Continued Covid Recovery during Blizzard

Going into my fourth week of Covid recovery and I’m still totally exhausted.  If I could, I would sleep practically around the clock.  I’ve also been experiencing horrible chills again.  I thank God for my electric blanket daily which I picked up on clearance for $6 a year ago.  I hope to find another one on clearance so I can have an electric throw for my recliner as well.  As soon as I get home from work I crawl into bed and take at least an hour nap, wake up, walk Blaze, try to eat something and then crawl back in bed and sleep through the night.  Thankfully, the cough is getting less severe and I’m having fewer major coughing fits. 

Saturday I slept most of the day.  As we’re in blizzard conditions all weekend, I was totally okay with burrowing into my blankets and resting.  I was having bouts of chills and my feet were freezing all day so staying under my electric blanket helped.  When I was awake, I read and scrolled on the computer.  There were a couple YouTube videos on the Franciscan Secular Order that I’ve been wanting to watch and I finally got those watched.  My son wanted me to do his taxes since he’d gotten his W-2, so I did that for him since he has a simple return.  I did manage to give Blaze a good walk last night during a break in the weather before collapsing in bed for the night.  We did a shortened version of our normal walk but he got some energy out.  He was starting to get skittish towards the end and as it’s coyote mating season I was starting to worry about coyotes being in the neighborhood.

Today, Sunday, I actually had a small amount of energy.  Temps were in the negatives so walking to church wasn’t an option and I watched it online.  What a blessing having that option is now!  We recently had Fr. Martin joined our parish and today was the first time I have heard him give a homily so that was exciting.  My little sleeping area needed a freshening up and I also needed to do laundry as well since I haven’t had any energy.  I really don’t like doing any housework on Sundays but even the disciples occasionally did things they weren’t allowed to do by Jewish law.  Sometimes to refresh the spirit one needs to do a bit of cleaning.  Poor Blaze went out to do his business and turned around and came right back in.  It takes me 10-15 minutes to get all my cold weather gear on to have him decide in 30 seconds he wasn’t going out in that mess.  Late in the afternoon I started having chills again so I crawled into bed for a nap.  

                           

This week I finished Inside the Cloistered Life Personal Letters of a Carmelite Nun by Sr. Marie of the Trinity and started St. Claire of Assisi The Unshakeable Faith and Miraculous Legacy of a Medieval Saint by Rev. Dominic Whitaker.  St. Claire of Assisi and Mine is the Night are on Kindle Unlimited.  I also started Mine is the Night One Perfect Murder Is Not Enough by Alex Wagner.  I’ve been wanting to start a good mystery with either a nun or priest like Father Brown or Sister Bonafast and this has both.  When I was too tired to read, I listened to Miss Marple mysteries on YouTube.  I know they’re AI generated stories but they’re very relaxing to listen to.