office and everyone wears masks - well parsimony told me it was allergies and not COVID.  Oh and hubs was fine - he's not sensitive to ragweed and grasses like I am.  I asked him several times if he thought I should get tested and he kept saying that I didn't have any symptoms that I don't have very August, so I never did.  Also if anyone at work had asked me to or been concerned, I would have gotten tested.  But I guess they're used to my grandpa hacking.  I'm justifying myself a lot here; probably I should have gone and gotten tested ...

This weekend is the first time I've had any energy all month.  Today I made a nice pancake breakfast for the hubs then we went for a walk (1.76 miles - my knee has been bothering me, so I didn't push it).  Did laundrey, made a yummy bundt cake, prepped my clothes for the week.  Even did two (short) exercise videos (abs and stretch).  Yesterday I even cleaned the kitchen and mopped the floor, which desperately needed it.  Oh I also baked a loaf of sandwich bread for the mad scientist's lunches.  So a productive weekend, although I didn't get the upstairs bathroom cleaned, which is verging on bachelor territory.  Ah well.  Next weekend, hopefully.

Normally this time of year we are off to Europe for a conference.  Last year it was Greece, which was fantabulous.  It was supposed to be some small town in Brussels this year.  I guess the Europeans could still do it, but they called it off in the spring.  Maybe next year.  Hopefully.

This coming month I need to get back on the wagon with my PT exercises.  Probably I should set some other goals too, but I'm drawing a blank.  

I wonder if 2020 will go down as the annus horribilus or if will be just the beginning of a longer suckfest.  Opinions?