I am not normally a fearful person. Yes, this coronavirus is a scary thing, but I'm relatively healthy and still active. I (try to) take good care of my self and my health; I slip up when it comes to eating, we could all do better in that area, I'm sure. So while I'm trying to be smart about keeping a good social distance, washing my hands often, and trying to remember not to touch my face, I realize that there is a risk in doing anything more than sheltering in place.
Most times, it doesn't bother me.
I do, however, tend to let worries get the best of me when I can't sleep at night. Take last night, for instance. I fell asleep and laid on my arm in one position for too long and woke up with it feeling a little achy - probably because I sleep on my side and tend to curl my arms in odd positions. I also woke up with a dry mouth.
And then the worries start. Is it just a dry mouth? Or wait .... is that also the beginning of a sore throat? Why does my arm hurt? Does anything else hurt? Which makes me chuckle in the light of day ... of course other things hurt! I'm over 60 and that's just what happens!
So yes, it was difficult to go back to sleep. I got up, stretched my legs and arms to make sure they're all in working order, grab a fresh bottle of water and drink about half of it and my mouth felt better, and the "sore throat" feeling went away. Yep. Just another case of dry mouth. (Maybe I was snoring with my mouth open...?) But I still didn't fall right back to sleep until I took my temperature. Below the normal mark, so *whew* I guess I'm OK and can stop the panic-worry.
This isn't normal behavior for me. But then again, coronavirus isn't normal, and neither is weird shopping hours at the local stores, schools and parks closed, events cancelled. The only part I like about all this is the lack of traffic when I drive to work in the morning!
I did head out to the local park that has a trail, but there were SO many people that I didn't stay more than 15 minutes. No sense in being out among strangers!
Stay calm, be reasonable, use care and caution,
and wash your hands!
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